Re: Can dialer viruses turn on the computer?
From: David H. Lipman (DLipman~nospam~_at_Verizon.Net)
Date: 03/26/05
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Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 09:39:55 -0500
From: "Cautious Nerd" <Cautious@Nerds.com>
| Our home phone service provider advised a friend to always disconnect
| the phone line from the PC. The friend was apparently told that if one gets a
| dialer virus/trojan, it can act even with the computer turned off. I
| have a hard time seeing this. Is this just a case of
| "miscommunafication"?
|
| Thanks,
|
| Cautious Nerd
A "magic Packet" can be sent to the Network Interface Card (not Dial-Up) and a computer can
be powered-up. This can be prevented by using a Cable/DSL Router on a Broadband Internet
connection.
If a PC is infected with a Trojan or Virus and it is powered off, the Trojan or virus is
rendered inert and can not do anything until the PC angain powered-up.
-- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm
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