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repeated unsolicited connections to internet
For the last 2-3 weeks, my computer has been repeatedly trying to
connect to the Internet . As far as I know, nothng is scheduled to do this. Adaware, Pest Patrol and Spybot (all most recent files) find nothing and Zonealarm doesn't detect any active programmes when this happening. The connection is made, little data flows and the phoneline is left connected. Any ideas? |
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repeated unsolicited connections to internet
Run a scan with an up to date anti virus program. If no luck, see if a
program starting at boot is doing it. Use the technique described he How to Perform Clean-Boot Troubleshooting for Windows 98 http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=192926 -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Tom Barkas" wrote in message ... For the last 2-3 weeks, my computer has been repeatedly trying to connect to the Internet . As far as I know, nothng is scheduled to do this. Adaware, Pest Patrol and Spybot (all most recent files) find nothing and Zonealarm doesn't detect any active programmes when this happening. The connection is made, little data flows and the phoneline is left connected. Any ideas? |
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Thanks for the reply, Ron.
I've already run 3 up-to-date AV programs, my own (Norton) and two on line. Am playing with the msconfig settings again - had forgotten about this, so thanks. As an aside, do you know how (a) to stop multiple copies of the same item being checked in msconfig startup (b) to get rid of the lines with unchecked boxes when you have these multple copies in msconfig startup? Tom On Thu, 5 Aug 2004 09:19:02 -0500, "Ron Badour" wrotg: Run a scan with an up to date anti virus program. If no luck, see if a program starting at boot is doing it. Use the technique described he How to Perform Clean-Boot Troubleshooting for Windows 98 http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=192926 |
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If you have two duplicate items, one marked and one unmarked, mark both of
them and reboot. One should disappear unless it is a required "duplicate" like loadpower and AV settings. If there are unmarked entries you want rid of: There are seven run keys in the registry that are used to start programs: 1. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Run 2. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Run 3. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\RunOnce 4. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\RunOnce 5. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\ RunServices 6. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\ RunServicesOnce 7. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\ RunOnce\Setup If there is an item disabled in the Startup tab, MSconfig.exe, that was in one of these keys, it will be in an identically named key except that there will be a minus at the end, i.e., Run- I suppose any key could be duplicated; however, I have only found keys #1, #2 and #5 duplicated in my registry with a minus. If you want to get rid of a non-marked entry in MSconfig, delete the key with the minus sign behind it. When you disable an entry that is in the startup folder on the start menu, a folder is created on the start menu called Disabled Startup Items. As appropriate, delete the item from either the registry key or the Disabled folder. If the item is the only thing in the registry key or Disabled folder, you can delete the key or the folder also. Items can start from the run= and load= lines in the win.ini file. If disabled, they are placed in a norun= or noload= line. Go into the win.ini file and change the appropriate line back to the way it was, i.e., change norun=application name to run= and save the file. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Tom Barkas" wrote in message ... Thanks for the reply, Ron. I've already run 3 up-to-date AV programs, my own (Norton) and two on line. Am playing with the msconfig settings again - had forgotten about this, so thanks. As an aside, do you know how (a) to stop multiple copies of the same item being checked in msconfig startup (b) to get rid of the lines with unchecked boxes when you have these multple copies in msconfig startup? Tom On Thu, 5 Aug 2004 09:19:02 -0500, "Ron Badour" wrotg: Run a scan with an up to date anti virus program. If no luck, see if a program starting at boot is doing it. Use the technique described he How to Perform Clean-Boot Troubleshooting for Windows 98 http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=192926 |
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Do you have any automatic internet access permissions set in ZoneAlarm like
its own update availabiliity checking? "Tom Barkas" wrote in message ... For the last 2-3 weeks, my computer has been repeatedly trying to connect to the Internet . As far as I know, nothng is scheduled to do this. Adaware, Pest Patrol and Spybot (all most recent files) find nothing and Zonealarm doesn't detect any active programmes when this happening. The connection is made, little data flows and the phoneline is left connected. Any ideas? |
