How to tell who is trying to dial my phone?

Win98SE
I use Netscape 7 instead of IE.

If I let the computer sit for a while, I come back to a dialup
networking box asking for permission to dial the phone.
How do I determine who is trying to dial the phone so I can put a stop
to it? I have automatic updates turned off on everything I could find.

I ran a process monitor then let it dial. Got some activity on
MS_webcheckmonitor, but that's hardly conclusive.

A related issue is that I sometimes get dialog boxes telling me that
a program has stopped responding, but gives no clue as to which program.
Hard to diagnose a problem with no info.
Is there a way to figger that out too?

Thanks, mike
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mike wrote in :

Win98SE
I use Netscape 7 instead of IE.

If I let the computer sit for a while, I come back to a dialup
networking box asking for permission to dial the phone.
How do I determine who is trying to dial the phone so I can put a stop
to it? I have automatic updates turned off on everything I could find.

I ran a process monitor then let it dial. Got some activity on
MS_webcheckmonitor, but that's hardly conclusive.

A related issue is that I sometimes get dialog boxes telling me that
a program has stopped responding, but gives no clue as to which program.
Hard to diagnose a problem with no info.
Is there a way to figger that out too?

Thanks, mike

Install a firewall (zonealarm free for instance
http://www.oldversion.com/program.php?n=zalarm) and let it dial. The
firewall will tell you which program tries to access the internet.

Have you checked the taskmaster for active applications, that could hint
you something


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Ingeborg wrote:
mike wrote in :


Win98SE
I use Netscape 7 instead of IE.

If I let the computer sit for a while, I come back to a dialup
networking box asking for permission to dial the phone.
How do I determine who is trying to dial the phone so I can put a stop
to it? I have automatic updates turned off on everything I could find.

I ran a process monitor then let it dial. Got some activity on
MS_webcheckmonitor, but that's hardly conclusive.

A related issue is that I sometimes get dialog boxes telling me that
a program has stopped responding, but gives no clue as to which program.
Hard to diagnose a problem with no info.
Is there a way to figger that out too?

Thanks, mike


Install a firewall (zonealarm free for instance
http://www.oldversion.com/program.php?n=zalarm) and let it dial. The
firewall will tell you which program tries to access the internet.

Thanks,
I have zonealarm installed. The firewall log shows only blocked
accesses. There's nothing interesting in the program log. Maybe I just
don't have it set up right??

Nothing identifiable in the task monitor except the MS_webcheckmonitor
mentioned above. But there is a LOT of stuff in there that I don't
understand.
mike

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By any change did you switch to Netscape because IE wasn't working?
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mike wrote:
Win98SE
I use Netscape 7 instead of IE.

If I let the computer sit for a while, I come back to a dialup
networking box asking for permission to dial the phone.
How do I determine who is trying to dial the phone so I can put a stop
to it? I have automatic updates turned off on everything I could find.

I ran a process monitor then let it dial. Got some activity on
MS_webcheckmonitor, but that's hardly conclusive.

A related issue is that I sometimes get dialog boxes telling me that
a program has stopped responding, but gives no clue as to which program.
Hard to diagnose a problem with no info.
Is there a way to figger that out too?

Thanks, mike

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Ingeborg wrote:
mike wrote in :


Win98SE
I use Netscape 7 instead of IE.

If I let the computer sit for a while, I come back to a dialup
networking box asking for permission to dial the phone.
How do I determine who is trying to dial the phone so I can put a stop
to it? I have automatic updates turned off on everything I could find.

I ran a process monitor then let it dial. Got some activity on
MS_webcheckmonitor, but that's hardly conclusive.

A related issue is that I sometimes get dialog boxes telling me that
a program has stopped responding, but gives no clue as to which program.
Hard to diagnose a problem with no info.
Is there a way to figger that out too?

Thanks, mike


Install a firewall (zonealarm free for instance
http://www.oldversion.com/program.php?n=zalarm) and let it dial. The
firewall will tell you which program tries to access the internet.

Thanks,
I have zonealarm installed. The firewall log shows only blocked
accesses. There's nothing interesting in the program log. Maybe I just
don't have it set up right??

Nothing identifiable in the task monitor except the MS_webcheckmonitor
mentioned above. But there is a LOT of stuff in there that I don't
understand.
mike

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FS 500MHz Tek DSOscilloscope TDS540 Make Offer
Wanted 12" LCD for Compaq Armada 7770MT.
Bunch of stuff For Sale and Wanted at the link below.
MAKE THE OBVIOUS CHANGES TO THE LINK
htremovethistp://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Monitor/4710/

In ZA, open up the Programs tab and you should be able to find out which
programs have been granted access to the internet.
It should be in there.

PA Bear wrote:
By any change did you switch to Netscape because IE wasn't working?

I've never used IE.
I like the Netscape Tabbed Browsing.
And I don't like giving anything MS access my system if I can help it.
Wouldn't even use the OS if I had a viable alternative...but I digress...
mike

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Does IE work?

mike wrote:
PA Bear wrote:
By any change did you switch to Netscape because IE wasn't working?

I've never used IE.
I like the Netscape Tabbed Browsing.
And I don't like giving anything MS access my system if I can help it.
Wouldn't even use the OS if I had a viable alternative...but I digress...
mike

PA Bear wrote:
Does IE work?

That depends on what you mean by "work"?
My personal opinion, by my definition, is NO!
I deleted iexplore.exe so it "can't work" in my system.
mike


mike wrote:

PA Bear wrote:
By any change did you switch to Netscape because IE wasn't working?

I've never used IE.
I like the Netscape Tabbed Browsing.
And I don't like giving anything MS access my system if I can help it.
Wouldn't even use the OS if I had a viable alternative...but I digress...
mike




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FS 500MHz Tek DSOscilloscope TDS540 Make Offer
Wanted 12" LCD for Compaq Armada 7770MT.
Bunch of stuff For Sale and Wanted at the link below.
MAKE THE OBVIOUS CHANGES TO THE LINK
htremovethistp://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Monitor/4710/

On Wed, 01 Jun 2005 04:29:08 -0700, mike wrote:

Win98SE
I use Netscape 7 instead of IE.

If I let the computer sit for a while, I come back to a dialup
networking box asking for permission to dial the phone.
How do I determine who is trying to dial the phone so I can put a stop
to it? I have automatic updates turned off on everything I could find.

I ran a process monitor then let it dial. Got some activity on
MS_webcheckmonitor, but that's hardly conclusive.

If something is trying to dial out and you don't have a clue what it
is... the first thing you should do is run AdAware. Did you do it?

A related issue is that I sometimes get dialog boxes telling me that
a program has stopped responding, but gives no clue as to which program.
Hard to diagnose a problem with no info.
Is there a way to figger that out too?

What did task manager (ctrl alt del) say?