Integretel, Rip-Off front for Internet parasites, self installing "spyware" programs Don't Know Internet
I just received my SBC bill and found a $40+ charge to Integretel?? My phone was blocked from connecting to the 800 number on my bill so I had SBC customer service contact them. The Integretel person said that I had connected to 900FAQ.comZZ....she claimed that I agreed to installing an auto dialer that called this number. I remember the time that this occurred (8/3/04, 9:30pm) very well because my wife called me for dinner as I was checking my email (SBC/YAHOO). The browser was sluggish so I just left the room and ate dinner. I live with my wife, a very typical Japanese lady, that has never touched my PC and she never left my side that night. When I returned to the PC, the browser was locked, so I rebooted and spent about 4 or 5 hours cleaning spyware/adware crap off of my machine so I could use it. There were about 700 spyware items on my computer when I scanned it. All I did was hit the reset button, I don't even attempt to work around this stuff, if it looks freaky I shut down my PC. So, there is nothing that I did that be construed as agreeing to accept this software, whose sole purpose is taking my money for no service rendered. I am going to contact SBC about providing assistance for these IT punks. Really, they make it possible. Any class action lawsuits in the works??
David
Farmington Hills, Michigan
U.S.A.