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Old 07-07-2004, 11:49   #5
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Re: Premium rate dailers

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Originally Posted by Mike
Think it was a software site but can not remember exactly. What is the best way to check ?

Mike
Umm, now you're asking a Mac user how to check dial up internet settings on a PC ...

AFAIK the site could have tried to do a couple of things - either change the main dial-up number in IE's Tools > Internet Options > Connections Tab > Settings Button > Properties Button dialog box, or added a dialer.exe type application to your computer which will try to start itself when you switch your machine on. If it's the former, the phone number you see will be something other than 0800, 0808, 0845 or 0844 (the numbers most likely used by UK-based ISPs) and more likely 09xx (premium rate) or even worse 00 xx (international). If the latter, I think you would need to run a checker like Adaware or Spybot S&D to try to detect something nasty installed on your system.

Of course I could be entirely wrong about all of this, we Mac users are immune to .exe files and dodgy Activex controls of all kinds.

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Where did your post with the question I quoted go?!
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