PC tries to dial upon boot-up

[aharrisreid]

Hope this is the right forum for this type of question - if not, feel free to move it to the right area...

As of this morning I've noticed that whenever I boot my pc, as well as starting all the programs in the Start menu, the 'Dial-up Connection' box pops-up and tries to start dialling my ISP! This has never happened before, and I don't want it to - I only want dialling to occur when I request a connection to the internet.

In the IE Internet Properties Connection tab I have set to dial whenever a network connection is not present (the middle option). The default page is set to about:blank. I am using XP pro SP2.

Any help would be appreciated.

Alan

 

[theguru97321]

Sounds like you have something that wants to get on the internet before you're ready.

1. Could be an auto updater.
2. Could be a virus.
3. Could be an adult content dialer.
4. A shortcut in your Startup menu group that launches the dialer.


Do you see anything in your add/remove programs you don't know what it is, or know shouldn't be?

Are you the only one that uses this system, and installs programs on it?

Run a good spyware/antivirus/adware remover and see what it comes up with.

I've been blessed with the following.

http://www.grisoft.com

(free personal antivirus software)

http://www.download.com

(search for AdAware and Trojan Guard Gold)

Also, try housecall.trendmicro.com for a free online virus scan.

 

[aharrisreid]

Hi theguru97321,

>I've been blessed with the following.
>

http://www.grisoft.com

(free personal antivirus software)
>

http://www.download.com

(search for AdAware and Trojan Guard Gold)

>Also, try housecall.trendmicro.com for a free online virus scan.

Wonderful stuff! I've downloaded all 3 - hopefully they will come-up with something.

Many thanks,
Alan

 

[linney]

What are Good Virus/Spyware?Update/Firewall Practices?
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If you browser is Internet Explorer this will help.

In IE/ Tools/ Internet Options/ Connections/ "Never Dial A Connection".

Specifies that Internet Explorer not automatically dial a connection for you when you need to connect to the Internet. You must first manually start your dial-up connection and then connect to the Internet.

 

[bcastner]

From Kelly Theriot:

Right click My Network Places/Properties/Advanced (top toolbar)/Dial-Up Preferences/Enable Auto-Dial by Location/Uncheck all locations and check off always ask me before auto dialing. Also, Disable autodial while I am logged on.

In the Enable Auto-Dial By Location dialog box, select each location for which you want the automatic dialing feature to operate. Reboot.

Disable or Enable AutoDial (Line 91)

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

To view the list of names and addresses recorded by AutoDial, type the following command at a command prompt: rasautou -s

To delete a name or address entry from the list: Start/Run/Regedit

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\RAS Autodial\Addresses

You can delete any TCP/IP addresses that you see under this key. Note that AutoDial can use IP addresses, DNS fully qualified domain names (FQDN), and NetBIOS names.