PC Logs on to internet by itself

[Guest]

My desktop Pc logs onto the internet (Dial UP) by itself and just goes to my
home page and does nothing. I'm at wits end to find out which program is
telling it to do that. Task scheduler does not have anything scheduled to do
that. Is there a way to find out which site it is going to and which program
is telling it to do so? With only one phone line, it is presently creating
problems with our phone if we don't know it logged on. There is no
consistant regularity to when it logs on.

 

[Richard Harison]

Are you running Outpost Firewall?

 

[Malke]

My desktop Pc logs onto the internet (Dial UP) by itself and just goes to
my
home page and does nothing. I'm at wits end to find out which program is
telling it to do that. Task scheduler does not have anything scheduled to
do
that. Is there a way to find out which site it is going to and which
program is telling it to do so? With only one phone line, it is presently
creating
problems with our phone if we don't know it logged on. There is no
consistant regularity to when it logs on.

What is the malware/virus status of the machine? If you think it is clean,
what programs (and versions) did you use to determine this?

Be sure the computer is clean:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

Malke

 

[Plato]

Have pretty much ruled out a Virus and also Spyware as I use and update
manually on a regular basis. I use Norton's System Works and Spybot. Only

Remove System Works ASAP for best results.

 

[Alias]

Have pretty much ruled out a Virus and also Spyware as I use and update
manually on a regular basis. I use Norton's System Works and Spybot. Only
does this about once a week but not at the same time. Have changed all
update programs such as Nortons and Windows Updates to manual.

Spybot only picks up some stuff, not all. You need Ad-Aware SE as well
as Spywareblaster and Spywareguard (all free). From your post, it seems
you have had your computer hijacked. Do yourself a favor and follow the
advice that Malke gave you. Also, get rid of anything Norton. The Avast
or AVG anti virus programs are free and much better and less resource
hungry than Norton.

Alias

 

[Frank]

My desktop Pc logs onto the internet (Dial UP) by itself and just goes
to my
home page and does nothing. I'm at wits end to find out which program
is
telling it to do that. Task scheduler does not have anything
scheduled to do
that. Is there a way to find out which site it is going to and which
program
is telling it to do so? With only one phone line, it is presently
creating
problems with our phone if we don't know it logged on. There is no
consistant regularity to when it logs on.

Start>>control panel>>internet options>>connections>>
Check to see if ( ) Dial whenever a netrwork connection is not
present....