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Repeated unsolicited connections to the internet
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? -- 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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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. -- My e-mail is valid but not my primary mailbox. Please keep replies on the 'group where everyone may benefit. |
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(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 -- Microsoft MVP On-Line Help Computer Service http://onlinehelp.bc.ca "The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much." |
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Repeated unsolicited connections to the internet
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. -- 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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Repeated unsolicited connections to the internet
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. -- 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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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? -- 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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