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re: Question about 'Dial-up Connection box pops up repeatedly
Friday, December 24, 2004 at 11:03 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by jeff
(1 messages posted)
Tom,
Just wanted to thank you & everyone else for the suggested solutions. I recently
started experiencing the same exact problem - 'dial-up connection' popping up upon
startup, and then I had to click cancel on it about 5 times to get rid of it. I then
followed your solution and it worked - one of my installed programs(which uses internet
service) would appear next to the clock AFTER the 'dial-up' pop-up. It was the culprit
indeed. Thanks again.
On Sunday, July 18, 2004 at 5:33 am, Tom Hering wrote:
>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.
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