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re: Question about 'Dial-up Connection box pops up repeatedly
Sunday, July 18, 2004 at 5:33 am
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Tom Hering
(1 messages posted)
The problem is not due to the Dial-up Connection box, but to a program that is trying
to establish an internet connection. It might be spyware or another malicious program,
so be sure your computer is clean. Most likely, though, it is a program you installed
- one that uses the internet to operate and/or update automatically. As your desktop
loads, watch the icons as they appear next to your clock. Which one has NOT appeared
yet when the Dial-up box starts popping up? This program is the culprit. In my case,
I would have to close the Dial-up box dozens of times before the desktop would finish.
Then I noticed that when the pop ups began, all the icons had appeared next to the
clock except one - and that was Norton Anti-Virus 2004. So I went to the program's
options dialog and unchecked "enable auto-protect at start up (recommended)." No
further problems after that. The Dial-up box does not pop up even once now. Of course,
I now have to manually enable auto-protect (by right-clicking the Norton icon) after
connecting to the internet, but this is much less of an annoyance than the pop ups.
On Friday, February 6, 2004 at 6:35 am, Jane wrote:
>My dial up connection box pops up on the desktop constantly! Need instuctions "for
>dummies" to disable it. I also have been unable to scan disk. Restarts 10 times.
>Is the connection box problem affecting that also?
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