I am using win98se with a dial-up connection and seem to be having the same problem. I have Avast set for dial up connection only, and auto update. The problem is that if I execute IE or Ms Outlook, my default connection box comes on and tries to dial out as normal, but after 15 seconds into the dial up process, another box with my default connection box comes up again cancelling the first one and tries to dial out a second time. Zone Alarm reports that it is Avast trying to establish the connection. Seems Avast is a little gung ho and is trying to update before a connection is established. I then have to go into the task manager to quit the first dial up connection to get rid of the connection box that is up on the screen. For the meantime I have set my updates to manual until a fix is provided. This problem happened right after the last Avast Program update. Hope it gets fixed, I would rather have auto updates anytime.