Dialer Hijackers

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Anyone? 😡


BigFatGoalie Wrote:
> 😕
>
> Hello All,
>
> Does anyome know of any programs that can eradicate the little dialer
> bugs from your computer. I use a normal 56k dial up connection and I
> have been infected by a virus.
>
> When using my internet connection and using Windows normally it
> disconnects me and dials up to this other number. To get it to stop I
> have to delete the connection and redial my normal internet connection.
> The catch here is that I can still surf while connecting to the other
> number. The phone company have been notified of this!!!
>
> I am currently running four Anti Virus programs, Norton Anti Virus
> 2005, Norton Personal Firewall, PestPatrol and Spybot - Search and
> Destroy. My XP is also at SP2 level.
>
> Is there anything else out there that could kill this virus? I don't
> understand how it seems to have gotten through my firewall in the first
> place.
> 😱


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BigFatGoalie

 

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"BigFatGoalie" <BigFatGoalie.1o5r1q@pcbanter.net> wrote in message
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>
> Anyone? 😡
>

try http://security.kolla.de & http://www.lavasoft.com

 

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"Simon Hawking" <shawking@orange.net> wrote in message
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> "BigFatGoalie" <BigFatGoalie.1o5r1q@pcbanter.net> wrote in message
> news:BigFatGoalie.1o5r1q@pcbanter.net...
>>
>> Anyone? 😡
>>
>
> try http://security.kolla.de & http://www.lavasoft.com

And install a decent AV and firewall. Any decent AV should detect a dialler
as a virus and alert you. If yours doesn't, time to change!