[NTLUG:Discuss] OT help request

[Leroy Tennison]

Fred wrote:
> I know this isn't the right place to get the answer but maybe 
> it is a good place to start. Maybe one of y'all can direct me 
> to the proper forum for this.
> 
> I have been working with a friend, trying to help him find what
> I think is a weird problem in his XP system. He has 2 basically 
> identical computers, both running XP, both using dialup (not at 
> the same time, of course) and with one, when he sends out a
> jpeg file from either his Outlook client or as an upload to his 
> Yahoo mail, the dialup connection drops. Everything goes just fine
> on the other computer. The modem has been swapped out with
> no effect.
> 
> I have done all I can with telephone tech support. Later on I plan to
> go over there and fire up the opensuse 10.3 that he has in Virtualbox
> and see what happens when a jpeg is uploaded to Yahoo from there.
> I would ask him to try that but I really don't think that an old bipolar 
> should be put in that position.
> 
> If that works ok, like I think it will, the question is: what could cause 
> the problem and, if the answer to that one is a worm or trojan, why 
> don't the popular anti- programs (Spybot, Adaware, etc) pick it up?
> 
> Thanks for any help on this.
> 
> Fred
> 
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Lot's of good suggestions have been offered, hopefully this is an 
additional one: de-install and re-install DUN.