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Title: ie settings are changed to "never dial a connection"
Post by: moontide on October 16, 2003, 06:41:01 AM
Hi there,
My ie settigs keep getting changed back to "never dial a connection", even though I did what it said in the FAQ for dial up connections.
Im using windows ME btw.
Can anyone help its driving me nutty! 8)
Title: Re:ie settings are changed to "never dial a connection"
Post by: Vlk on October 16, 2003, 08:12:18 AM
1. What version of avast do you have, exactly?
2. Please start the avast antivirus main application, open the manu (e.g. by right-clicking anywhere in the 'Blue Panel'), select Settings, go to 'Updates (Connections)' and verify that the 'I only use a dial-up connection' option is checked.

Thanks
Vlk
Title: Re:ie settings are changed to "never dial a connection"
Post by: moontide on October 16, 2003, 10:50:49 AM
1. I have version 4.1 free for home use.
2. yes the "I always use a dial up connection" box is ticked in the settings.
Weird! In general I think avast is gnarly by the way, and am very grateful for it  especially being free! :D
Title: Re:ie settings are changed to "never dial a connection"
Post by: Lisandro on October 17, 2003, 02:20:29 PM
1. What version of avast do you have, exactly?
2. Please start the avast antivirus main application, open the manu (e.g. by right-clicking anywhere in the 'Blue Panel'), select Settings, go to 'Updates (Connections)' and verify that the 'I only use a dial-up connection' option is checked.

Thanks
Vlk

Vlk is right. But take care: some updates - almost in the past - has "changed" this option and the sympthoms were there again... I have to choose the option 'I only use a dial-up connection' more than one time... Maybe - I'm not sure - this is a bug that 'resets' the configurations after an update.  8)
Title: Re:ie settings are changed to "never dial a connection"
Post by: moontide on October 18, 2003, 02:24:40 AM
Thanks Bruce, I'll keep that in mind, having said that , IE has been behaving itself lately, maybe that's because there's been no updates(?!)  ;)
Title: Re:ie settings are changed to "never dial a connection"
Post by: Vlk on October 18, 2003, 10:08:47 PM
Hey Eva :), I think it doesnt have to do anything with the availability of updates. If it behaves it's probably because you made the change to the settings - it should really help. ;)

Regards, the man with a hat. 8)
Title: Re:ie settings are changed to "never dial a connection"
Post by: Lisandro on October 19, 2003, 01:49:17 PM
I think it doesnt have to do anything with the availability of updates.

So, could you explain why this happens in Windows 98 with quite a frequency. I have my settings stored with a password but when a program update was performed the IE option turn back to "Never dial a connection"....
I'm not crazy Vlk, this happens indeed  >:(