Internet connection settings

Hi,
I recently went on holiday to China for a week and during that period I used airport wifi connections and the broadband connection in my hotel room, but since my return home my dial up connection has been giving me problems. When I go into Systems Preferences and the Network setting and try to change them I get a drop window that informs me that 'Your network settings have been changed by another application' which I can't get rid of. When I press OK it simply returns. I have to use force quit to escape and I can't change the settings. Any suggestions?

I had partial success with your last suggestion in that the pane that dropped down to tell me about my settings being set by another application stop doing so which allowed me to put in the details about using an external modem, etc. Then I locked it,- but when I use the Internet Connect in my dock, it dials okay but the authentication always fails and I have to go through the Network/Configuration to access the internet. ( The 'assist' doesn't seem to be active anymore) Also, all the details on the PPPoE page have gone and the screen isn't active to allow me to insert them. And could you tell me if it's correct for the NETCfG tool box to appear on the lock when it asks me about using the password...Deny/Once/Always use ? I'm always suspicious when I see those little 'exec' boxes appear.
Could the fact that I downloaded the Frostwire sharefiles application just prior to going on holiday have anything to do with my problem?
Thanks for your continued interest. Much appreciated.

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