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| Thread ID: 53852 | 2005-01-29 02:39:00 | Dial-Up Networking Problem | chriss121 (7035) | Press F1 |
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| 319059 | 2005-01-30 03:36:00 | Win Me Sorry I meant to put in the original message, as well as the phantom connection attempts I can't hear the modem pick up dial tone or dial out when using 'dial-up networking' But can ear it using ATDT in hyperterminal |
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| 319060 | 2005-01-30 03:38:00 | I do not have a firewall installed | chriss121 (7035) | ||
| 319061 | 2005-01-30 03:47:00 | [QUOTE=chriss121]Apologies for getting shirty but this problem is becoming annoying. OK have ran Spybot and updated my anti-virus and ran that, and Nothing, Nada, Zilch........ If you have a dialer installed then they are not always picked up with Anti-Virus and Spybot. Run Ad-Aware as well but some dialers are quite well hidden and difficult to remove. Try an online virus scan from http://housecall.trendmicro.com/ or www.bitdefender.com if you can stay connected long enough. When it disconnects are you able to connect again. Try setting IE Tools/Options/Connections to never dial a connection and setup a shortcut on your desktop to connect with. Have a look in Add/Remove programs for anything suspicious. If you have system restore you could try going back a few days. |
Safari (3993) | ||
| 319062 | 2005-01-30 03:56:00 | Thanx, I'll run the online virus scans and see what happens. I tried the IE tools/options thing and it didn't make any difference. Yes I can reconnect but I have to either go into dial-up networking and delete the rogue connection or wait until it has attempted to connect and failed 10 times as I have set in options. I'd rather not restore, I use this PC for work when at home and have a lot of douments etc that I'd need to back up..... have just downloaded a different ad-ware tool, see if this works. |
chriss121 (7035) | ||
| 319063 | 2005-01-30 04:18:00 | Hi Chrius. I've never had ME, jumping from 98 to XP. However, in XP restore does not interfere with your documents or data. :cool: | Scouse (83) | ||
| 319064 | 2005-01-30 04:31:00 | are there any dodgie connections in the connect to panel (thats in xp) but in ME it could be under dial up networking. i nailed a dailer for a friend a few weeks ago with spybot, which version do you have? after you have fixed the problem, i suggest that you get zonealarm (http://www.zonelabs.com) its a very good free firewall :) |
Prescott (11) | ||
| 319065 | 2005-01-30 05:48:00 | i have Spybot 1.3 have just downloaded and ran the latest version of Ad-Aware. It found 1220 critical objects but alas the problem still exists. Will download the firewall and see what happens Will leave the restore as a last resort as I don't really know what I'm doing with it. |
chriss121 (7035) | ||
| 319066 | 2005-01-30 05:57:00 | what is in the add/remove panel? anything nastie? and what antivirus software do you have? is there any indication of what it is called? who is it connecting to? |
Prescott (11) | ||
| 319067 | 2005-01-30 06:05:00 | There's nothing nasty in the add/remove have checked that, I'm using the latest norton and Antiv ver6. The connections in dial-up networking have random sets of letters like TRNGM which changes with every connection, there's no telephone number just a 0 hene it failling each time |
chriss121 (7035) | ||
| 319068 | 2005-01-30 06:10:00 | try AVG7, i once had norton and it never picked up a virus i had, i switched to AVG and that got it. you can get it from here (free.grisoft.com), make sure you uninstall norton antivirus though | Prescott (11) | ||
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