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| Security in Russia
We've all heard about spam, scams, phishing, hacks and viruses from Russia. Here is an edited E-translation (I'll leave most of the Russian language's syntax and tech words)of the "Safety" page from "Center Telecom", an ISP in Ryazan, Russia. Ryazan is a city of about 400,000, 200 km SE from Moscow, until 1990 it was a 'closed city' due to military bases. 'Center Telecom' provides telephone and DSL. The concerns are the same we have.
»koi.www.ryazan.ru/faq/safety.htm
ATTENTION: DANGEROUS INTERNET
Teens looking at pr0n call '900' numbers
The rotation (bills) of subscribers with claims of unjustifiably large calculations for the telephone recently were increased in frequency. In them, besides usual license fee, the sums for the international connections figured. All subscribers asserted that they do not have relatives, not familiar in these countries, and they simply not could to ring for the boundary. The reason for all these rotation one - someone of the members of the family (larger partly the adolescents) with the work in the network the Internet go to the resources for the adult, whose part contains the "harmful" programs, which achieve an international bell to this resource with the minute by minute payment. It is explained with the rotation to parents, grandmothers and other adult members of family to the service centers, what such connections were - entire information fixes the certified equipment of toll office, and it impartially.
Your modem got hijacked, so did your phone number
Mechanisms of the appearance of such situations are very simple. Going to any entertaining resource, users, examining pages in the foreign language (more frequent English), can obtain to their computer "harmful program". One of the types of "harmful programs" are the programs, which, governing modem, achieve from the user telephone number international telephone calls for the connection with the telematicheskimi services, located abroad. In such cases of user (furthermore in the foreign language) they warn against further actions by approximately these phrases: "the warning: With the use of this program product your modem will set up international telephone number. It does not be required credit map for the access to the service, you had to pay only every moment your telephone calculations. With the use of this program product your computer will tear modem connection with your Internet provider. Then your modem will set up international telephone number ".
Not your fault? It's not OURS! We're the phone company. We still want Rubles
There are programs and more "experienced" - they generally not about which ask, it suffices only to fall on "necessary" site. Consequences can for a long time blow up family budget. And to pay according to such calculations nevertheless it is necessary - indeed to fault to everything only its own carelessness and inattention of users. Such programs can be extended not only through the Internet, but also through PIRATED CD with the entertaining programs and the games. One ought not to establish software from the Internet on its computer, if user insufficiently this examines.
In this case not with what "telephone piracy" the discussion deals. Everything which occurred on the Internet either simply with the work on personal computer it is done consciously or unconsciously only by user. Work with the resources in the network the Internet - prerogative of the user, that initiates the entrance into the Internet. Operator cannot guarantee the virus and juridical cleanliness of the sites, to which go the users the Internet. In this situation can prove to be any user, that obtains access to the network the Internet not only from the Ryazansk branch JOINT STOCK COMPANY "TsentrTelekom", but also another provider, including purchased Internet- map.
If in doubt, Bail out.
In any event the advanced calculations be subject to required payment within the established periods in accordance with the agreement. In order not to fall into similar unpleasant situations, Ryazansk branch JOINT STOCK COMPANY "TsentrTelekom" recommends to its subscribers:
1, To work in the Internet with the sites, whose contents is understandable. If it is proposed to carry out one or other command or another in the language, which user does not understand, it is better to end further dialogue with the site.
2, Being located in the network, be attentive and completely read entire information in the dialog boxes.
3, To periodically renew antivirus program in itself on the computer.
4, If in the process of period of communication arose any suspicions, to leave the network (to tear connection, to turn off modem, to be opened from the telephone line).
5, Not to turn off the completely sonic tracking of dozvona on the modem. To always see that makes the computer in the network, after the system warnings and the warnings from the sites. If Internet- connection was torn, and, as a rule, this audibly, and new collection began, it is necessary to stop the computer (it is possible simply to open the nourishment of modem).
Edit: number 5 is a hard translation, basically says reset modem or unplug, aka open the nourishment
Be careful out there
Both in the one and in the other case to ring into another city (or the country) is possible, after purchasing service telephone map. However, entire indicated above is not panacea. Therefore it is necessary to be by maximally vigilant and careful with the work in the network the Internet! |
