internet jacking

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  1. cath1985

    cath1985 Member

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    i was on a website which perhaps i shouldn't have been.. anyway, it's made my internet dial-up number, an international one, i know how to fix it temporarily, but each time i disconnect or restart my pc, it goes back to the international number. does anybody know how to fix this permanately? thanks
     
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    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    goto internet options in control panel, click on connections, click on your provider(default???)than settings & properties & change it in there. you either have a virus(more likely) or spyware(possible). run an antivirus & antispyware on your system
     
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    yeah, thats what i've done, and it's only a temporary fixture.. i'll try my anti virus thing though..
     
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    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    i kinda figured but not certain, what antivirus program using
     
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    norton anti virus... it's just scanning now..
     
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    you could also try running spybot search and destroy and ad-aware
     
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    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    also goto www.antivirus.com & do the free online scan to confirm norton has either found or got rid of the virus(es???)
     
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    ok, i'm downloading the spybot one,and norton is still doing it's thing. will the spybot one get rid of the international phone number permanately?
    sorry, i really don't know what i'm doing.. i'm a 19 year old chick, and computers aren't my specialty..
     
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    Sounds like you have got the old xxxdialer, my you are a bad boy cath. Run a program called adware 6 from lavasoft and spybot search and destroy, Then say ten hail mary's and 50 our father's. My son got the same dialer awhile back, I felt like wearing his butt out. He just did without the internet for a month instead. I wish I were a violent man sometimes!!!
     
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    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    i kinda figured you were a 19 year old chick by your nickname. spybot gets rid of spyware but i think you have a virus possible trojan or worm
     
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    ok askyew! youcaught me out...my boyfriend was away, i was bored, so i looked up porn! but it's not fair that it did that to my pc.. i just want to fix it!
     
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    what was norton result??
     
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    it didn't work, but i think the spybot thing might have fixed it... hopfully
     
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    disconnect & also restart pc seperately to see if problem resolved
     
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    You might want to download a free program called RegScrubXP from majorgeeks.com found here http://www.majorgeeks.com/download2048.html
    and run it before you connect to the internet again after you have run the spyware program.
     
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