As I understand it, always-on/broadband connections don't (as yet!) get affected by this one because they don't dial out each time.
Brenda
On 8 Sep 2004, at 09:01, Jean Nathan wrote:
There's a big problem with telephone diallers installing themselves and then
dialling premium rate numbers without the peple knowing. They're getting
phone bills for amounts ranging from over GBP100 to as much as GBP900.
Apparently these programs can dial even when the computer's switched off, I
assume because switching off the computer doesn't necessarily switch off the
modem.
Brenda http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/paternoster/
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