Re: Help! Pornography Phone Dialer
From: Marie (marie.monteith@btopenworld.com)
Date: 07/19/02
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From: "Marie" <marie.monteith@btopenworld.com> Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 00:16:03 -0700
I had the same thing happen to me this was what i was told
to do:
go to start/run and type msconfig. You will get a screen
come up, if you go along to start up you can choose what
comes up, i just unchecked the diallers and my pc seems
fine now.
Hope this helps
Marie
>-----Original Message-----
>The first thing that you need to do, Mike, is stop
surfing porn sites. If
>you're not the culprit, then you have employees who are
breaking your
>Acceptable Use Policy. Search your proxy logs for AUP
infractions, and take
>action against offenders.
>
>You should be using a secure network operating system
like Windows 2000 or
>XP Pro. Restrict user rights. Don't give every user the
right to install
>software. Get some good anti-virus software and scan for
trojans and
>"Ad-ware" once in a while.
>
>http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
>http://www.antivirus.com
>
>As the owner of a "high tech marketing" firm you should
be able to use
>Google. Type in "porn dialers" and see what you come up
with.
>
>Essentially what you have is a trojan horse. Someone
somewhere is making
>money everytime some idiot uses one of those dialers.
Try looking at a site
>like www.pornsitedialers.com and you'll find
other "marketers" trying to
>cram their wares down someones throat. You, or your
employees, need to
>learn not to install software from questionable sources.
>
>You need to tighten up your security, Mike. You need to
get your house in
>order. You have a real pretty web site, but I wouldn't
hire you to wash my
>car, because you obviously don't know how to run a
serious business on the
>Internet. If you aren't up to the task then hire
someone. (No, I'm not
>looking for a job.)
>
>I'm sorry if all of this seems harsh, but think of it as
a learning
>experience. Do you want your clients to walk into a
public forum like this
>and find out from "the horse's mouth" that you don't have
a clue?
>
>"Michael Stella" <mstella@webstruct.com> wrote in message
>news:3D35A405.B1FA8927@webstruct.com...
>> Somehow I keep getting this "Innocent Virgins" phone
dialer on all of
>> our systems. It automatically installs itself and just
keeps
>> reappearing. I delete all of the files including the
registry entries
>> and it still keeps coming back after a few days. Any
ideas on how to
>> prevent this from happening?
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Mike
>>
>
>
>.
>
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