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You need to find out what's causing it - it could be either legitimate
(Windows looking for certificate confirmation for recently-installed
programs) or malware.
Try using Process Explorer to see what's causing the link
www.sysinternals.com
You may already have a virus/spyware hijack
download the Stinger from here and run it to make sure that A-V-disabling
viruses are not present on your PC
http://download.nai.com/products/mcafee-avert/stinger.exe
- update your virus scanner and run a full system scan of all files.
Reboot to Safe Mode and run CWShredder - to remove variants of the
CoolWebSearch hijacker.
http://www.merijn.org/cwschronicles.html
Use CWShredder, the removal tool:
http://www.intermute.com/products/cwshredder.html
(download it without the accompanying rubbish)
download AdAware SE Personal Edition from www.lavasoftusa.com, install,
update, and run it to remove spyware, adware, and other such nasties from
your system.
--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)
Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
http://tinyurl.com/6oztj
Please read
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's
"Craiger" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:030f01c513bf$914bea80$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> After my computer is turned on or rebooted, internet
> explorer automatically tries to establish a connection
> without the user prompting it to do so.
> How can I disable this?
>
> Thanks
>
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