ARMENTEL: DIAL-UP SUBSCRIBERS ARE ADVISED TO DISCONNECT THEIR MODEMS WHEN GOING OFF-LINE

ArmInfo
2009-11-12 18:32:00

ArmInfo. ArmenTel advises its dial-up subscribers to disconnect their
modems when going off-line so as to protect themselves from viruses
generating international calls.

Head of Customer Service Burastan Movsissyan says that in some cases
such calls can be generated even by shut down computers. This is a
very urgent problem as 20% of ArmenTel’s fixed telephony subsribers
still use Dial-up. International calls can also be blocked from the
phone number the computer is connected to.

As regards complaints, Movsissyan says that 36% of them concern
big bills for SMSs sent to short numbers (quizzes, votings), 25% –
GPRS-viruses, 21% – "mobile fraud" (alleged victory in some nonexistent
draws). In the field of fixed telephony, 47% of complains concern
dial-up viruses, 44% – big bills in newly digitized areas in regions.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress