dial up connection box opens on start

[Ctrl Z]

Recently each time I start up my pc the dial up connection
box opens and I can't use the pc until I have dialled up
to the internet. We did have a trojan virus recently but
norton anti virus removed that and current scans suggest
that there are no other virus' on the system.

any help at all would be very welcome.

 

[H Leboeuf]

Select Connection problems on this index.
http://www.generation.net/~hleboeuf/ieindex.htm


Execute MSCONFIG from the start/run applet.
Open System.ini and look under the [ Boot ] section
The Shell entry for explorer should be

shell=Explorer.exe

If you have anything else after explorer.exe remove it. The entry should be
as above.
It could be a remnant of your trojan.

System.ini can be edited with notepad.

 

[tes]

I had the same problem after installing IE 6.0 on both my
desktop and laptop pcs. After installing critical
updates/service packs from the Windows Update site, the
problem seems to have been eliminated. Hope this works for
you.

 

[Sandi - Microsoft MVP]

Dial up box keeps appearing (spyware/foistware is a high possibility).
Troubleshooting instructions can be found at the URL below:
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/answers.htm#dial_up