Re: acessing unwanted premium numbers

From: Bill Sanderson (Bill_Sanderson_at_msn.com.plugh.org)
Date: 12/09/03 

Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 08:27:02 -0500

See response to your other message.

P.S. You should know that you have posted to an Internet newsgroup. Such
posts are visible to most computers in the world with Internet access--i.e.
a very large set of machines. Certain viruses harvest email addresses from
Internet newsgroup postings, such as this one. Using your real email
address in such a post will get you a steady stream of virus-laden
email--much of it pretending to be patches from major software vendors, or
mail-returns for mail you never sent.

Please be certain your machines have all critical security patches applied,
via WindowsUpdate, and follow the three-step program recommended here:

http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

"ck" <standardalchemist@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:098501c3be3a$e0c7b1b0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> Unfortunately ! an instant access internet connection is
> on child's computer. This of course accesses undesirable
> area of internet I think. Child denies regular use but
> telephone bill says otherwise. He has always complained
> that when he puts on music to play via windows media
> player that the computer connects to the internet - I
> presume searching for info on artists etc. Could this
> search by the media player be accessing the internet via
> the premium line rate rather than local rate ?
> Child says that the unacceptable site does not appear nor
> does warning about premium rate. There is a firewall
> installed !
> I have little understanding of this process and would
> appreciate any help. I reaslise of course that he could
> have just been accessing undesirable sites straight off
> but his limited admissions and furtehr denials are
> convinving. he is down as accessing at times hen others
> are in the house. You want to believe your child !

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