[hugh]

I run X.P.pro,SP2 and I.E.6.
Whenever I look in Internet Options,Connections,dial up settings,The proxy
settings boxes in the Dial up and the Lan boxes are always ticked.My Dial up
I.S.P. tell me this is wrong. I untick these boxes,(several times a
day),confirm this action,sometimes restart Windows,Reboot windows,and when I
look again these boxes are ticked again
How can I stop this.
Thanks.

[Malke]

hugh wrote:
> I run X.P.pro,SP2 and I.E.6.
> Whenever I look in Internet Options,Connections,dial up settings,The proxy
> settings boxes in the Dial up and the Lan boxes are always ticked.My Dial up
> I.S.P. tell me this is wrong. I untick these boxes,(several times a
> day),confirm this action,sometimes restart Windows,Reboot windows,and when I
> look again these boxes are ticked again
> How can I stop this.
> Thanks.

Older versions of Norton Antivirus used a proxy for its email scanning.
Perhaps the av you are using does the same. Otherwise, it would be a
good idea to scan for malware. Post back if you need help with that.

Malke
--
MS-MVP Windows User/Shell
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic"

[hugh]

"Malke" wrote:

> hugh wrote:
> > I run X.P.pro,SP2 and I.E.6.
> > Whenever I look in Internet Options,Connections,dial up settings,The proxy
> > settings boxes in the Dial up and the Lan boxes are always ticked.My Dial up
> > I.S.P. tell me this is wrong. I untick these boxes,(several times a
> > day),confirm this action,sometimes restart Windows,Reboot windows,and when I
> > look again these boxes are ticked again
> > How can I stop this.
> > Thanks.
>
> Older versions of Norton Antivirus used a proxy for its email scanning.
> Perhaps the av you are using does the same. Otherwise, it would be a
> good idea to scan for malware. Post back if you need help with that.
>
> Malke
> --
> MS-MVP Windows User/Shell
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic"
> Thank you for your Quick response.My Norton Antivirus is ! month old,and I have Just installed Microsoft Antispy ware. Is this enough,or is there something else I should Be doing? This Problem was in exsistence prior to both these applications. Thank You.