Hardware security for your telephone line.

Trojan diallers - cost you money. Our bill saving hardware product stops your machine making unauthorised calls to premium rate numbers instantly. 

Think of this as your telephone bill insurance protection, you may never need it but when you do you'll be glad it was their. Modem Hi-jacking is more common place than you think but don't be a victim, stop the thieves in their tracks. Protect your phone line from unknown expensive dial up services. 

Budget Call Blocker

£12.95 / €19.42

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The line input for the budget device uses standard BT connections, recognising this unit is pan-European approved we provide a fly-lead with a BT connector for the input.

Premium Rate Call Blockers / Filter Products - Modem Protectors. (Anti-Trojan Dialler blocker)

Your ultimate security, a physical defence barrier - yes there are security cleaning products, yes there are excellent software products to stop rogue internet diallers installing on your pc.  They claim to and do stop your machine calling expensive premium rate or international numbers. The problem rogue auto-dialers are that if they get past your software defence, you still get billed. 

Thousands of  Internet users are unwittingly running up big telephone bills after falling victim to scams which hijacks home computers into dialling costly premium-rate phone lines. According to industry regulatory body ICSTIS the average UK extra bill is around £100 / €150 in other European countries it may be more. It has become so much of a problem that telecom companies have been unable to switch off all the numbers, and some users have asked their phone company to block all premium calls. This can be a problem for some users, what if they use legitimate premium rate services, what if the phone company can only block non-geographic numbers excluding free numbers. This leaves a conundrum, the user has to install software products which can sometimes conflict with firewalls, or virus scanners etc. 

For other users, the software works fine, but consider this, what happens if the software defence gets broken?  

The Trojan gets installed, your infected machine dials, you get the bill.  You just wish you'd bought our low cost product. We have heard examples where some Trojans have even disabled the modem speaker, whilst there is in some regions the possibility to take some recourse over premium rate call costs, this has forced some unscrupulous software writers to change tactics and use slightly more expensive revenue share numbers which are not premium rate and over which there is no legal protection. This latest 0871 scam has hit the United Kingdom hard.

Our premium rate blockers are hardware devices - they will stop unwanted calls. We can uniquely program our products only to allow your permitted destinations to be accessed. With only software security protection there is always the possibility that a virus may violate your machine with our dialler hardware call blocker the risk of unauthorised Trojan calls is significantly reduced.  

Maybe you're not concerned about Trojan's but just want to limit the numbers which your phone can dial, our devices can be customised to block a large number of prefixes. 

The following products prevent your PC making unwanted calls, two devices are offered, both will work anywhere in Europe - the budget model has a fixed programming customised to your specifications, the premium model - also customised to your specifications is end user reprogrammable. Please contact us with your requirements and we will advise you on the most suitable product. 

If you already own the budget product and want it reprogrammed this costs £2.95 / €4.42 + £5 / €7.50 p/p, you must return it to us by recorded or courier delivery - (proof of postage is not proof of receipt).

Summary (premium unit)

• blocks unwanted calls

• can be reprogrammed as fully functional LCR unit

• customised programming at time of ordering

• simple over-ride prefix

• Fully reprogrammable using DTMF phone (or optional software)

• MS Compatible Software available to re-program the unit

• pan-European approved

• not for ISDN lines

• hardware security for your pc against rogue-diallers

Summary (budget unit)

• customised solution

• fixed programming

• manual over-ride for faxing

• not for ISDN

• comes with BT connector + fly cable (adaptor)

• pan-European approved

• low cost

Product Specific FAQ’s.

What benefits can the call protector dialler bring?
The programmable version is also an automatic telephone dialler, programmed to make dialling faster, easier and more reliable. The dialler is programmed to recognize the kinds of calls where the dialler will need to add extra digits to the dialling string. Once programmed, the dialer first records the digits that are dialled, and then dials (forwards) the stored number along with any extra numbers which need to be added to route the call. The entire sequence is done very quickly. By automatically dialling an access number, a dialler saves you call costs by routing through alternate cheaper telephone providers/carriers. When configured as a protection device the call process is reversed only authorised calls are routed the rest are dropped.

Can more than one phone be connected to the dialler(s)?
Yes the REN is around 0.3

Will the dialler work with fax machines?
Yes.

Do the Trojan protection units need power supplies?
No, the single line call protectors are line powered.

I want to block all calls except for two ISP's - will your Premium Rate call blocker do this?
Yes, easily, if you wish to save a further £11/ €16.50  this is also well within the capabilities of the budget unit.

I don't want to pay for extra software how is the dialler programmed?
It can be programmed with any touch tone / DTMF telephone, nb The budget units cannot be reprogrammed.

How does the call blocker differ from the programmable dialler?
Only in the programming - as a Trojan dialler blocker, the programming says which calls to route, as a LCR Router the programming says how to route the calls.