tophatter
22nd July 2005, 23:16
I am totally paranoid about computers and just need a bit of reassurance.
I have read loads of stories about people computers getting connected to these dialer things without their knowlede and getting charged 500 quid or something.
I am on NTL Broadband and have a silver broadband modem thing with green lights flashing. I do not have a dial up modem attached to my BT phone line. Can my NTL Broadband modem dial up these numbers or dial out any numbers in fact? I suspect the answer is no but would just like one of you techy guys (like Glos ::) to put my mind at rest. The reason I worry is I leave my computer on 18 hours a day and it has always bothered me. I only go to about 10 different websuites anyway but hear these stories about viruses that install these things. Also would another way of checking be to go to my Dial up connections and check there?
Thanks
Tophatter
I have read loads of stories about people computers getting connected to these dialer things without their knowlede and getting charged 500 quid or something.
I am on NTL Broadband and have a silver broadband modem thing with green lights flashing. I do not have a dial up modem attached to my BT phone line. Can my NTL Broadband modem dial up these numbers or dial out any numbers in fact? I suspect the answer is no but would just like one of you techy guys (like Glos ::) to put my mind at rest. The reason I worry is I leave my computer on 18 hours a day and it has always bothered me. I only go to about 10 different websuites anyway but hear these stories about viruses that install these things. Also would another way of checking be to go to my Dial up connections and check there?
Thanks
Tophatter