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<blockquote data-quote="Shaun" data-source="post: 19578" data-attributes="member: 175390"><p>A while back after my kids had been surfing the net, I noticed a strange ICON on my computer which looked like it had been downloaded from an adult website. I immediately deleted it and from what I could tell, my kids had no knowledge of its existence. Today however I got my BT phone bill (my ISP is NTL, however this service is provided via a BT pone line) and saw a charge for a premium rate number. I checked this with BT and it appears its a number associated with an adult website. When I rang NTL, they told me about automatic diallers which can quite often get downloaded without the user's knowledge. This raises a few questions.</p><p>1) I'm looking to see how I can protect my kids from accessing such websites in the first place. NTL recommends, Net Nanny. Does anyone know if this is effective and whether it slows down the computer?</p><p>2) If I bar premium rate calls with BT, will this prevent automatic diallers from dialling such numbers in the future?</p><p>3) How can an automatic dialler dial a BT number anyway while my computer is connected to the internet? Surely my telephone line is engaged?</p><p>Any assistance would be much appreciated.</p><p>Thanks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shaun, post: 19578, member: 175390"] A while back after my kids had been surfing the net, I noticed a strange ICON on my computer which looked like it had been downloaded from an adult website. I immediately deleted it and from what I could tell, my kids had no knowledge of its existence. Today however I got my BT phone bill (my ISP is NTL, however this service is provided via a BT pone line) and saw a charge for a premium rate number. I checked this with BT and it appears its a number associated with an adult website. When I rang NTL, they told me about automatic diallers which can quite often get downloaded without the user's knowledge. This raises a few questions. 1) I'm looking to see how I can protect my kids from accessing such websites in the first place. NTL recommends, Net Nanny. Does anyone know if this is effective and whether it slows down the computer? 2) If I bar premium rate calls with BT, will this prevent automatic diallers from dialling such numbers in the future? 3) How can an automatic dialler dial a BT number anyway while my computer is connected to the internet? Surely my telephone line is engaged? Any assistance would be much appreciated. Thanks. [/QUOTE]
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