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-BT blocks auto-diallers.
(From DMEurope)
DMEUROPE-30 June 2004-BT blocks auto-diallers (C)2004 DMeurope.com (http://www.dmeurope.com) & DME Ltd. All rights reserved. UK telco BT announced on Tuesday that it intends to block premium rate phone numbers used by modem hijackers. Up to 70 per cent of internet-related complaints received by Independent Committee for the Supervision of Standards of Telephone Information Services, which regulates premium rate services in the UK, relate to calls placed to premium rate lines by PCs infected by auto-dial software. The software, which causes modems to disconnect from their internet and dial up premium rate services, is often downloaded and installed without the user's knowledge or informed consent. A BT spokesman, quoted by Silicon.com, said: "We need to minimise the number of customers being affected as quickly as we can and we can't allow any more of our customers to fall victim while the sometimes lengthy investigative process gets underway." Although BT receives a portion of the revenues obtained through modem hijacking over its network, the bulk of the funds are taken by the operators of premium rate lines. Consumers are often left without ...
- -UK premium rate regulator fines Swiss firm for modem hijacking.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire July 15, 2004 700+ words
...DMEUROPE-15 July 2004-UK premium rate regulator fines Swiss firm for modem hijacking (C)2004 DMeurope...reserved. The British premium rate phone service regulator...000 (GBP50,000) for modem hijacking. DDD Telecom AG received...
- Ireland - BT Ireland protects customers from modem hijacking.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire June 15, 2005 700+ words
...launched a new initiative to tackle modem hijacking problems and to help customers protect...will change dial up connections to premium-rate or international numbers. This hijacking...stop a computer dialling higher-cost premium rate or international numbers, even if...
- Verizon, Pennsylvania Office of Consumer Advocate Announce Agreement to Address...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire March 9, 2005 700+ words
...prey to a computer scam known as "modem hijacking" can now have the unauthorized international...customers in Pennsylvania who paid modem hijacking charges in the past will be eligible...who may have been victimized by the modem hijacking Internet scheme. Modem ...
- Consumer Advocate Announces Refunds for Verizon 'Modem Hijacking' Victims.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire April 19, 2005 700+ words
...Verizon North bills as a result of the "modem hijacking" settlement agreement entered into...who believe they are the victims of modem hijacking can contact Verizon or the Office...is confirmed to be associated with modem hijacking, have those charges removed from...
- PA Office of Consumer Advocate Announces Modem Hijacking Settlements.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire January 11, 2006 700+ words
...may be victims of various Internet "modem hijacking" schemes that generate unauthorized...approximately $200,000 in refunds. Modem hijacking affects some computer users who use...agreements with the OCA, after receiving a modem hijacking complaint directly from a customer...
- Modem hijacking reaches Niue.
- News wire article from: PAC - Pacific Islands Broadcasting Association July 23, 2004 700+ words
...JULY 2004 ALOFI (Pacnews) --- Modem hijacking has reached Niue. Niue News reports...modem hi jacking. In Cook Islands, modem hijacking has become so rife that the international...follows recent complaints about "modem hijacking. "Overseas users, surfing the Internet...
- Third Party Billing Firm Warns Consumers About Modem Hijacking; Company offers...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire December 14, 2004 700+ words
...view websites and is not related to "modem hijacking," or other unscrupulous web practices...from Premium say they were victims of modem hijacking. The company is processing each billing...which requests are from victims of modem hijacking and will receive a credit or in some...
- Verizon working to help modem hijacking victims.
- News wire article from: Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA) March 10, 2005 700+ words
...responsibility." It's not clear how often modem hijacking occurs. Computer-security experts...Communications Commission to take action on modem hijacking, calling it a "serious and growing...modemsettlement. For more information on modem hijacking, go to www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline...
- Telia continues fight against modem hijacking.(Brief Article)
- Newspaper article from: Telecomworldwire June 9, 2004 700+ words
...2004-Telia continues fight against modem hijacking(C)1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...provides 100% protection against modem hijacking. Telia had also continued to close...destinations in foreign countries to where modem hijacking was directed. ((Comments on this...
- The Latest Net Scam--Modem Hijacking.
- Magazine article from: PC Magazine Online May 28, 2003 700+ words
...for long periods of time. This sort of scam--known as modem hijacking, dialer hijacking, or Internet dumping--has become...Badbusinessbureau.com, nearly 1,200 people have complained about a modem hijacking scam run by a New Jersey company known as Alyon Technologies...
