On 01 Mar at 17:09, Peter Calder of 3:623/352 wrote to Todd Copeland:
PC> hi Todd.
TC>> There is such a program. You have probably heard of it on TV by now.
TC>> It initilized the modem with M0 as to silence the speaker. It then
TC>> dialed the phone number to "moldavia". It stayed connected until
TC>> the modem was hung up (usually by a power off). The FCC is
TC>> investigating if the calls ever actually went to Moldavia (they think
TC>> they might have just gone to KY and the user was billed for a
TC>> Moldavia call).
PC> I'd be very skeptical about the operational aspects of it, though. 
Outside 
PC> of Moldavia, the trojan would have to use international dialling codes. 
PC> Without code page info being set (or even WITH it set), how the hell does 
PC> the trojan know which country it is in? The Australian international 
PC> dialling code is "0011", but I think the US is "011". You try dialling 
011 
PC> in Australia as the international dialling code and I'm pretty sure 
nothing 
PC> will happen.
The international dialing code is set into win95. (It asks you when you 
install a modem) and if you install virtually any win95 comms package.
PC> To me, the whole thing would seem to be utter bullshit.
It's possible. Also damned easy to locate and destroy ! 
Regards,
Chris Maddock
chrism@softtech.brisnet.org.au
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