What can I do about this?

I think that someone keeps trying to gain illegal access to my computer. Is there anything that can be done about it? I got an alert from Panda Anti-virus that there was an attempt to dial an unauthorized phone number. I live between 2 Cities where neither of them are long distance from me. But one is long distance from the other so, I would assume that someone may be worried about a BIG phone bill. I know this has to be someone local. Is there anything that can be done?

What can I do about this?antivirus

Sounds like a dialer on your machine. Here's how the malware works. The malicious dialer will call an overseas ISP and connect you to the internet through a foreign ISP that will bill you a per minute charge on your phone bill.

Some people have faced hundreds of dollars of per minute long distance charges from this scam.

Scan with both of these and remove anything they find, especially malware called dialers.

Use both on-line scans. Both are free and excellent at detecting malware.

1. Scan for virus, worms etc. and remove (free online scan, no download) with BitDefender.

http://www.bitdefender.com/site/home/

2. Scan for trojans and spyware and remove (free online scan, no download) with Ewido.

http://www.ewido.net/en/

Good luck.

Good luck.

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