Re: Dial Up Networking window popping up problem.

From: Rubicon (no email)
Date: 01/15/05

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    Sh4d03

    Thankyou for the advice. My Ad-Aware version was too old with outdated
    definitions. Downloading the new version and getting the latest
    updates plus Spybot again with updated definitions got rid of more
    than I suspected was there and solved another couple of problems I
    had.

    Unfortunately it's still trying to dial in (removed Password) upon
    startup and every minute or two. I haven't yet found any settings in
    my programs ticked to do that. Using NETSTAT -AN and letting it
    connect many times it seems to just connect to my ISP and that's it.
    All TCP foreign addresses are 0 with the UDP as *.*.
    Hold on there even as I write I let it connect again and it went to
    FOREIGN ADDRESS 38.113.207.121:80 SYN_SENT and...

    Well everything just froze up and with CTRL-ALT-DEL Explorer was "not
    responding" and then everything else went south like some sort of
    program conflict "not responding". Managed to save this before cold
    booting.

    It seems to dial in to my ISP immediately at startup and every minute
    or so afterwards if not connected but only connects to the above
    address occasionally.

    Any help is greatly appreciated here.

    PS As soon as I dailed in to send this message after setting the dial
    up window to Work Offline to stop it popping up NETSTAT showed it
    immediately connecting to the above address yet again.

    Cheers.

    On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 23:00:42 +1100, sh4d03 <sh4d03@TPG.com.au> wrote:

    >Rubicon wrote:
    >> Hello,
    >>
    >> I have a recent problem with the Dial Up Networking window continually
    >> popping up to dail in. It starts the moment the machine (WIN98 SE)
    >> reaches the desktop and I can't go any further unless I let it dial in
    >> or Work Offline. If I Work Offline it goes away then returns a little
    >> time later.
    >>
    >> The latest version of AVG Free with updated definitions has found
    >> nothing and I cant find anything unusual checked in MSCONFIG/STARTUP.
    >> The Dial up window contains only my ISP details and there's no other
    >> connection in the Dial Up Networking folder. My firewall shows nothing
    >> trying to "get-out" but I'm experiencing a few small Explorer crashes
    >> where any open folders closedown.
    >>
    >> Any suggestions to rid me of this greatfully appreciated?
    >>
    >> Cheers,
    >
    >You've got two options.
    >
    >One: Tell Internet Explorer to not dial up a connection by default. You
    >can do this by openin IE and clicking Tools | Options | Connections and
    >checking "Never dial a connection" If you do this you'll need to make a
    >shortcut icon to your connection on the desktop in order to connect.
    >
    >But more importatnly... option two:
    >You should check for spyware or other programs which are trying to
    >access the Internet. The moment you've ticked the option in an
    >application to "dial the default connection if Application can't access
    >the internet" you'll run into trouble. Common ones are Antivirus
    >programs attempting to update themselves, seeing there is no internet
    >connection and trying to connect. Windows Update could do it. Any number
    >of malware applications.
    >
    >To remove spyware do the following:
    >
    >www.downloads.com
    >AdAware SE 1.05 - install, update, run in full mode, remove everything
    >SpyBot SD 1.3 - install, update, run, remove everything.
    >
    >www.webroot.com
    >SpySweeper - install, update, run, remove.
    >
    >www.google.com
    >SpyWareBlaster - install, update, close - this is a shield for more spyware.
    >
    >Let me know how you go.
    >
    >Sh4d03
    >
    >P.S. don't forget to check the programs that are running for anything
    >that may need or want the Internet... possibly THE most common cause of
    >this is KaZaA or other P2P applications.
    >
    >Sh4d03
    >
    >--
    >If you require more assistance or if my suggestion works please E-mail me at
    >sh4d03 [at] TPG [dot] com [dot] au. Additionally, if you are able to provide
    >assistance to me and wish to E-mail me directly please also feel free to
    >contact me in this manner. Please ensure you include "Newsgroup_sh4d03"
    >in the
    >subject line. Please pay attention to the capitilisation. Emails sent to
    >this the above address which do NOT contain "Newsgroup_sh4d03" in the
    >subject line will fail to reach me.
    >Thanks,
    >Sh4d03

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