Re: A question for the group


Ken Smith wrote:
In article <1152058179.662058.129320@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
<smccaine@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I've been lurking awhile and I needed to post this time for help. I
believe that I have caught my computer dialing a number which I do not
want it to dial. Is such a thing even possible?

It sure is. There are viruses that do this sort of thing. Unplug the
phone line to the PC until you solve the problem.

If it is a Windows computer, use a different computer to download the
latest anti-virus software and run it on the suspect computer. After you
run the virus scan, restart the PC in safe mode and run it again. The
restart it again and run it yet again.

If the anti-virus software never reports that it found a virus go buy a
different one and try it. After the normal mode and safe mode scan, the
3rd scan should come up clean. It may then be safe to reconnect the phone
line.

[...]
problem? Do I now need to build a box to defend my lame computer?

The box to do this isn't all that hard. All you need is a switch in
series with the phone lines.


When I ran dialup, I had an LED indicator to tell when the computer
grabbed the phone line and a swich to disconnect it. This happened
most frequently while installing new software that decided to 'phone
home' with information.

Viruses and Trojans do this stuff all the time. I now use Zone Alarm
to protect my system on DSL.

Luhan

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