Free Public Wifi

When I was at SeaTac airport I checked to see what wireless networks might
be available to my Windows XP laptop at the airport. One of the available
networks was something called "Free Public Wifi" and I unfortunately clicked
"connect" to connect to it. It never connected and I got worried that it
might be something nefarious.

Now I am at home and when I clicked to see what wireless networks might be
available, there was "Free Public Wifi" again available to connect to. I
know what is available in my home neighborhood and "Free Public Wifi" was
never one of them, so now I am suspicious that I may have downloaded
something bad to my travel laptop.

Any suggestions on how to get rid of this?

Jeff

Jeff@unknown.com wrote:
> When I was at SeaTac airport I checked to see what wireless
> networks might be available to my Windows XP laptop at the airport.
> One of the available networks was something called "Free Public
> Wifi" and I unfortunately clicked "connect" to connect to it. It
> never connected and I got worried that it might be something
> nefarious.
> Now I am at home and when I clicked to see what wireless networks
> might be available, there was "Free Public Wifi" again available to
> connect to. I know what is available in my home neighborhood and
> "Free Public Wifi" was never one of them, so now I am suspicious
> that I may have downloaded something bad to my travel laptop.
>
> Any suggestions on how to get rid of this?

Highlight the entry, press delete.
It's probably just still listed there. That's more than probable.

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

did not do a thing. delete does not work

"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

> Jeff@unknown.com wrote:
> > When I was at SeaTac airport I checked to see what wireless
> > networks might be available to my Windows XP laptop at the airport.
> > One of the available networks was something called "Free Public
> > Wifi" and I unfortunately clicked "connect" to connect to it. It
> > never connected and I got worried that it might be something
> > nefarious.
> > Now I am at home and when I clicked to see what wireless networks
> > might be available, there was "Free Public Wifi" again available to
> > connect to. I know what is available in my home neighborhood and
> > "Free Public Wifi" was never one of them, so now I am suspicious
> > that I may have downloaded something bad to my travel laptop.
> >
> > Any suggestions on how to get rid of this?
>
> Highlight the entry, press delete.
> It's probably just still listed there. That's more than probable.
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
>
>

you have to hit change the order of preferred networks FIRST, then hit delete
when you highlight the wifi network

"john r" wrote:

> did not do a thing. delete does not work
>
> "Shenan Stanley" wrote:
>
> > Jeff@unknown.com wrote:
> > > When I was at SeaTac airport I checked to see what wireless
> > > networks might be available to my Windows XP laptop at the airport.
> > > One of the available networks was something called "Free Public
> > > Wifi" and I unfortunately clicked "connect" to connect to it. It
> > > never connected and I got worried that it might be something
> > > nefarious.
> > > Now I am at home and when I clicked to see what wireless networks
> > > might be available, there was "Free Public Wifi" again available to
> > > connect to. I know what is available in my home neighborhood and
> > > "Free Public Wifi" was never one of them, so now I am suspicious
> > > that I may have downloaded something bad to my travel laptop.
> > >
> > > Any suggestions on how to get rid of this?
> >
> > Highlight the entry, press delete.
> > It's probably just still listed there. That's more than probable.
> >
> > --
> > Shenan Stanley
> > MS-MVP
> > --
> > How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
> >
> >
> >