James
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My sister is quite new to the internet, i built her a computer for her house so she could get online, shes just got her phone bill through and there was a call on there that came to £150  , wanadoo had contacted her about it saying they think she has been conned by one of these diallers
BT looked into it and said they couldnt see anything suspicious so she has to pay it. I said id look into it for her to see what action she should take next.
Any sites to look at or advice you guys could give would be appreciated
[Edited on 23-07-2005 by James]
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Ian
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Yeah - stop going to dodgy web sites.
Unplug the phone cable when she's not online.
Get broadband.
[Edited on 23-07-2005 by Ian]
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James
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But she barely uses the internet and the main sites she goes to are ebay and online shops. Is there any way she can get out of having to pay?
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James
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yeh getting broadband would be a good option for her i think
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Ian
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She'll certainly have to pay, she owes it to the phone company. She may be able to sue the dialler company or something, not sure. Don't not pay it though otherwise BT will start getting nasty.
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Sam
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And some decent firewall software.
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James
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Ian could you do me a favour, i posted a thread about TFTs a few weeks back but i cant search for TFT so could you find it for me  cheers
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gavin18787
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It happend to me 
clicked on a link on kazza (bad idea) and didnt realise until i got a £200 bill
got it traced and it turned out to be some company in germany :S
the only way you can get your money back is from the company but that is unlikly as they ignored my letters and the ISCAS or whatever it is customer service people dont get your money back but just close down the company if your lucky.
But that was a while ago and kazza has long left my PC 
[Edited on 23-07-2005 by gavin18787]
Drives supercharged Tec with torque  
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James
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quote:
Originally posted by James
Ian could you do me a favour, i posted a thread about TFTs a few weeks back but i cant search for TFT so could you find it for me cheers
found it
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Ian
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http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=224497
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Skinz
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if you have a dialer you have DEFINITELY gone to a dodgy site, windows xp sp2 should help a bit as ie security levels are increased so it prompts you b4 installing ne thing
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James
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quote:
Originally posted by Skinz
windows xp sp2 should help a bit as ie security levels are increased so it prompts you b4 installing ne thing
not when shes running windows 98
Shes ordering a new PC soon anyway so ill get it firewalled up to the max and convince her to get broadband
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Skinz
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 win98
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James
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well i built her computer out of a couple of old machines i had coz she had no money at the time, better then nothing 
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vibrio
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my friend had one it dialed peru. he never paid
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Andrew
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My BT bill has a limit of £50 a month on, maybe she should do this. I think it has anyway as it was set up 2 years ago and never changed it. I'm a 500GB a month user according to Wanapoo What a load of shit
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Carr
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Where can I get the XP SP2 update pack as I think I'm on SR1 or something? What's the difference
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Andrew
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http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/windowsxp/choose.mspx
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Skinz
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I would run ad aware and install the microsoft spyware program if I were you.
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Carr
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quote:
Originally posted by Peugeot Nut
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/windowsxp/choose.mspx
Is this going to fuck up my pc in anyway?
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p4uls corsa
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tell her to ask bt for a phone blocker and keep it on when ur on the net that way only free phone numbers can be dialed
same thing happend to my sister she got 200 plus phonebill so put blocker on hers not happend since
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Skinz
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quote:
Originally posted by Carr
quote:
Originally posted by Peugeot Nut
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/windowsxp/choose.mspx
Is this going to fuck up my pc in anyway?
no, not if you have windows xp
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Carr
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Safe.
Will I need to back stuff up first to be safe or not?
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Skinz
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nah as long as you tick the box asking if you want to be able to uninstall it then you can remove it after you have installed anyway.
I have never seen it bugger up a PC anyway. All new PCs come shipped with SP2 anyway.
And if you are really really concerned just make a restore point before you install it
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Carr
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Ok cheers
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