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Constant pop-ups on Norton

by New_guy Oct 26, 2005 1:18PM PDT

The other day there was an update for NAV (not the signature but an actual update where rebooting was necessary). Ever since this update, I've constantly had Norton pop-ups when starting MSN Messenger. The pop-ups come about 4 times in a row and state that 'A remote system is attempting to access Microsoft MSN Messenger on your computer'. When I click on details it says that the protocol is UDP (Inbound) so I select 'Automatically configure Internet access' and click OK. This never seems good enough for it. It prompts me to 'Permit Always. Why is it doing this now, when it never did before?

In my Firewall logs it shows:

Rule "Implicit block rule" blocked (e450.voice.microsoft.com(64.4.12.200),1247).
Inbound UDP packet.
Local address,service is (0.0.0.0,1247).
Remote address,service is (e450.voice.microsoft.com(64.4.12.200),7001).
Process name is "C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger\MsnMsgr.Exe".

This e450.voice.microsoft.com has never shown up before so does anyone know what the story is here?

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(NT) (NT) Anyone?

by New_guy Oct 27, 2005 1:42PM PDT

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No Expert, Don't Really Know but as a W.A.G...could it be..

by tobeach Oct 27, 2005 2:53PM PDT

that, since messenger is now and has been such a source of security breaches that Norton has decided it must NOW protect against incoming messenger threats in it's latest program varient??? Possibly ignored in past or perhaps auto dropped unless Messenger was turned on indicating you were waiting for a message?
Additionally is it possible that with everyone trying to get in on the VOIP (voice over the internet protocol), that Msn is testing some new pathways? Seems to me that M$ previously beleived that no one could live without being barraged with messages both real and pop-up junk??
This has caused many (myself included) to simply turn it off in config or use ''shoot the messenger'' to put a stop to invasions of our privacy. Revenue stream being curtailled? Just a guess!