This Is Unusual...

[drlove]

When I logged on to the net this evening, I got the following message:

"You or a program has requested a connection to "216. something"... (I don't remember the exact IP address) Which connection do you want to use?"

I've never had this happen before. Could this be a sign of a computer virus??

 

[jbar]

When I logged on to the net this evening, I got the following message:

"You or a program has requested a connection to "216. something"... (I don't remember the exact IP address) Which connection do you want to use?"

I've never had this happen before. Could this be a sign of a computer virus??

This could be a new internet connection that you inadvertently downloaded on to your computer. This happened to me about 2 years ago without me knowing, and Bell sends me a bill for $500 for what they describe as "overseas calls". Go to your My Computer in Windows Explorer,go into Internet Conections, and see what is there. What version of Explorer do you use? If you do have something wacky, get rid of it ASAP!

 

[ThePunkPanther]

oh look, a wardialler.... NUKE IT!@!!!!!

 

[drlove]

This could be a new internet connection that you inadvertently downloaded on to your computer. This happened to me about 2 years ago without me knowing, and Bell sends me a bill for $500 for what they describe as "overseas calls". Go to your My Computer in Windows Explorer,go into Internet Conections, and see what is there. What version of Explorer do you use? If you do have something wacky, get rid of it ASAP!

I checked my connections, but nothing suspicious there. Nevertheless, thanks for your input. That sucks about the $500 though... did you have to pay it??

 

[MarkII]

I'm not 100% certain but wouldn't your computer need to be connected to a phone line for the war dialer to work?

If you're on High speed that would not be the case..I'm assuming

Any thoughts?

M2

 

[drlove]

I don't think it's a dialer... My anti spy software did pick up an attack trojan on my system the other day, but it has since been removed. Perhaps the two instances are related??

 

[MarkII]

Do you have a modem or is the computer connected right into the phone line?

If you have a modem then it's some from of high speed. If you are connected directly then you are using a dial up connection therefor making your 500 Bell charge quite possible unfortunaltely.

M2

 

[Esco!]

oh look, a wardialler.... NUKE IT!@!!!!!

WTF is a wardialer?????????

 

[jbar]

I checked my connections, but nothing suspicious there. Nevertheless, thanks for your input. That sucks about the $500 though... did you have to pay it??

Yep. Absolutely. After I got on the phone with Bell and Sympatico in order to raise hell, they read me the riot act, and threatened to send collection agencies after me if I didn't pay up. Even though the firewall that came with the Sympatico software that I was using screwed up, I was still liable. Nice eh?

 

[jbar]

I'm not 100% certain but wouldn't your computer need to be connected to a phone line for the war dialer to work?

If you're on High speed that would not be the case..I'm assuming

Any thoughts?

M2

An unwanted dialer can come through on your high-speed connection, or a pre-existing dial set-up. It only needs to find a way into your computer, regardless of set-up.

 

[tboy]

WTF is a wardialer?????????

I believe that it is an application/virus that loads onto your pc then dials a overseas phone number that has a toll attached to it.

That way when you turn on your computer it automatically dials this number and the charges add up and up and up....

 

[Gentle Ben]

An unwanted dialer can come through on your high-speed connection, or a pre-existing dial set-up. It only needs to find a way into your computer, regardless of set-up.

But, if you're using high speed conection and no dial up modem conected to phone line, you would'nt get these charges, would you?

 

[jbar]

I don't think it's a dialer... My anti spy software did pick up an attack trojan on my system the other day, but it has since been removed. Perhaps the two instances are related??

It could be, but then again, I said I wasn't sure. As soon as you said "connection to 216" a bell start to ring in my head, so I thought I should warn you of what it could be. In any case, get rid of it... you never know what trouble it might cause.


Cheers

 

[jbar]

I believe that it is an application/virus that loads onto your pc then dials a overseas phone number that has a toll attached to it.

That way when you turn on your computer it automatically dials this number and the charges add up and up and up....

This is EXACTLY what happened to me.

 

[jbar]

But, if you're using high speed conection and no dial up modem conected to phone line, you would'nt get these charges, would you?

I was on dial-up at the time (verses the high-speed that I have now), but you would still have to plug all of the high-speed hardware into your phone-line. So the answer is yes. If I accidently downloaded an overseas dialer through my high-speed service, and if it connects, then I'm liable.

A computer can run on booth high-speed and a dialer; all you have to do is select which connection type you would like.

It like buying a car with fuel injection, and then buying a car with a carb.... either way, the gas eventually winds up in the motor from the gas tank. But in both cases you still have to pay for the gas.

 

[drlove]

Hmmm.. so what happens if you don't have a long distance provider??

 

[joebear]

I was on dial-up at the time (verses the high-speed that I have now), but you would still have to plug all of the high-speed hardware into your phone-line. So the answer is yes. If I accidently downloaded an overseas dialer through my high-speed service, and if it connects, then I'm liable.

A computer can run on booth high-speed and a dialer; all you have to do is select which connection type you would like.

It like buying a car with fuel injection, and then buying a car with a carb.... either way, the gas eventually winds up in the motor from the gas tank. But in both cases you still have to pay for the gas.

buddy you dont know wft you are talking about!

 

[inchs10long]

I don't think it's a dialer... My anti spy software did pick up an attack trojan on my system the other day, but it has since been removed. Perhaps the two instances are related??

The same happened to me about 2 weeks ago. I found out it was a spy wear >.............name TROJAN dll/system32/c;windows
I'm a high speed cable no phone line to my pc is hook-up. It took me a week to fix it up pm I will help if u need more info.

 

[drlove]

The same happened to me about 2 weeks ago. I found out it was a spy wear >.............name TROJAN dll/system32/c;windows
I'm a high speed cable no phone line to my pc is hook-up. It took me a week to fix it up pm I will help if u need more info.

Interesting... but hypothetically speaking, if you're on dial up but do not have a long distance provider, then the dialer cannot make long distance calls and therefore you will not be charged. Correct??

 

[drlove]

Sounds as if your computer has a wireless card in it (most do now a days) and has automatically connected to someone's wireless network or rather more then one connection was available so you were presented with the option of which one you want to connect to.

So what does that mean?? A hacker was using my account??