Guest Fraun Posted August 16, 2007 Posted August 16, 2007 Hi, my computer used to use a Connect To dialup connection to the internet, but now it uses broadband wireless, and everything works fine except for the last couple weeks, two different kinds of auto-connect boxes have been popping up to initiate a dial-up. This seems to happen constantly every 18 seconds, but sometimes very frequently and it impedes usability. Sometimes, it doesn't happen for quite a while, for example, it hasn't happened during the last hour, but I won't say the problem just fixed itself. I've been searching for answers on the internet, but my searches are too general, and really, I'm wondering if this box is infected with a virus. The problem is that I'm already connected (via broadband link), and for a while this worked fine without any auto- dialup popup interference. Now it's happening all the time and it's a b*tch. It usually just pops up the regular connect-to box ('Connect <ISP Name>' -> Dial button) but sometimes this other, less-detailed box pops under that one... I know a little about auto-dial options for certain Locations, however, no Locations are defined on this computer, so I can't affect any settings via Network Connections/Advanced/Dial- up Preferences because there are no Locations to affect! The other thing I did was modify this registry value: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\EnableAutodial It was a True value, I changed it to False (zero). Any ideas, folks?
Guest JS Posted August 16, 2007 Posted August 16, 2007 Re: Windows XP Auto-connect Do some of your application have the ability to Auto Connect usually for the purpose of getting updates. Is it possible that this could be part of the problem? JS "Fraun" <cbanis@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1187294567.349109.75890@r34g2000hsd.googlegroups.com... > Hi, my computer used to use a Connect To dialup connection to the > internet, but now it uses broadband wireless, > and everything works fine except for the last couple weeks, two > different kinds of auto-connect boxes have been > popping up to initiate a dial-up. > > This seems to happen constantly every 18 seconds, but sometimes very > frequently and it impedes usability. > Sometimes, it doesn't happen for quite a while, for example, it hasn't > happened during the last hour, but I won't > say the problem just fixed itself. I've been searching for answers on > the internet, but my searches are too general, and really, I'm > wondering if this box is infected with a virus. > > The problem is that I'm already connected (via broadband link), and > for a while this worked fine without any auto- > dialup popup interference. Now it's happening all the time and it's a > b*tch. It usually just pops up the regular > connect-to box ('Connect <ISP Name>' -> Dial button) but sometimes > this other, less-detailed box pops under > that one... > > I know a little about auto-dial options for certain Locations, > however, no Locations are defined on this computer, > so I can't affect any settings via Network Connections/Advanced/Dial- > up Preferences because there are no > Locations to affect! > > The other thing I did was modify this registry value: > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet > Settings\EnableAutodial > > It was a True value, I changed it to False (zero). > > Any ideas, folks? >
Guest The Marker Posted August 16, 2007 Posted August 16, 2007 Re: Windows XP Auto-connect Have you looked at: Internet explorer - Tools - Internet Options - tab Connections - mark 'Never dial a connection' "Fraun" <cbanis@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1187294567.349109.75890@r34g2000hsd.googlegroups.com... > Hi, my computer used to use a Connect To dialup connection to the > internet, but now it uses broadband wireless, > and everything works fine except for the last couple weeks, two > different kinds of auto-connect boxes have been > popping up to initiate a dial-up. > > This seems to happen constantly every 18 seconds, but sometimes very > frequently and it impedes usability. > Sometimes, it doesn't happen for quite a while, for example, it hasn't > happened during the last hour, but I won't > say the problem just fixed itself. I've been searching for answers on > the internet, but my searches are too general, and really, I'm > wondering if this box is infected with a virus. > > The problem is that I'm already connected (via broadband link), and > for a while this worked fine without any auto- > dialup popup interference. Now it's happening all the time and it's a > b*tch. It usually just pops up the regular > connect-to box ('Connect <ISP Name>' -> Dial button) but sometimes > this other, less-detailed box pops under > that one... > > I know a little about auto-dial options for certain Locations, > however, no Locations are defined on this computer, > so I can't affect any settings via Network Connections/Advanced/Dial- > up Preferences because there are no > Locations to affect! > > The other thing I did was modify this registry value: > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet > Settings\EnableAutodial > > It was a True value, I changed it to False (zero). > > Any ideas, folks? >
Guest Fraun Posted August 18, 2007 Posted August 18, 2007 Re: Windows XP Auto-connect I don't have many programs running, but I DO have azureus and what not. However, I have tried shutting down as many programs as I can because there's no way of knowing directly what programs are trying to connect... Still have the problem... virus..? Are there any programs/tools for seeing what programs are trying to connect? (The connection box itself is contained in another process, because the task list doesn't change when the box is opened or closed -- probably an explorer component.) I guess I'm looking for any robust trouble-shooting/ monitoring tools or an, "Oh yeah! that's exactly this!" answer. (I bet it's a virus.) I tried using a registry monitor (windows regmon?) to see when it's reading that 'EnableAutodial' option, but never saw it... All of this seems like a very indirect way of actually finding that check box that officially and cleanly turns off whatever freakish activity it's trying to do. Oh yeah, I'm also using Firefox, but I'll rev up IE just to see if that's not a solution. Thanks for thinking about this problem, -Clint
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