Premium rate dailers

[Mike]

Hi all

Do I presume these only effect people how have dail up modems. Just had one try to download onto my PC. Think I stopped it but would like to check !


Regards

Mike

It can only dial out if you have a modem. If you have broadband its worth disconnecting your modem.

[Mike]

Originally Posted by gary_580

It can only dial out if you have a modem. If you have broadband its worth disconnecting your modem.

Thank gary I do have BB and nothing else plugged in

Ta

Originally Posted by Mike

Hi all

Do I presume these only effect people how have dail up modems. Just had one try to download onto my PC. Think I stopped it but would like to check !


Regards

Mike

I'm curious to know what site you were on when the download was attempted - and whether it was successful ?

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.

edit

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