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Dial up options keep changing

Sep 23, 2004 9:15PM PDT

I found a number of unwanted offensive shortcuts on my desktop one morning after having been on the net the night before, looking at some sites I had not visited before (and not related in any way to the items found). At the same time when I tried to dial up I found my dial up options has been corrupted and my user name was mixed up with some numbers and an unusable phone number was in the box for my dial up number. I am able to reset these things and dial up but whenever I try to dial up again after having been offline these options are corrupted again in exactly the same way. I have updated my virus software but cannot find a virus on my system.
I am using windows millenium with outlook express
I have a Gatweay 2000 pentium II 266 (old I know!)
Help please!

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Time for you to clean up.
Sep 23, 2004 11:37PM PDT
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Re: Dial up options keep changing
Nov 28, 2004 3:11PM PST

i have the same problem. The number heeps changing to an Austrian phone number. Please let me know if you find a cure

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Need help please EURGENT!
May 11, 2005 10:05AM PDT

Hey I'm having the same problem. The Dial Up phone number changes and so does the User name. Is someone able to help please?