Something dialing out on unused dialup #

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IronMan Mike Curtis

I'm on a cable modem. I have IE set to never dial. A
couple of days ago, I used a dialup (in another area
code). Now something keeps trying to dial out on this,
unsuccessfully because I have no phone connected, and the
number has no area code. It keeps dialing even though I
set ZoneAlarm to LOCK and hit STOP, which is supposed to
stop any and all internet access.

I looked in task manager and see a program I don't
recognize as usually being there, rasautou.exe. When I
stop this, the dialig goes away for a while. There is
also a C:/Windows/Prefetch/RASAUTOU.EXE-18B86A68.pf file.

Glitch or virus? Or?? I'm using AVAST! antivirus.

Thanks in advance.
 
could be a dialer program... it dials a phone number and connects
you for long amounts of time to charge money on ya...

otherwise, go to internet options and check 'never dial a connect'
and get rid of that suspicious file... (rename it to .xxx in case
it is important)
 
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