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799054 2009-08-07 08:24:00 I am using:

Windows XP
Internet explorer 8
Microsoft Outlook
Dial up xtra/telecom


When I go onto the internet to collectb my email and/or look at a website and then disconnect I find that my internet connection restarts itself fairly soon afterwards.

This is a nuisance because I am on dial up and when we talk on the phone we hear the dialing up and/or when I disconnect the internet connection I can come back later on (like now after tea) and find that the computer has reconnected

I have looked everywhere that I can think about but I can't find the setting that does this. Any practical advice

Jim
Jim (9896)
799055 2009-08-07 08:45:00 Go into OE if yo use it / tools / options / connections. Untick hang up after sending and receiving. Right mouse on the connection in network connections / properties / options tab, change the idle option to never. Open IE, go to tools / options / connections, change it to never dial a connection Speedy Gonzales (78)
799056 2009-08-07 09:11:00 I find that my internet connection restarts itself fairly soon afterwards .


Do a spyware check, you may have a dialler .
pctek (84)
799057 2009-08-07 13:14:00 Do a spyware check, you may have a dialler.

+1

Post a HijackThis log.
Blam (54)
799058 2009-08-11 21:29:00 Thanks for the help. I am fairly certain that it was one of the "Downadup" family that was causing it to redial. I got a message that my antivirus had picked one up on one of my wands/sticks/etc and so I ran a complete and long virus check on all my drives and now I haven't had a restart

Thanks :clap
Jim (9896)
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