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    I keep getting requests randomly by programs to access the internet.

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by madroxinide, Apr 7, 2007.

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    Randomly Yahoo Messenger or Mozilla Firefox will pop-up with the connections menu (the one where you select a connection from the drop-down menu and click connect). This just started today when I started setting up a home network..The thing is is that my internet connection is always on...I deleted my past dial-up connections i had set up and Firefox began giving me an error saying that it couldnt access the internet or something, but it was clearly still connected and able to load websites.. Yahoo still comes up with the window to connect.

    I don't think I have a virus but I suppose I can do a scan, any other ideas?
     
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    Greg, Apr 7, 2007
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