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Had a similar problem a couple months ago. I simply: Start\Settings\Control Panel\Internet Options\Connections and marked 'Never Dial a connection'. It worked for me. (W98SE) -------- -----Original Message----- For the last 2-3 weeks, my computer has been repeatedly trying to connect to the Internet . As far as I know, nothng is scheduled to do this. Adaware, Pest Patrol and Spybot (all most recent files) find nothing and Zonealarm doesn't detect any active programmes when this happening. The connection is made, little data flows and the phoneline is left connected. Any ideas? . |
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Thanks, Ron,
I've now sorted out the "duplicates" - I'd never realised that they pointed to different keys (Run and RunOnce)! I thought I was getting somewhere with the startupup programmes, but, although probably less frequent, it is still happening. Haven't yet tried the long process of selective startups as it will take some time to wait adn see what happens with each change. On Thu, 5 Aug 2004 12:08:16 -0500, "Ron Badour" wrotg: If you have two duplicate items, one marked and one unmarked, mark both of them and reboot. One should disappear unless it is a required "duplicate" like loadpower and AV settings. If there are unmarked entries you want rid of: There are seven run keys in the registry that are used to start programs: 1. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Run 2. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Run 3. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\RunOnce 4. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\RunOnce 5. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\ RunServices 6. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\ RunServicesOnce 7. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\ RunOnce\Setup If there is an item disabled in the Startup tab, MSconfig.exe, that was in one of these keys, it will be in an identically named key except that there will be a minus at the end, i.e., Run- I suppose any key could be duplicated; however, I have only found keys #1, #2 and #5 duplicated in my registry with a minus. If you want to get rid of a non-marked entry in MSconfig, delete the key with the minus sign behind it. When you disable an entry that is in the startup folder on the start menu, a folder is created on the start menu called Disabled Startup Items. As appropriate, delete the item from either the registry key or the Disabled folder. If the item is the only thing in the registry key or Disabled folder, you can delete the key or the folder also. Items can start from the run= and load= lines in the win.ini file. If disabled, they are placed in a norun= or noload= line. Go into the win.ini file and change the appropriate line back to the way it was, i.e., change norun=application name to run= and save the file. |
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repeated unsolicited connections to internet
Thanks for the message. I do have Zonelarm and other things set up for
automatic updating. I'm not sure what set up for automatic internet access permission is - is this the crosses,ticks etc in the Programs part of Zonealarm? I don't think it would be Zonealarm updates itself, as this happens often and is a fairly new problem, whereas I have had ZA set up like this for a long time (although updated recemtly). On Thu, 5 Aug 2004 17:15:24 -0400, "Lil' Dave" wrotg: Do you have any automatic internet access permissions set in ZoneAlarm like its own update availabiliity checking? "Tom Barkas" wrote in message .. . For the last 2-3 weeks, my computer has been repeatedly trying to connect to the Internet . As far as I know, nothng is scheduled to do this. Adaware, Pest Patrol and Spybot (all most recent files) find nothing and Zonealarm doesn't detect any active programmes when this happening. The connection is made, little data flows and the phoneline is left connected. Any ideas? |
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repeated unsolicited connections to internet
Dear Bernie,
I haven't resorted to that, - I'd rather sort out the problem if I can eallyOn Fri, 6 Aug 2004 03:22:52 -0700, "Bernie P." wrotg: Had a similar problem a couple months ago. I simply: Start\Settings\Control Panel\Internet Options\Connections and marked 'Never Dial a connection'. It worked for me. (W98SE) -------- -----Original Message----- For the last 2-3 weeks, my computer has been repeatedly trying to connect to the Internet . As far as I know, nothng is scheduled to do this. Adaware, Pest Patrol and Spybot (all most recent files) find nothing and Zonealarm doesn't detect any active programmes when this happening. The connection is made, little data flows and the phoneline is left connected. Any ideas? . |
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repeated unsolicited connections to internet
"Tom Barkas" wrote in message ... Dear Bernie, I haven't resorted to that, - I'd rather sort out the problem if I can eallyOn Fri, 6 Aug 2004 03:22:52 -0700, "Bernie P." wrotg: Had a similar problem a couple months ago. I simply: Start\Settings\Control Panel\Internet Options\Connections and marked 'Never Dial a connection'. It worked for me. (W98SE) -------- -----Original Message----- For the last 2-3 weeks, my computer has been repeatedly trying to connect to the Internet . As far as I know, nothng is scheduled to do this. Adaware, Pest Patrol and Spybot (all most recent files) find nothing and Zonealarm doesn't detect any active programmes when this happening. The connection is made, little data flows and the phoneline is left connected. Any ideas? . When i installed AOL 9.0, it changed the setting to always dial a connection....changed it back to never dial..problem solved, all play well together....... EdK |
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