What are dialers?

 

Dialers are dial-up programs that attempt to cut off your current Internet dial-up connection without your knowledge, in order to dial premium rate phone numbers, typically to accrue charges. These types of programs can cause serious trouble by significantly increasing your phone bill.

 

Occasionally, these types of programs may be used to access certain pay services on the Internet. This is the reason why some users may have intentionally installed a dialer on their computers. However, even these types of dialers may change your computer settings so that every time you connect to the Internet, a hidden phone call is made to a premium rate number. It is therefore very important to be protected against this threat.

 

Platinum Internet Security provides two different ways of protection against dialers. On the one hand, it allows you to remove this type of software, and on the other hand, it allows you to indicate a list of allowed phone numbers. If you choose to enable this latter option, a warning will be displayed every time an unauthorized phone number is dialled.

 

How can I enable or disable the anti-dialer protection?

How can I configure the anti-dialer protection settings?