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    Programs randomly accessing internet that is already there.

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by madroxinide, Apr 7, 2007.

  1. madroxinide

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    Randomly Yahoo Messenger or Mozilla Firefox will pop-up with the connections menu (the one where you select a connection from the drop-down menu and click connect). This just started today when I started setting up a home network..The thing is is that my internet connection is always on...I deleted my past dial-up connections i had set up and Firefox began giving me an error saying that it couldnt access the internet or something, but it was clearly still connected and able to load websites.. Yahoo still comes up with the window to connect.

    I don't think I have a virus but I suppose I can do a scan, any other ideas?
     
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    My parents computer just started doing this too.
     
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    i deleted all of the past dial-up connections and left it on overnight and didn't come up with one of those messages...i'll see how it goes.
     
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    My parents machine never had our old dialup connections on it though. This seems completly out of the blue and I cant figure out where its coming from.
     
    TwilightVampire, Apr 9, 2007
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