[patricia mckay]

why does my computer continue to try to connect to the internet eveen when I do not want to access it. I am on dial up and am a 68 yo novice! please help. Pat

[Taffycat]

Hello Pat, welcome to PC Review

You just need to alter a setting to stop your PC connecting when you don't want it to, so:

Click start, Settings, Control Panel.

In Control Panel, click Internet Options.

In the Internet Properties dialogue box, choose the Connections tab.

You should now see Dial-up Settings, and the name of your Internet connection. Highlight it, by clicking on it.

Below, you should see three options, which are:

Never dial a connection;
Dial whenever a network connection is not present;
Always dial my default connection.

You need to select "Never dial a connection" by clicking on the space next to it.

Click on "Apply" and finally "OK" and you're done.

(Never dial a connection means that your PC will not connect, until YOU manually want to connect.)

[TriplexDread]

Could be a Trojan Dialer!

http://www.detoxcomic.com/articles/twdialers.html