How to I keep Firefox from trying to dial into the internet?

I use a dial-up modem to access the internet at home. I recently installed Firefox 3.6. I have noticed that when I have hung up the connection, Firefox periodically (fairly frequently) brings up the box for me to dial into the internet again.
What causes this and how can I turn it off?
I have disabled the setting allowing Firefox to check for updates to itself or the add-ons. I have also disabled the setting to send information about Firefox crashes (and I haven't had any yet, anyway).
I'm certain that the web pages I am viewing do not require internet access, since they are local files that I am developing and have no need to get to the 'net for anything.
I know that the dialup popup is from Firefox, since the little icon in the top left corner is the fox-around-the-globe Firefox logo.
Thank you for any help you can give me.
By the way, the "current browser and operating system" below are incorrect, since I am writing message this from a different PC. I am running Windows XP, Firefox 3.6, Firebug addon, not sure what else.

I recently found out part of the problem myself.
By looking at Tools -> Error Console, I found that there were a number of errors having to do with Livemark Services.
I found the problem with these (I think!) by looking at Bookmarks -> Bookmark Toolbar and then something having to do with "headlines". By right-clicking and Delete, I think I can get rid of these annoying dialup popups every few minutes while I'm offline.
The Error Console also had a few messages about nsBlocklistService. I'm assuming that these are related to Tools -> Options -> Security and "Block reported attack sites" and "Block reported web forgeries". I don't think I'm ready to disable those at this point, so I'm hoping the number of dialup popups will be good enough without the "headlines".
By the way, the dialup popups occurred even when I was displaying nothing in the Firefox window except about:blank.
Hope this helps someone else.

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