I just found out that I am being charged for phone calls to the country Niger that I did not make. I have run virius and spyware scans on my computer and found nothing. No unsual sites were found in the history, what can be the problem? What can I do?
2006-08-09 01:59:26 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
I sounds as though they used your computer to bounce a call off of. It orginates elsewhere sent to you and then to where ever. AnviVirus products are essential but in one word "Firewall!", get a good one. There are a lot out there. I use AVG. They were able to get through what ever firewall you have. Lastly Update daily hourly if you can. Good luck with that bill.
2006-08-09 02:12:59 · answer #1 · answered by john l 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-08-12 08:23:58 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I found the paid version of Spyware Doctor to be very good. As far as I know, it will catch spyware that causes dial-up internet connections to dial long distance numbers.
I hope you are able to avoid paying the unauthorized charges.
2006-08-09 02:08:16 · answer #3 · answered by HF 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have a rouge dialer, or a spyware which dials unauthroized calls to other people, especially strangers. Usually they will target your contacts.
Get anti-spyware such as Spybot Search and Destroy. It is the best anti-spyware besides Ad-Aware SE.
2006-08-09 02:23:15 · answer #4 · answered by Sp()oNg3Y::V.3.[] 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One of the best tricks to use is a dedicated telephone line that is allowed to call locally only. That way, if you do pick up a nasty dialer, it won't go through.
2006-08-09 03:08:21 · answer #5 · answered by smgray99 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have spyware, try a different program...I don't know what you use now...
2006-08-09 02:04:20 · answer #6 · answered by Yoi_55 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