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Recently (obviously something I unknowingly did!) I continue to have
the "Dial-Up Connection" window pop-up on my screen unrequested. This
is the window which asks for User name and Password. Tried several
alternatives to eliminate - including resetting on the "Settings" page.
All to no avail.

Lookin for help. Thanks.

Control Panel/Internet Options/Connections/

wrote:
>
> Recently (obviously something I unknowingly did!) I continue to have
> the "Dial-Up Connection" window pop-up on my screen unrequested. This
> is the window which asks for User name and Password. Tried several
> alternatives to eliminate - including resetting on the "Settings" page.
> All to no avail.
>
> Lookin for help. Thanks.

Having the same problem. It pops up at ramdom.
Tried Control Panel/Internet Options/Connections/
If I change the setting to "Never Connect" the pop up stops, but I
get
no dial-up screen. The pop-up return when I use either of the
other settings.
What am I missing here?



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Wizard <> wrote in message
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> Control Panel/Internet Options/Connections/
>
> wrote:
> >
> > Recently (obviously something I unknowingly did!) I continue
to have
> > the "Dial-Up Connection" window pop-up on my screen
unrequested. This
> > is the window which asks for User name and Password. Tried
several
> > alternatives to eliminate - including resetting on the
"Settings" page.
> > All to no avail.
> >
> > Lookin for help. Thanks.

You probably have a piece of spyware or a trojan that is trying to call
home.

Gabby wrote:
>
> Having the same problem. It pops up at ramdom.
> Tried Control Panel/Internet Options/Connections/
> If I change the setting to "Never Connect" the pop up stops, but I
> get
> no dial-up screen. The pop-up return when I use either of the
> other settings.
> What am I missing here?
>
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> = Wake Up America =
>
> Wizard <> wrote in message
> news:...
> > Control Panel/Internet Options/Connections/
> >
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Recently (obviously something I unknowingly did!) I continue
> to have
> > > the "Dial-Up Connection" window pop-up on my screen
> unrequested. This
> > > is the window which asks for User name and Password. Tried
> several
> > > alternatives to eliminate - including resetting on the
> "Settings" page.
> > > All to no avail.
> > >
> > > Lookin for help. Thanks.

"Wizard" <> wrote in message
news:...
> You probably have a piece of spyware or a trojan that is trying to call
> home.

or an antivirus program (Norton antivirus is now notorious for doing this at
the first boot of the day) or an instant messaging program like AIM, ICQ,
MSN, Yahoo pager, Yahoo messenger etc. or a P2P file sharing program like
Kazaa, Limewire, Ezula, or WinMX. There are lots of potential sources of
this behavior these days.

I have run Adaware, Reg1stAid, Spybot and Avast.
Neither of them found anything.

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Wizard <> wrote in message
news:...
> You probably have a piece of spyware or a trojan that is trying
to call
> home.
>
> Gabby wrote:
> >
> > Having the same problem. It pops up at ramdom.
> > Tried Control Panel/Internet Options/Connections/
> > If I change the setting to "Never Connect" the pop up stops,
but I
> > get
> > no dial-up screen. The pop-up return when I use either of the
> > other settings.
> > What am I missing here?
> >
> > ------------------------
> > = Wake Up America =
> >
> > Wizard <> wrote in message
> > news:...
> > > Control Panel/Internet Options/Connections/
> > >
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Recently (obviously something I unknowingly did!) I
continue
> > to have
> > > > the "Dial-Up Connection" window pop-up on my screen
> > unrequested. This
> > > > is the window which asks for User name and Password.
Tried
> > several
> > > > alternatives to eliminate - including resetting on the
> > "Settings" page.
> > > > All to no avail.
> > > >
> > > > Lookin for help. Thanks.

On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 05:56:39 GMT, "Gabby" <> wrote:

>Having the same problem. It pops up at ramdom.
>Tried Control Panel/Internet Options/Connections/
>If I change the setting to "Never Connect" the pop up stops, but I
>get
>no dial-up screen.

Are you USING dial-up as a connection?...or are you on broadband?

>The pop-up return when I use either of the
>other settings.
>What am I missing here?

You have a program that is trying to connect to the Internet...by
dial-up...and it can't find a connection. An easy way to find it is
to install a good firewall program that will block outgoing
connections. You should get a popup telling you what program is
trying to get out.


Have a nice one...

Trent©

Budweiser: Helping ugly people have sex since 1876!

I am begining to supect Avast, because it updates automatically.
Thanx for your input.

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Thor <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> "Wizard" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> > You probably have a piece of spyware or a trojan that is
trying to call
> > home.
>
> or an antivirus program (Norton antivirus is now notorious for
doing this at
> the first boot of the day) or an instant messaging program like
AIM, ICQ,
> MSN, Yahoo pager, Yahoo messenger etc. or a P2P file sharing
program like
> Kazaa, Limewire, Ezula, or WinMX. There are lots of potential
sources of
> this behavior these days.
>
>

I have ZoneAlarmPro. It shows nothing. Perhaps I should recheck
the settings.

TYhanx for you input.




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Trent© <> wrote in message
news:...
> On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 05:56:39 GMT, "Gabby" <>
wrote:
>
> >Having the same problem. It pops up at ramdom.
> >Tried Control Panel/Internet Options/Connections/
> >If I change the setting to "Never Connect" the pop up stops,
but I
> >get
> >no dial-up screen.
>
> Are you USING dial-up as a connection?...or are you on
broadband?
>
> >The pop-up return when I use either of the
> >other settings.
> >What am I missing here?
>
> You have a program that is trying to connect to the
Internet...by
> dial-up...and it can't find a connection. An easy way to find
it is
> to install a good firewall program that will block outgoing
> connections. You should get a popup telling you what program is
> trying to get out.
>
>
> Have a nice one...
>
> Trent©
>
> Budweiser: Helping ugly people have sex since 1876!

"Gabby" <> wrote in message
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>I am begining to supect Avast, because it updates automatically.
> Thanx for your input.

I've not seen Avast do this, and I've installed it on many machines over the
last several months, both dialup, and broadband alike. It's never caused
spontaneous dialups that I have ever seen.