Internet sign-in page repeatedly opens

[Greg Stamm]

Hi,

Within the last week I started with the following problem:
If I am not signed onto the internet I either get my sign-
in page opening or I get the message box stating that the
page I was trying to view is not available off-line and
it asks to select "Connect" or "Work Offline". If I am
signed onto to the internet I get a lot of pop-up adds.
Further, I have noticed a shortcut on my desktop
called "Second Thought" - the properties indicated that
it was created August 18, 2003. It was not listed in
Add/remove Programs. I don't recall seeing it before,
but I'm not sure. Just prior to these problems I
received an error: RUNDLL32.EXE could not find image or
something similar (I don't recall exactly). I only
received this error on a few start-ups. It went away and
the above problems started.

These issues surfaced just after I installed the Blaster
Worm patch from Microsoft......any relation?? My virus
definitions are up to date (Norton's).

How should I delete the "Second Thought" file if it's not
showing up in add/remove programs? It's located
in "C:\Program Files\STC\STC.exe". Does this sound like
a virus or did a virus put this or something other file
on my hard drive?

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Greg

[Larry Maietta]

Greg:
Sounds like you have spyware in your system. One of the free programs that
gets rid of this stuff is Spybot-search and destroy. for a free copy, try
here.
http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?lang=en&page=download
I hope this helps.
Please reply to this string, so others can also help.

Sincerely
Larry Maietta

"Greg Stamm" > wrote in message
...
> Hi,
>
> Within the last week I started with the following problem:
> If I am not signed onto the internet I either get my sign-
> in page opening or I get the message box stating that the
> page I was trying to view is not available off-line and
> it asks to select "Connect" or "Work Offline". If I am
> signed onto to the internet I get a lot of pop-up adds.
> Further, I have noticed a shortcut on my desktop
> called "Second Thought" - the properties indicated that
> it was created August 18, 2003. It was not listed in
> Add/remove Programs. I don't recall seeing it before,
> but I'm not sure. Just prior to these problems I
> received an error: RUNDLL32.EXE could not find image or
> something similar (I don't recall exactly). I only
> received this error on a few start-ups. It went away and
> the above problems started.
>
> These issues surfaced just after I installed the Blaster
> Worm patch from Microsoft......any relation?? My virus
> definitions are up to date (Norton's).
>
> How should I delete the "Second Thought" file if it's not
> showing up in add/remove programs? It's located
> in "C:\Program Files\STC\STC.exe". Does this sound like
> a virus or did a virus put this or something other file
> on my hard drive?
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Greg

[Naresh Kumar]

To solve the problem Internet Connection dialing always, perform the steps
given below:

Open IE
Click Tools | Internet Options
Select the connection tab.
From the list select your connections and select the option Never Dial a
Connection

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NaresH KumaR



"Greg Stamm" > wrote in message
...
> Hi,
>
> Within the last week I started with the following problem:
> If I am not signed onto the internet I either get my sign-
> in page opening or I get the message box stating that the
> page I was trying to view is not available off-line and
> it asks to select "Connect" or "Work Offline". If I am
> signed onto to the internet I get a lot of pop-up adds.
> Further, I have noticed a shortcut on my desktop
> called "Second Thought" - the properties indicated that
> it was created August 18, 2003. It was not listed in
> Add/remove Programs. I don't recall seeing it before,
> but I'm not sure. Just prior to these problems I
> received an error: RUNDLL32.EXE could not find image or
> something similar (I don't recall exactly). I only
> received this error on a few start-ups. It went away and
> the above problems started.
>
> These issues surfaced just after I installed the Blaster
> Worm patch from Microsoft......any relation?? My virus
> definitions are up to date (Norton's).
>
> How should I delete the "Second Thought" file if it's not
> showing up in add/remove programs? It's located
> in "C:\Program Files\STC\STC.exe". Does this sound like
> a virus or did a virus put this or something other file
> on my hard drive?
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Greg

[Greg Stamm]

Thanks for the advice. Last night I ran Spybot and it did
find quite a few files, etc.. I deleted them, but the
problem still persists.

I forgot to mention that when I shut-down the computer I
get the error: RUNDLL32.exe Explorer not
responding....may not be exact, but close. Then you end
now and loose unsaved data or wait until it's done doing
it's thing.

