High phone bills...... dailers 09 numbers

Mike · 06-01-2004, 12:50

Hi all

I recently read an article where people on BB (ntl) had high phone bills where dailers where connecting to the interent rather than using the BB connection and thus they incurred high bills.

These were normally dailers (from the internet) which the people concerned did not know where on their PC.

Does this happen alot !!! and how can one be protected ?

regards

philip.j.fry · 06-01-2004, 12:53

It does happen quite a bit,

the easiest protection is, if you are on a cable internet connection, there is generally no need for you to have a dial up modem. Simply unplug the modem from the telephone socket then there is no way for these diallers to connect.

Mike · 06-01-2004, 13:04

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Originally Posted by philip.j.fry

It does happen quite a bit,

the easiest protection is, if you are on a cable internet connection, there is generally no need for you to have a dial up modem. Simply unplug the modem from the telephone socket then there is no way for these diallers to connect.

I curent have BB but may have an internal modem....the only connection I see is from my network card to modem and then modem to box on wall. I presume I am safe ?

Thanks

paulyoung666 · 06-01-2004, 13:07

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Originally Posted by Mike

I curent have BB but may have an internal modem....the only connection I see is from my network card to modem and then modem to box on wall. I presume I am safe ?

Thanks

as long as you dont have a phone line connected to your pc then yes

basa · 06-01-2004, 13:39

This dialler problem seems to be quite widespread and is being discussed on another ntl user forum familiar with many users here :p :p .

I got caught despite having Spybot, Adaware and Spywareblaster installed. Dunno how the damned thing installed itself, but it did. Fortunately in line with ICSTIS it cut off before the >Ã‚Â£20 limit. There was no software installed associated with the dialler just an extra entry in my dial up connections settings !

I've unplugged the dial up modem just in case !

ICSTIS have fined the company concerned (a Spanish outfit) and requested they reimburse all victims, but to date I have recieved no reply from them !

Beware you may think you are protected..I did !!

06-01-2004, 14:28

Unplug the modem !!!

Flubflow · 06-01-2004, 22:39

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Originally Posted by stuartbe

Unplug the modem !!!

Why not just plug in the brain instead.

Shaun · 06-01-2004, 23:26

But I use my modem to send faxes, is there anything I can do??

threadbare · 06-01-2004, 23:29

you could try disabling isntall on demand from tools > internet options > advanced

Shaun · 06-01-2004, 23:33

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Originally Posted by threadbare

you could try disabling isntall on demand from tools > internet options > advanced

Thanks for the tip

stamp92 · 07-01-2004, 03:29

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Originally Posted by Flubflow

Why not just plug in the brain instead.

lol

07-01-2004, 08:11

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Originally Posted by Mike

Hi all

I recently read an article where people on BB (ntl) had high phone bills where dailers where connecting to the interent rather than using the BB connection and thus they incurred high bills.

These were normally dailers (from the internet) which the people concerned did not know where on their PC.

Does this happen alot !!! and how can one be protected ?

regards

These dialers use the tapi layer directly. The internet options have nothing to do with it, its only tcp/ip that is used for making the connection.

Spywareblaster should stop these dailers being installed in the first place. You can download it from http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

HTH

Xaccers · 07-01-2004, 08:20

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Originally Posted by dellwear

But I use my modem to send faxes, is there anything I can do??

Get an external modem.
Dad dials into work when he's oncall, and forgot to disconnect just before he went away for a long weekend!
Ã‚Â£160 phone bill, mum not happy, so now he's got an external modem which only gets turned on when he's using it.

threadbare · 07-01-2004, 08:37

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Originally Posted by stuartbe

These dialers use the tapi layer directly. The internet options have nothing to do with it, its only tcp/ip that is used for making the connection.

Spywareblaster should stop these dailers being installed in the first place. You can download it from http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

HTH

this is obviuosly a "new" breed of dialers that I have not encountered - been quite a while since i last visited a "dodgy site"

07-01-2004, 10:16

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Originally Posted by threadbare

this is obviuosly a "new" breed of dialers that I have not encountered - been quite a while since i last visited a "dodgy site"

What exactly are you implying ??