LinuxQuestions.org - Preventing Module cdc

I am attempting to use Windows software ( ala VMWare for Linux ) to hack my Motorola v600 GSM phone, but two modules keep loading ( and reloading! ), preventing me from getting the phone to stay connected to the virtual machine.

Let me explain how it goes:
I connect the mobile phone to the USB cable
The module cdc_acm automatically loads
*sometimes* the module with a name that has "sound" in it also loads
As root I use the "rmmod <module>" command to unload the modules.
*Note, if I do not unload them, vmmware will refuse to the connect my phone
*to the virtual Windows computer.
In VMWare, I connect the Motorola phone to the virtual Windows machine.
Windows recognizes the device and loads the appropriate drivers.
I start one of the Windows programs I use to comm. with the phone, it will say "connected to phone"
VMWare shows that the phone is no longer connected to the virtual machine.
The "cdc_acm" and the sounds module are once again loaded in Linux.

Is there a command or setting I can use to disable these modules? Or perhaps I can temporarily disable the service that is loading them? So far I have stopped kudzu, but that did not prevent them from loading.

Here are the pertinent details:
OS: Fedora Core 3 Linux ( kernel is 2.6.10-1.771_FC2 )
VMWare is version 5.0
Windows XP Professional is running on the virtual machine
The phone make/model is Motorola V600

List of services from "chkconfig --list":

acpid 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
anacron 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
apmd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
atd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
autofs 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
bluetooth 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
chargen: off
chargen-udp: off
cpuspeed 0:off 1:on 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
crond 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
cups 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
cups-config-daemon 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
cups-lpd: off
daytime: off
daytime-udp: off
dc_client 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
dc_server 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
diskdump 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
echo: off
echo-udp: off
gkrellmd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
gpm 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
haldaemon 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
httpd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
iptables 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
irda 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
irqbalance 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
isdn 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
ktalk: off
kudzu 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
ldap 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
lisa 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
lm_sensors 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
mdmonitor 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
mdmpd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
mDNSResponder 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
messagebus 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
microcode_ctl 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
mysqld 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
named 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
netdump 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
netfs 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
netplugd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
network 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
nfs 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
nfslock 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
nifd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
nscd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
ntpd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:off 5:on 6:off
pcmcia 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
portmap 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
psacct 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
pure-ftpd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
pure-ftpd: off
readahead 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:on 6:off
readahead_early 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:on 6:off
rpcgssd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
microcorpcgssd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
rpcidmapd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
rpcsvcgssd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
rsync: off
saslauthd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
sendmail 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
smartd 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
snmpd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
snmptrapd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
spamassassin 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
squid 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
sshd 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
syslog 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
time: off
time-udp: off
vmware 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
vncserver 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
vsftpd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
winbind 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
xfs 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
xinetd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
xinetd based services:
ypbind 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
yum 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
zope 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

Update: I found the answer to my question here:
http://www.vmware.com/community/thre...=145190#145190
Since I don't use hotplug, my solution was to move the module file "cdc-acm.ko" to "cdc-acm.ko.backup". That keeps the module from being loaded. If I need it, I can always put it back.