I'm not sure what to do.

Thanks,
Greg

>-----Original Message-----
>Greg:
>Sounds like you have spyware in your system. One of the
free programs that
>gets rid of this stuff is Spybot-search and destroy. for
a free copy, try
>here.
>http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?
lang=en&page=download
>I hope this helps.
>Please reply to this string, so others can also help.
>
> Sincerely
>Larry Maietta
>
>"Greg Stamm" > wrote in message
...
>> Hi,
>>
>> Within the last week I started with the following
problem:
>> If I am not signed onto the internet I either get my
sign-
>> in page opening or I get the message box stating that
the
>> page I was trying to view is not available off-line and
>> it asks to select "Connect" or "Work Offline". If I am
>> signed onto to the internet I get a lot of pop-up adds.
>> Further, I have noticed a shortcut on my desktop
>> called "Second Thought" - the properties indicated that
>> it was created August 18, 2003. It was not listed in
>> Add/remove Programs. I don't recall seeing it before,
>> but I'm not sure. Just prior to these problems I
>> received an error: RUNDLL32.EXE could not find image or
>> something similar (I don't recall exactly). I only
>> received this error on a few start-ups. It went away
and
>> the above problems started.
>>
>> These issues surfaced just after I installed the Blaster
>> Worm patch from Microsoft......any relation?? My virus
>> definitions are up to date (Norton's).
>>
>> How should I delete the "Second Thought" file if it's
not
>> showing up in add/remove programs? It's located
>> in "C:\Program Files\STC\STC.exe". Does this sound like
>> a virus or did a virus put this or something other file
>> on my hard drive?
>>
>> Any help is greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Greg
>
>
>.
>

[Greg Stamm]

Well, I updated SpyBot and reran it. This time it found
a file called "Second Thought" which has now been
deleted. All of my symptoms are gone.....I still haven'r
verified the error at shutdown is gone. I'll do that in
a few minutes.

Anyone know what this file is?

Thanks for the help.
Greg


>-----Original Message-----
>Thanks for the advice. Last night I ran Spybot and it
did
>find quite a few files, etc.. I deleted them, but the
>problem still persists.
>
>I forgot to mention that when I shut-down the computer I
>get the error: RUNDLL32.exe Explorer not
>responding....may not be exact, but close. Then you end
>now and loose unsaved data or wait until it's done doing
>it's thing.
>
>I'm not sure what to do.
>
>Thanks,
>Greg
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Greg:
>>Sounds like you have spyware in your system. One of the
>free programs that
>>gets rid of this stuff is Spybot-search and destroy.
for
>a free copy, try
>>here.
>>http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?
>lang=en&page=download
>>I hope this helps.
>>Please reply to this string, so others can also help.
>>
>> Sincerely
>>Larry Maietta
>>
>>"Greg Stamm" > wrote in message
...
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Within the last week I started with the following
>problem:
>>> If I am not signed onto the internet I either get my
>sign-
>>> in page opening or I get the message box stating that
>the
>>> page I was trying to view is not available off-line
and
>>> it asks to select "Connect" or "Work Offline". If I
am
>>> signed onto to the internet I get a lot of pop-up
adds.
>>> Further, I have noticed a shortcut on my desktop
>>> called "Second Thought" - the properties indicated
that
>>> it was created August 18, 2003. It was not listed in
>>> Add/remove Programs. I don't recall seeing it before,
>>> but I'm not sure. Just prior to these problems I
>>> received an error: RUNDLL32.EXE could not find image
or
>>> something similar (I don't recall exactly). I only
>>> received this error on a few start-ups. It went away
>and
>>> the above problems started.
>>>
>>> These issues surfaced just after I installed the
Blaster
>>> Worm patch from Microsoft......any relation?? My
virus
>>> definitions are up to date (Norton's).
>>>
>>> How should I delete the "Second Thought" file if it's
>not
>>> showing up in add/remove programs? It's located
>>> in "C:\Program Files\STC\STC.exe". Does this sound
like
>>> a virus or did a virus put this or something other
file
>>> on my hard drive?
>>>
>>> Any help is greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Greg
>>
>>
>>.
>>
>.
>