unwanted dial up

[Geoff]

Can anyone help?
I recently found an unknown dial up symbol in
my 'internet options' (connections tab) underneath my
usual ISP symbol.I removed it immediately, but now I`ve
had a phone bill for £36 for a premium rate number over a
2 day period.
Is this something that`s been dumped on me, and if so can
I avoid it happening again?
Or have I (being a novice)done it somehow myself?

Thankyou

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Geoff,

Dialers are a bitch, and they are tricky as well. See if these pages help:

http://aumha.org/a/noads.htm
http://aumha.org/win5/a/parasite.htm
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/Darnit.htm

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone



Can anyone help?
I recently found an unknown dial up symbol in
my 'internet options' (connections tab) underneath my
usual ISP symbol.I removed it immediately, but now I`ve
had a phone bill for £36 for a premium rate number over a
2 day period.
Is this something that`s been dumped on me, and if so can
I avoid it happening again?
Or have I (being a novice)done it somehow myself?

Thankyou