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"Trogan Horse Dialer"

Ok... so I've got one of these and every now and then it'll start dialing up to some number, to which I usually turn off the PC asap. What I really need to know are what are the consequences of a dialer (i.e. cost, damage to computer etc.), how I can track the dialer down and any programs that can deal with the problem.

Thanks for your time.

Forest Fan

Ok... so I've got one of these and every now and then it'll start dialing up to some number, to which I usually turn off the PC asap. What I really need to know are what are the consequences of a dialer (i.e. cost, damage to computer etc.), how I can track the dialer down and any programs that can deal with the problem.

Thanks for your time.

Forest Fan

I had one a few weeks ago, and it cost me just over £15 in phone bills for a 10-minute call before I noticed it. I'm in the process of getting it refunded.

I suggest you get all of this FREE software:

Bazooka: [URL]http://www.kephyr.com/spywarescanner/[/URL]

SpywareBlaster: [URL]http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html[/URL]

SpywareGuard: [URL]http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareguard.html[/URL]

Spybot Search & Destroy: [URL]http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html[/URL]

And don't download stuff that gives you viruses...

Thanks very much. Just understood what you meant phi11ip - will be more careful next time.

My mate got one of these, and at the end of the month, the £900 phone bill was a bit of a shock.

Took me quite a while, but I've just finished downloading all four of those programs thanks very much 316 3055.

Tut, we know who's been looking at porn.

;D

OK, I've tried a few different methods to track the irritant down. I need to know whether deleting this;

application/x-msdownload from the .exe Registry Editor

is the right way to go about things.

Easy solution get broadband and you wont be able to dial into anything then.

Unless you keep the modem connected still.