mookaloid
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| posted on 7/6/05 at 07:42 PM |
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Dialers help please
One for the computer whiz kids...
How can I check to see if my dad's computer has aquired one of those dialer things which connects at a premuim rate?
TIA
Mark
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flak monkey
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| posted on 7/6/05 at 07:45 PM |
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Use a program called spybot, available from here:
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html
Download it, update it and run it. it should find anything malicious.
If that fails you can use hijack this:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html
but it requires a bit more knowledge about what you are doing!
After running that, carry on with a virus scan. And even a scan with Adaware SE:
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
to make sure you have got everything.
David
(Just found the links to all the software) 
[Edited on 7/6/05 by flak monkey]
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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mookaloid
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| posted on 7/6/05 at 07:58 PM |
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Thanks Mate- I'll give those a try
Cheers
Mark
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flak monkey
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| posted on 7/6/05 at 08:07 PM |
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No worries, I hope one of them solves the problem(s).
David
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 7/6/05 at 08:54 PM |
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mark call BT and ask them to bar premium rate numbers
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mookaloid
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| posted on 7/6/05 at 10:22 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mangogrooveworkshop
mark call BT and ask them to bar premium rate numbers
Also a very good idea
Cheers
Mark
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britishtrident
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| posted on 8/6/05 at 08:08 AM |
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Hijackthis is the only 100% cure for all dialers
It should be run regularly to monitor changes in the registry.
Make sure you get the real hijackthis from http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html
Usuall instruction about disabling "auto system restore" and running in safe mode appy.
Free-AV will stop most dialers from installing.
Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird should also be used they are much more secure against this kind of threat intalling itself than the MS software.
The ultimare protection from dialers is to go broadband and pull out the modem lead unless your are faxing.
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