Help!: Are there also ADSL dialers or not?!

[Dance123]

Hi,

1/ First of all, are there also ADSL dialers or not?! I know that dialers use a 56k modem to dial, but if you have only an ADSL modem (no 56k modem), can you also become a victim if any dialer program/virus would be installed on your pc or is that completely impossible?!

Can somebody clarify this once and for all and also please explain a bit why yes or no, so I can understand it.

2/ I also have a question about those popups you get at certain pages that ask you to install something. Are these scripts or something? What harm can they do? I always click NO but if I would click yet accidentally, how can I remove those or can it sometimes be impossible to remove it cause you clicked yes and perhaps that's seen as "giving permission"?!

Thanks!

 

[Dance123]

Nobody can help with these questions please?!

 

[biostud]

1. I don't think you can have ADSL dialers.

2. Click

3. this is good for you

 

[mechBgon]

1) your computer can become infected whether you have a 56k modem (or any other type of modem) or not. Go here and run both the Security Scan and the Virus Detection, and see how you score.

2) I think you're thinking of ActiveX popups. It is possible to get rid of stuff installed that way, although spyware/adware is often designed to be difficult to remove. A better plan is to run a Limited account (called a Restricted User account in Win2000) so your whole account lacks the power to either make them show, or make them work either. Installing Service Pack 2 for WinXP is a good way to put the brakes on them if you can't make yourself use a Limited account all the time. Internet Explorer is the only ActiveX-capable browser AFAIK, so using some other browser is one way to avoid that.


This is for you (ongoing prevention section in particular): http://www.omnicast.net/~tmcfa...s/build/resources.html Also run checks with Lavasoft Ad-Aware SE Personal and Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer.

 

[biostud]

Will the dialers actually work as intended on an ADSL conncetion? they can be installed, but dialing for foreign numbers giving you a huge phone bill?

 

[Wizkid]

Originally posted by: biostud
Will the dialers actually work as intended on an ADSL conncetion? they can be installed, but dialing for foreign numbers giving you a huge phone bill?

No, they will not work. It is not possible to dial a phone number from an ADSL modem.