Continuous reconnect

[Guest]

My computer keeps reconnecting to the Internet from the time XP finishes loading to when I shut down. I keep hitting cancel but it continues to dial the connection. If I let it connect then it transmits data rapidly for a few seconds then stops sending. I have the latest McAfee installed and I used the MyDoom utility to check for that worm. No programs are set to autoupdate. I'm worried I might have an infected machine. I'm thinking about reformatting and reinstalling XP, but would I then be able to use Windows Update

I'm on dial up using a modem and the thought of reinstalling Windows updates is unpleasant.

 

[len]

scan for spyware. use spybot at safer-networking.org
update and scan on easy and remove parisites and it also
keeps backups.

-----Original Message-----
My computer keeps reconnecting to the Internet from the

time XP finishes loading to when I shut down. I keep
hitting cancel but it continues to dial the connection. If
I let it connect then it transmits data rapidly for a few
seconds then stops sending. I have the latest McAfee
installed and I used the MyDoom utility to check for that
worm. No programs are set to autoupdate. I'm worried I
might have an infected machine. I'm thinking about
reformatting and reinstalling XP, but would I then be able
to use Windows Update?

I'm on dial up using a modem and the thought of

reinstalling Windows updates is unpleasant.

 

[Gordon]

Jason cogitated deeply and scribbled thusly:

My computer keeps reconnecting to the Internet from the time XP finishes loading to when I shut down. I keep hitting cancel but it continues to dial the connection. If I let it connect then it transmits data rapidly for a few seconds then stops sending. I have the latest McAfee installed and I used the MyDoom utility to check for that worm. No programs are set to autoupdate. I'm worried I might have an infected machine. I'm thinking about reformatting and reinstalling XP, but would I then be able to use Windows Update?

I'm on dial up using a modem and the thought of reinstalling Windows updates is unpleasant.

Check your Clock settings - XP has "Synchronise with an internet clock"
ON by default.