Bloody dial-up connection box

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Widow Twankey

How can I stop that bloody dial-up connection box from appearing every few
seconds when I'm not connected to the net. It never used to do that. It's
getting on my tits.

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Yours

Widow Twankey

** now shacked up with the Giant Beanstalk **
 
I smell a rat. Have you checked thoroughly that you have not got spyware,
adware, Trojans, malware and all other parasites in your computer? Any one
of them may want to 'phone home' when the machine is booted up.

Bee.
 
I've wondered that. I have ad-aware. I've been getting a dramatic increase
in spam too.
Any suggestions?

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Yours

Widow Twankey

** now shacked up with the Giant Beanstalk **
Bee said:
I smell a rat. Have you checked thoroughly that you have not got spyware,
adware, Trojans, malware and all other parasites in your computer? Any one
of them may want to 'phone home' when the machine is booted up.

Bee.
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[I have found my Shangri-La in ntlworld.]


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Widow Twankey said:
How can I stop that bloody dial-up connection box from appearing every few
seconds when I'm not connected to the net. It never used to do that. It's
getting on my tits.

--
Yours

Widow Twankey

** now shacked up with the Giant Beanstalk **
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Adaware, www.lavasoft.de and or SpyBot Search & Destroy, update before
running.
Get a decent Firewall, ZoneAlarm is free

Widow Twankey said:
I've wondered that. I have ad-aware. I've been getting a dramatic increase
in spam too.
Any suggestions?

--
Yours

Widow Twankey

** now shacked up with the Giant Beanstalk **
Bee said:
I smell a rat. Have you checked thoroughly that you have not got spyware,
adware, Trojans, malware and all other parasites in your computer? Any one
of them may want to 'phone home' when the machine is booted up.

Bee.
--
[I have found my Shangri-La in ntlworld.]


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Widow Twankey said:
How can I stop that bloody dial-up connection box from appearing every few
seconds when I'm not connected to the net. It never used to do that. It's
getting on my tits.

--
Yours

Widow Twankey

** now shacked up with the Giant Beanstalk **
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Hmm I ran ad aware, updated it too. Found two data miners (Alexia and one
for Media Player). Got rid of them though I believe they're supposed to be
OK. Found one .scr virus that hadn't been activated. So... it looks like
that lot may not have been the problem.

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Yours

Widow Twankey

** now shacked up with the Giant Beanstalk **
 
Or you can try looking for another program running in your task bar down at the bottom right of your screen, next to your clock. MSN messenger has been know to do that . If you have an anti-virus, it's updater could be trying to log in as well. Try looking for those types of programs

And as said in the beginning, Run Ad-Aware.
 
Somehow the Internet properties box had had its little check changed to Dial
whenever a network connection is not present from its initial never dial a
connection.

--
Yours

Widow Twankey

** now shacked up with the Giant Beanstalk **


brandon said:
Or you can try looking for another program running in your task bar down
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at the bottom right of your screen, next to your clock. MSN messenger has
been know to do that . If you have an anti-virus, it's updater could be
trying to log in as well. Try looking for those types of programs.
 
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