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Originally posted by sapiens
Even if you disable messenger, you still have a problem. If you disable messenger, you don't see the pop-ups anymore, but they are still being sent into your computer. The port that the advertisements are using is still open to the internet (and can be exploited by things worse than pop-up ads). Am I wrong?
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The packets are being sent over port 80, as far as I know, which you need open for HTTP requests. You get unsolicited packets sent to you all the time anyway, but they were never able to manifest themselves as non-browser pop-ups until someone found a hack.