I wonder if you can help me.

A friend of mine is looking for a free program that will block nasty
diallers from being installed and/or used on her system. These diallers
connect you to the internet so you assume you are connected via your normal
number, its only when you receive your telephone bill that you realise you
were using a different telephone number and have been charged an exorbitant
amount for the connection; possibly as high as £1 per minute.

Obviously there are certain measures she could take to help prevent things
like this from happening but she is worried about what her son & his friends
might do when they are on the internet as safety measures will be the last
thing on their mind.

Can anyone tell me where I can find a good free program that will block
these sorts of diallers?

I hope you can help and I look forward to hearing from you soon.

I appreciate any help or information given.

Thanks!


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"Neil Hindry" <n_nospam_hindry@_nospam_hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:43296c49$2$24647$(E-Mail Removed)...
| I wonder if you can help me.
|
| A friend of mine is looking for a free program that will block nasty
| diallers from being installed and/or used on her system. These diallers
| connect you to the internet so you assume you are connected via your
normal
| number, its only when you receive your telephone bill that you realise you
| were using a different telephone number and have been charged an
exorbitant
| amount for the connection; possibly as high as £1 per minute.
|
| Obviously there are certain measures she could take to help prevent things
| like this from happening but she is worried about what her son & his
friends
| might do when they are on the internet as safety measures will be the last
| thing on their mind.
|

http://www.btmodemprotection.com/

D.

"Neil Hindry" <n_nospam_hindry@_nospam_hotmail.com> wrote in message news:43296c49$2$24647$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I wonder if you can help me.
>
> A friend of mine is looking for a free program that will block nasty
> diallers from being installed and/or used on her system. These diallers
> connect you to the internet so you assume you are connected via your normal
> number, its only when you receive your telephone bill that you realise you
> were using a different telephone number and have been charged an exorbitant
> amount for the connection; possibly as high as £1 per minute.
>
up to £1.50 per min I think.

> Obviously there are certain measures she could take to help prevent things
> like this from happening but she is worried about what her son & his friends
> might do when they are on the internet as safety measures will be the last
> thing on their mind.
>
> Can anyone tell me where I can find a good free program that will block
> these sorts of diallers?
>
> I hope you can help and I look forward to hearing from you soon.
>
> I appreciate any help or information given.
>
> Thanks!
>

BT offer a free dialler warner program, it should warn you when a program
connects out using a new number so you can hang up (no doubt some
diallers will try to disable or otherwise get around it).

http://www.btmodemprotection.com/

http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/free/ detects some diallers as does
Spybot http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html.

I believe Kaspersky anti-virus targets dialers too - Antidote uses Kaspersky's
engine and is available free (scan on demand, no disinfect only)
http://www.vintage-solutions.com/Eng...tivirus/Super/

Broadband can now be had from as little as £10 per month, cheaper than
many dial-up services - unplug the modem and no more worries about
premium rate.

Regards,

Mel.

"Neil Hindry" <n_nospam_hindry@_nospam_hotmail.com> wrote in
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> I wonder if you can help me.
>
> A friend of mine is looking for a free program that will block nasty
> diallers from being installed and/or used on her system.

<SNIP>

www.free-av.com Anti-vir has this built in under the options.

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>On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 13:43:23 +0100, "Neil Hindry" wrote:
>
>I wonder if you can help me.
>
>A friend of mine is looking for a free program that will block nasty
>diallers from being installed and/or used on her system. These diallers
>connect you to the internet so you assume you are connected via your normal
>number, its only when you receive your telephone bill that you realise you
>were using a different telephone number and have been charged an exorbitant
>amount for the connection; possibly as high as £1 per minute.
>
>Obviously there are certain measures she could take to help prevent things
>like this from happening but she is worried about what her son & his friends
>might do when they are on the internet as safety measures will be the last
>thing on their mind.
>
>Can anyone tell me where I can find a good free program that will block
>these sorts of diallers?
>
>I hope you can help and I look forward to hearing from you soon.
>
>I appreciate any help or information given.
>
>Thanks!
>
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