Modem dials ISP by itself. How to stop?

[Al Smith]

The dialer program starts and dials the connected modem by itself.

How can I stop it?

 

[rory]

Start
Control Panel
Internet Options
Connections tab
You want: "never dial a connection"
OK

 

[Ramesh]

Hi Al,

A program or spyware might initializing the dial-up connection.

SpyBot S&D searches your harddisk for Spyware and Adware
http://security.kolla.de/

and

Adaware (similar)
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
* Perform a Webupdate to have the latest definitions installed *

To disable automatic dial completely (means no program can automatically
dial, however you can do manually.)

1. Right click the My computer icon (Desktop), open Manage/Services and
Applications/Services.
2. In the right pane scroll down to Remote Accces Auto Connection Manager
and double click it.
3. Use the Startup type drop box and choose Disabled.


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The dialer program starts and dials the connected modem by itself.

How can I stop it?

 

[Al Smith]

Start
Control Panel
Internet Options
Connections tab
You want: "never dial a connection"
OK

 

[Maureen Goldman]

The dialer program starts and dials the connected modem by itself.
How can I stop it?

From a response by MVP Kelly Theriot to a similar question:
Right click My Network Places/Properties/Advanced (top toolbar)
/Dial-Up Preferences/Enable Auto-Dial by Location/Uncheck all
locations and check off always ask me before auto dialing.
Also, Disable autodial while I am logged on.

In the Enable Auto-Dial By Location dialog box, select each
location for which you want the automatic dialing feature
to operate. Reboot.

Disable or Enable AutoDial (Line 91)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

To view the list of names and addresses recorded by AutoDial, type
the following command at a command prompt: rasautou -s

To delete a name or address entry from the list: Start/Run/Regedit

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\RAS Autodial\Addresses

You can delete any TCP/IP addresses that you see under this key.
Note that AutoDial can use IP addresses, DNS fully qualified domain
names (FQDN), and NetBIOS names.