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Posted by Doug Boufford on March 4, 2007, 7:41 am
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> | Running WIN XP Pro SP2
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> | For the last month or so, my laptop has been attempting to connect to
> | the internet on it's own. Whatever is causing this behavior appears to
> | use the last-used internet connection
> | I have several dial-up entries and a DSL connection, so even if I am not
> | connected to the DSL, the prog will attempt to connect usng the DSL
> | connection - and - vice-versa with the dial-up connection
> | I have BitDefender updated and running as an anti-virus & Zone Alarm
> | updated and running as a firewall.
> | I have checked the complete drive using:
> | Ad-Aware; Hijack This and Spybot S&D, and have not found anything unusual.
> | The only method I have found to stop this action is to kill
> | "rasautou.exe", using TaskManager. Once that has been stopped, no futher
> | connection attempts are made until I re-boot the system. Even when I am
> | not connected to DSL, the system may try to connect using that connection.
> | I have reviewed all start-up folders and cannot find anything unusual.
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> | At one stage I suspected Norton's Symantec Live Update, as it's folders
> | appeared to have been updated when there was an an internet connection,
> | with numerous files added to its folders. I have since uninstalled all
> | Symantec Live Update, since I could not receive any assistance from
> | Symantec.
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> | Any suggestions to track down this activity, would be greatly appreciated.
> |
> | TIA
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> Internet Explorer --> tools --> internet options --> connections
> make sure "never dial a connection" has been checked.
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David
Thanks but IE was already set as such.
Doug
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