The anti-dialer protection protects your computer against programs that try to cut off the current telephone connection (the one you normally use to connect to the Internet) and establish a new connection to a premium rate number. These types of programs are called dialers, and they might cause serious trouble by significantly increasing your phone bill.
Follow these steps to access the anti-dialer settings:
1. Select the option Automatic protection in the Platinum Internet Security main window.
2. In the right panel of the window, a list will appear containing all Platinum Internet Security protections. In the anti-dialer section, click on Settings.
3. A window will appear with three different options:
· Detect and remove dialers: all dialers will be detected and removed.
· Detect attempts to dial unauthorized phone numbers: all attempts to dial unauthorized numbers will be blocked, and a warning message will be displayed.
· Configure: click on this button to indicate the phone numbers you want to authorize. A window will be displayed containing a list of authorised phone numbers. Click on Add to add new telephone numbers to this list. If you want to change a number, select it and click on Edit. Finally, if you want to remove a phone number form the list, select it and click on Delete.
4. Check or uncheck the boxes to enable or disable these options.
5. Click OK.
Note: the
option Detect
attempts to dial unauthorized phone numbers and
the Settings
button will not be available
if your computer does not have a modem to connect to the Internet.