Re: Something's dialing my ISP

From: AlanP (alan_at_btinternet.com)
Date: 09/10/04

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    Richard S. Westmoreland wrote:
    > "timJ" <tj@netweb.net> wrote in message
    > news:10k2d051vjkvo1d@corp.supernews.com...
    >
    >>Looking for a way to see what's starting the dialer every couple of days
    >>on my 98se box, and connecting to my ISP. ZoneAlarm log doesn't show
    >>anything outgoing, AVG and SpyBot find nothing. No apps have auto
    >>update enabled. It's been going on for about 2 weeks now. Any reason
    >>to suspect Real or QuickTime, which were recently updated? Just grabbed
    >>FileMon and will leave that running to see if I can catch it. Thanks
    >>for any help!
    >
    >
    > Could possibly be an update triggering the dialup of your default
    > connection. Live Update, Windows Update, etc.
    >
    > Rick
    >
    >

    Might even be ZoneAlarm updating itself...

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