Can a rogue dialler be installed on a computer with a broadband connection?

Answer 1

Yes, but the chances of anything bad happening are slim because the typical computer on a broadband connection does not have its modem plugged into a phone jack.

The software can always be installed by the user, it just doesn't always do anything.

Answer 2

Article on rogue dialers here: http://www.infomaticsonline.co.uk/computing/news/2171996/rogue-dialers-threat
Quote: 'We have heard of a number of instances where people believed they would be safe from rogue diallers because they have broadband access, but they have still been ripped off,' says David Emm, senior technology consultant at Kaspersky Lab.

'Most people don’t realise that if you keep your dial-up modem connected as a back-up, and click on it either intentionally or accidentally, you may be at risk.'

Rogue diallers work by changing an internet connection settings so that your computer dials a premium rate telephone number to connect to the internet.

Charges can run as high as £1.50 per minute and the switch sometimes is not discovered until the next phone bill arrives. Many diallers are porn diallers, installed when a user visits a pornographic web site. Unquote.

So do not keep your dial-up modem connected as a back-up!

Answer 3

The rogue dialer can still be installed but with a broadband connection it cannot dial up to any numbers, just ensure that you disconnect the dial up modem to prevent that from dialling up.

It is possible that as voip becomes more popular that diallers could be written that use that but as each voip provider uses different protocols and usually need a username and password this would be unlikely to cause as much of a problem

Answer 4

No. A rogue dialler will change the telephone number that dials out through your fax/modem. If you have a broadband connection you are not dialling out, all you send down the pipe is your username and password. As no telephone number is dialled, there is no way a rogue dialler can exploit a broadband connection.

Answer 5

YES!!! Although your broadband connection are not responsible.

I have been victimised just by downloading music while online from windows media player 9. It is called an international dialler and they also install a clock next to it. Being baffled I noticed that the minutes and seconds were ticking away on the clock then a message said "hurry up and dial or your telephone bill will be mounted up". I was not going to be caught out by that and so I immediately switched off my PC .I went to add/remove box and deleted them.

Answer 6

usually you may in basic terms have a million broadband connection going right into a property (till you have extra advantageous than a million actual telephone line going into the valuables.) besides the undeniable fact that, in case you have diverse strains, you've gotten diverse broadband connections and could discover they are going to perform quicker than a single. it is as a results of the reality you'll be able to receive diverse archives packets on the comparable time. (it is how broadband works interior the 1st place, it nevertheless takes an analogous volume of time for archives to return and forth to and out of your laptop, yet by using fact which you receive diverse archives packets on the comparable time, you get extra archives interior the comparable volume of time)

Answer 7

Yes it can install on your PC and then wait for you to disconnect from your broadband and, behind your back, allowing it to dialup the Internet and run up massive phone bills. You can get from BT some free software to prevent this happening.

Answer 8

They claim that a rougue dialler cant be installed - but - who knows... anything is possible these days..

Answer 9

Yes if you don't keep your computer scanned and keep anti virus, spy bot or Ad-aware up to date. If you don't have a good firewall installed.

Action : Scan your computer regularly, do live updates daily, do disk clean up regularly.

Answer 10

Depends on your settings. Make your ISP your default internet connection.