Computer Wierdness

Hayashi · 05-23-2003, 10:51 PM

Whenever I turn on my PC (at home), the "dialup to internet provider" program lauches automatically, I've never had this happen before.
Any clues? I'm suspecting some sort of malicious software...

Animal · 05-23-2003, 11:01 PM

Bingo! You have a dialer installed.

Run a spyware detection utility and check your Add/Remove Programs for anything strange. Take a look in your Start-up folder for anything that shouldn't be there.

Stormymystic · 05-24-2003, 02:25 AM

ere is another advice...get a spyware detector, I have spybot now thanks to everyone here recomending it, and it will find them all for you and quartine them if you want till you can delete them

Paladin2000 · 05-24-2003, 04:16 AM

Or you could try this:

1. Run "msconfig" and look for programs which is in the startup. Uncheck anything suspicious.

2. Find any programs with the name "dialer". delete all suspicious dialer programs. Note that there is a genuine "dealer.exe" in your windows folder. Others *might* be the adult paysite dialer programs.

3. Search for any recently created "exe" files and you might discover the culprit.

[ 05-24-2003, 04:18 AM: Message edited by: Paladin2000 ]

05-23-2003, 10:51 PM	#1
Hayashi Silver Dragon Join Date: March 25, 2001 Location: The Lion City Age: 63 Posts: 1,699	Whenever I turn on my PC (at home), the "dialup to internet provider" program lauches automatically, I've never had this happen before. Any clues? I'm suspecting some sort of malicious software... __________________ I visit IW occasionally...

05-23-2003, 11:01 PM	#2
Animal Gold Dragon Join Date: March 29, 2002 Location: Canada Age: 51 Posts: 2,534	Bingo! You have a dialer installed. Run a spyware detection utility and check your Add/Remove Programs for anything strange. Take a look in your Start-up folder for anything that shouldn't be there. __________________ It\'s all fun and games until somebody loses an eye...then it becomes a sport.<br /> [img]\"http://members.shaw.ca/mtholdings/bsmeter.gif\" alt=\" - \" />

05-24-2003, 02:25 AM	#3
Stormymystic Knight of the Rose Join Date: April 8, 2003 Location: Arkansas Age: 48 Posts: 4,442	ere is another advice...get a spyware detector, I have spybot now thanks to everyone here recomending it, and it will find them all for you and quartine them if you want till you can delete them __________________ [url]\"http://stormymystic.deviantart.com/gallery/\" target=\"_blank\"> [img]\"http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/3968/stormyvx6.jpg\" alt=\" - \" /></a>

05-24-2003, 04:16 AM	#4
Paladin2000 Fzoul Chembryl Join Date: February 19, 2002 Location: Your guess is as good as mine. Age: 52 Posts: 1,728	Or you could try this: 1. Run "msconfig" and look for programs which is in the startup. Uncheck anything suspicious. 2. Find any programs with the name "dialer". delete all suspicious dialer programs. Note that there is a genuine "dealer.exe" in your windows folder. Others might be the adult paysite dialer programs. 3. Search for any recently created "exe" files and you might discover the culprit. [ 05-24-2003, 04:18 AM: Message edited by: Paladin2000 ] __________________ (This is an invisible sig.)

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