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setanta
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I have nortons as my anti virus. last night I ran a check and discovered two new virus threats.One was Dialer.Generic and the other Packed.Dialer. both were descriped as re-routers to expensive connections etc. It was possible to delete the packed.dialer one manually however delete failed with dialer.generic. I checked out the source descriped as where they come from and deleted it. I ran a check again tonight and it only found the old usual adware one which is there forever and does not appear to be any threat. ( I suspect the teenagers imported it from Kazaa - long deleted) Neither of the dialer ones were there. My big fear is that I am going to get a whopper of a telecom bill as a result of this and as a result I rang eircom today to find out if there was any unusual activity on my account, but the operator was unable to help as she stated it would not be possible to check out my account until the next bill was issued on 10th Feby. Does anyone know where I stand regarding having to pay for something I did not willingly use? Have I any options open to me to query the account? My ISP is Pigsback @ €9.99 per month for 27 hours offpeak and the usual charges for excess ie 1c per minute etc. I seldom use the net during the day except in emergencies or to check something out. While on to eircom I blocked premium calls ( no loss) . How can I prove that I did not re-route the connection myself- if indeed that proves to be the case?Can I stop eircom handing over payment to a dubious third party?
title edited to include the word "diallers" by ajapale
title edited to include the word "diallers" by ajapale