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On Mnemosyne's memorable day known as Fri, 13 Feb 2004 07:51:24 +0000
Calliope probably had an extremely bad hair day to prompt her sister Thalia
in mockingly inspiring Ian <news@care4free.net> to write in his/her epistle
<AUSFH1F8HILAFwDK@netro.co.uk> thus: 

> Running Win98, Internet Explorer 5.5, ZoneAlarm, Norton AntiVirus 2003, 
> Turnpike 6.01, dial-up to the Internet.
> 
> I have been running the above on this stand-alone machine for about a 
> year, and run a full antivirus check whenever new NAV virus definition 
> updates appear (i.e. almost every day). I have never used any form of 
> Outlook.
> 
> No problems, until a few days ago. Now, in Windows Explorer, when I 
> attempt to delete files, Explorer sometimes attempts to dial up. The 
> sequence is the following:
> 
> 1. Select the file(s) to delete.
> 2. Press the Delete key.
> 3. The Dial-up Connection box pops up. The automatic connection check 
> box is unchecked, so it does not actually dial.
> 4. Close the dial-up connection box.
> 5. The normal file deletion process continues.
> 
> This morning, the same thing happened when I attempted to display the 
> properties of a file.
> 
> If I attempt to do these things while already on-line, ZoneAlarm 
> sometimes pops up asking if I want to allow Explorer to connect to the 
> Internet (saying that it has already done so previously). I always say 
> no.
> 
> I am mystified. Why is Explorer trying to dial up? 

Okay, did you ever check in your Internet Explorer settings under Options |
Advanced | Security if the first two checkable 'checks' are checked by any
chance? Namely the ones that check for retracted/cancelled certificates from
servers and/or publishers? 
Just make sure those are unchecked, and see further down below this row of
options whether it is set that Internet Explorer should automatically check
if updates/newer versions of IE are available. Kill that off too and really,
Windows Explorer will never, ever, ever dial-up automatically when deleting
or right clicking a file in an Explorer-screen.

Hate to demystify ya, but since you asked.

>Should I be worried?

Nah. Don't bother.

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