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unwanted internet connection dialing

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by john de la cruz

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Hello everyone.
i have a problem with my XP Pro.
I want to know how can i find out what program is trying to dial my connection even having the "never dial a connection" option selected and how get rid of it??

if u have any answer about this issue please let me know.
Any help will be really preciated.

John

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by quintar51

You can also going to internet explorer properties, connections, and removing the dial up connection all together from there.

by dan_c

Are you on a LAN? Do you have ICS enabled on that machine? If so, you could have dial on demand enabled, in which case anything could be calling across the network and launching the connection...

by dan_c

Also remember that, personal firewall software, antivirus software set to autoupdate, spyware (as already mentioned), or p2p programs such as kazaa can all try to call dial outs...

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