On Mon, 13 Aug 2001 23:01:53 -0700 (PDT), "W�rm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Arachne might have gone and done something like
> redialed...or you may have hit ALT+D by
> accident...though I'm pretty sure you would end up as
> "offline" before that would occur.
I was online when it occurred. According to the
information in the lower right hand corner of my Arachne
"TCP/IP" was being displayed in large uppercase green
letters *WHILE* the dialing was ocurring. You can rule
out pressing ALT+D by mistake. Even if I press ALT+D on
purpose nothing will happen. With my setup I connect to
the internet outside of Arachne by using LSPPP.
> There is *one* possibility beyond the obvious
> however...which is that someone send you the string
> "+++ATDT[number]" - a common attack on
> internet...stupid modems will receive commands from
> anyone...sad really.
> - W0rm
What would be the purpose of someone's sending me the
string "+++ATDT[number]? Would the purpose be merely
to annoy me?
Sam Heywood
> --- "Samuel W. Heywood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Hello Arachnids:
>> I have a very disconcerting experience to report.
>> About 45 minutes ago I was online with Arachne. My
>> online
>> activities alternated among downloading my email,
>> surfing
>> the web, and composing email messages. As I was
>> reviewing
>> a recently composed email message in my outbox, I
>> heard a
>> dial tone from my modem. I knew instantly that this
>> should
>> not have happened because I was not accessing any
>> modem
>> program or function. In the lower right hand corner
>> of my
>> Arachne I could see in green uppercase letters
>> TCP/IP. This
>> indicated to me that I was still online even though
>> I was
>> hearing a dial tone from my modem. Then my modem
>> started to
>> dial, even though my Arachne indicated that I was
>> still
>> online. Even if I had temporarily lost the
>> connection for
>> some reason there is no program running on my
>> computer that
>> would automatically cause the modem to redial. I
>> don't know
>> what number my modem was dialing. No terminal
>> screen
>> appeared. I became afraid that my modem might
>> connect with
>> the Evil Empire and that control of my computer
>> would suddenly
>> be passed over Darth Vader, or even to somebody
>> worse, like
>> Bill Gates. I hit the panic button. That is the
>> big
>> pushbutton on the front of my computer that says
>> "POWER".
>> Pushed it in and it was OFF. Then I checked my
>> phone and found
>> that I had a normal dialtone as expected. After
>> re-booting I
>> ran Norton Disk Doctor. Everything OK. Then I ran
>> F-PROT to
>> scan my memory and my entire hard drive. No
>> viruses. I have
>> never had a problem like this before. I have an all
>> DOS system
>> and my modem has always been very well-behaved.
>> What happened?
>> Has anyone else on this list ever experienced a
>> similar
>> problem? Any recommendations as to what I should do
>> if this
>> should ever happen again?
>> Help!
>> Sam Heywood
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