modem dialling?

[Nel]

I am running XP Pro and every now and then I hear a click from my PC that
sounds like a modem is picking up or closing down. I don't hear a dial tone
though.

I have an internal ADSL modem plus a regular v90 modem.

Is it possible that XP (or some other software) is dialling up someone?
something?

Firewall does not give any alert, but I wanted to know if I could track the
modems usage, maybe check a log file?

Nel

 

[Yves Leclerc]

There is a type of "bad" program out on the Internet. This type of program
usually installs a secret dialing program which could connect your PC with a
web site that you do not wish to goto. This type of program is part of a
larger category of programs known as spyware/malware. You can easily clean
these off your system by installing. and running, Ad Aware 6 or Spybot
Search & Destroy.

Y.

 

[Chuck]

I am running XP Pro and every now and then I hear a click from my PC that
sounds like a modem is picking up or closing down. I don't hear a dial tone
though.

I have an internal ADSL modem plus a regular v90 modem.

Is it possible that XP (or some other software) is dialling up someone?
something?

Firewall does not give any alert, but I wanted to know if I could track the
modems usage, maybe check a log file?

Nel

Nel,

This may well be a modem hijack program activating. Fortunately, if
you're on broadband, and don't connect your dialup modem to the voice
network, it's not a real threat.

Get HijackThis, Spybot S&D, and expert advice at SWI Forums (all
free). Complete instructions are available at:
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/index.php?showtopic=5187

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.

 

[-xiray-]

This may well be a modem hijack program activating. Fortunately, if
you're on broadband, and don't connect your dialup modem to the voice
network, it's not a real threat.

And ... if you're not using the modem and have no intention of ever
hooking a phone line into it... then you could pull the card out of
the pc.

 

[anonymous]

You might also have autodial enabled. Your modem is apparently installed and
operational so it would be the first logical choice for dialing