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Old August 6th 04, 05:42 AM
Steve Hayes
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I saw there were some postings about this, but they disappeared before I could
retrieve them.

I found out how to stop the "dial-up networking" thing from dialling
automatically and thus increasing my phone bill, but I have not found how to
stop it from popping up at the most annoying times.

Is there any way of getting it to do nothing unles called for?




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Old August 6th 04, 03:07 PM
Stewart Gordon
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Steve Hayes wrote:

I saw there were some postings about this, but they disappeared before I could
retrieve them.

snip

The messages you appear to be referring to were posted only yesterday,
with a subject line almost identical to yours.

Does your server not keep messages that long? msnews.microsoft.com
keeps them for about 3 months, so reading on that server might help.

Or do you mean that you managed to accidentally configure your
newsreader not to show them?

http://smjg.port5.com/faqs/usenet/disappearing.html

Stewart.

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Old August 6th 04, 09:10 PM
Ron Martell
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Default Repeated unsolicited connections to the internet

(Steve Hayes) wrote:

I saw there were some postings about this, but they disappeared before I could
retrieve them.

I found out how to stop the "dial-up networking" thing from dialling
automatically and thus increasing my phone bill, but I have not found how to
stop it from popping up at the most annoying times.

Is there any way of getting it to do nothing unles called for?


Check your computer for spyware and viruses.

Go to
http://aumha.org/a/noads.htm to do a quick free online check for
spyware and the go to http://www.aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm for
instructions on how to clean this crud off your machine.

Make certain that your antivirus software is completely up to date
with the virus definition files not more than a week old and do a
complete virus scan of your hard drive. Get a "second opinion" by
doing a free online virus scan at http://housecall.trendmicro.com

Good luck


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
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Old August 7th 04, 07:12 AM
Steve Hayes
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On Fri, 06 Aug 2004 15:07:10 +0100, Stewart Gordon
wrote:

Steve Hayes wrote:

I saw there were some postings about this, but they disappeared before I could
retrieve them.

snip

The messages you appear to be referring to were posted only yesterday,
with a subject line almost identical to yours.

Does your server not keep messages that long? msnews.microsoft.com
keeps them for about 3 months, so reading on that server might help.

Or do you mean that you managed to accidentally configure your
newsreader not to show them?

http://smjg.port5.com/faqs/usenet/disappearing.html


My server normally keeps messages for much longer, and just had had a problem
a couple of days ago and lost some mesages. So when I try to download them I
get:

[Sorry. This message is no longer available.]

This may happen once every 6 months or so. It's not a big deal.

But the dialup networking thingy opos up several timers a day, and is a bit
annoying.





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Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7734/stevesig.htm
E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk
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Old August 7th 04, 07:12 AM
Steve Hayes
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On Fri, 06 Aug 2004 20:10:15 GMT, Ron Martell wrote:

(Steve Hayes) wrote:

I saw there were some postings about this, but they disappeared before I could
retrieve them.

I found out how to stop the "dial-up networking" thing from dialling
automatically and thus increasing my phone bill, but I have not found how to
stop it from popping up at the most annoying times.

Is there any way of getting it to do nothing unles called for?


Check your computer for spyware and viruses.

Go to http://aumha.org/a/noads.htm to do a quick free online check for
spyware and the go to http://www.aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm for
instructions on how to clean this crud off your machine.

Make certain that your antivirus software is completely up to date
with the virus definition files not more than a week old and do a
complete virus scan of your hard drive. Get a "second opinion" by
doing a free online virus scan at http://housecall.trendmicro.com


It's been doing this for the last 5 years.

I've done virus checks with several programs. I have used several versions of
ZoneAlarm, which is supposed to say what programs are trying to acces the
Internet.

Since I found how to stop it dialling automatically it's not a major probem,
more a minor annoyance. I'll be typing something like that, and suddenly find
that the last sentence or two have been lost, because the "dial up networking"
thingy had popped up on the screen.


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Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7734/stevesig.htm
E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk
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Old August 9th 04, 03:51 AM
Steve Hayes
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On Sun, 08 Aug 2004 22:31:10 GMT, Ron Martell wrote:

(Steve Hayes) wrote:


It's been doing this for the last 5 years.

I've done virus checks with several programs. I have used several versions of
ZoneAlarm, which is supposed to say what programs are trying to acces the
Internet.

Since I found how to stop it dialling automatically it's not a major probem,
more a minor annoyance. I'll be typing something like that, and suddenly find
that the last sentence or two have been lost, because the "dial up networking"
thingy had popped up on the screen.


Automatic dialing generally has one of the three following causes:
1. Virus
2. Spyware (which antivirus software will not stop or detect)
3. Software with an "automatic update" feature that has been shoddily
programmed so it tries to dial the internet without asking first.


And would No 3 be deliberately programmed not to trigger ZoneAlarm?


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E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk
 




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