dial up window

The dial-up window, the one I use to start my telephone
call to my internet provider, keeps popping up uncalled
for. This is a nuisance only, except when trying to run a
game, like Myst, which crashes when that dial-up window
appears. The popping up seems to be, maybe, a response to
my movement of the mouse. It's as if whatever calls up
that window has a nervous trigger finger. This unwanted
popping up occurs, mostly, when preparing to go on line,
as when Internet Explorer and/or Outlook express is
running. Thanks for any help. Larry D

Such errors are often caused by spyware - download AdAware from
www.lavasoftusa.com, install, update, and run it to remove spyware, adware,
and other such nasties from your system.



--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's
or
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/f.../Mar27pmvp.asp
"Larry Dessner" wrote in message
...

The dial-up window, the one I use to start my telephone
call to my internet provider, keeps popping up uncalled
for. This is a nuisance only, except when trying to run a
game, like Myst, which crashes when that dial-up window
appears. The popping up seems to be, maybe, a response to
my movement of the mouse. It's as if whatever calls up
that window has a nervous trigger finger. This unwanted
popping up occurs, mostly, when preparing to go on line,
as when Internet Explorer and/or Outlook express is
running. Thanks for any help. Larry D

Thanks. I found the culprit. McAfey's spamkiller
automatically checks for updates, but that option can be
deselected. ljd
-----Original Message-----
Such errors are often caused by spyware - download
AdAware from
www.lavasoftusa.com, install, update, and run it to
remove spyware, adware,
and other such nasties from your system.



--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post
messages to NG's
or
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/f...2001/Mar01/Mar
27pmvp.asp
"Larry Dessner"
wrote in message
...

The dial-up window, the one I use to start my telephone
call to my internet provider, keeps popping up uncalled
for. This is a nuisance only, except when trying to run
a
game, like Myst, which crashes when that dial-up window
appears. The popping up seems to be, maybe, a response
to
my movement of the mouse. It's as if whatever calls up
that window has a nervous trigger finger. This unwanted
popping up occurs, mostly, when preparing to go on line,
as when Internet Explorer and/or Outlook express is
running. Thanks for any help. Larry D


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Thanks for the feedback - nice to know these thingsg

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's
or
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/f.../Mar27pmvp.asp
wrote in message
...
Thanks. I found the culprit. McAfey's spamkiller
automatically checks for updates, but that option can be
deselected. ljd
-----Original Message-----
Such errors are often caused by spyware - download
AdAware from
www.lavasoftusa.com, install, update, and run it to
remove spyware, adware,
and other such nasties from your system.



--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post
messages to NG's
or
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/f...2001/Mar01/Mar
27pmvp.asp
"Larry Dessner"
wrote in message
...

The dial-up window, the one I use to start my telephone
call to my internet provider, keeps popping up uncalled
for. This is a nuisance only, except when trying to run
a
game, like Myst, which crashes when that dial-up window
appears. The popping up seems to be, maybe, a response
to
my movement of the mouse. It's as if whatever calls up
that window has a nervous trigger finger. This unwanted
popping up occurs, mostly, when preparing to go on line,
as when Internet Explorer and/or Outlook express is
running. Thanks for any help. Larry D


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