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Bryan Elwood
Guest
My Windows 2000 system has begun to spontaneously dial a foreign country
through my dial-up modem. It occurs at random times throughout the day. If
I am dialed in, the offending entity will hang up with my ISP, then begin
dialing on its own. The bug will make 11 or so attempts before giving up
until later.
Watching Task Manager closely during an episode, there is no noticeable
activity under Processes. However, I believe I have halted the bug in
mid-stream by closing all instances of Internet Explorer 6, unless of course
the bug simply reached its set number of attempts.
My Norton AV expired some time ago, but I am up to date with Windows
Updates. I didn't think anything like this would creep in before I renewed
my license. I have some experience removing viruses manually through the
registry, but this bug has alluded me thus far.
Can anyone suggest a resource for identifying and removing this bug? Or do
you have a preferred software for removing this particular type of bug?
Thanks for any help!
Bryan
through my dial-up modem. It occurs at random times throughout the day. If
I am dialed in, the offending entity will hang up with my ISP, then begin
dialing on its own. The bug will make 11 or so attempts before giving up
until later.
Watching Task Manager closely during an episode, there is no noticeable
activity under Processes. However, I believe I have halted the bug in
mid-stream by closing all instances of Internet Explorer 6, unless of course
the bug simply reached its set number of attempts.
My Norton AV expired some time ago, but I am up to date with Windows
Updates. I didn't think anything like this would creep in before I renewed
my license. I have some experience removing viruses manually through the
registry, but this bug has alluded me thus far.
Can anyone suggest a resource for identifying and removing this bug? Or do
you have a preferred software for removing this particular type of bug?
Thanks for any help!
Bryan