What is the best software to detect and protect against dialers?

Trying to fix a friends computer and he has PeoplePc-the "smart dialer" is glitching-it won't save the member name and password and after the third or fourth diconnect and relogon it gives the error that username and/or password are invalid even though both are correct. When the smart dialer is dialing it says "MyHomeMyHome 555-5555 SVC_Dialer" (the phone number is actually the correct one but I didn't post it for the obvious reasons). On the first connection made after the fresh installation of PeoplePc the smart dialer says only "My Home 555-5555". Anyone know if this is a dialer, if it can be detected with any scanning software and/or how to remove it? Thanks

What is the best software to detect and protect against dialers?
get the following, all are free for a safe surfing experience,








ANTI VIRAL





AVG (free) http://free.grisoft.com/








FIREWALL





ZoneAlarm http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/co...





WEB BROWSER - http://www.mozilla.org/products/firebird





EMAIL use thunderbird. It has a good built in spam filter and learns when you teach it. http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderb...





SPYWARE





http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaw...





http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index...








and if you have a wireless router follow these tips,








1. Use WPA encryption (WPA-PSK) it's less crackable then WEP.





2. Make a passphrase that is upper %26amp; lower case and has some numbers thrown in there as well, again harder to crack.


some like mAkE1t5eCurE0rel53 and as long as possible.





3. Use MAC access control so only you or authorized PC's can connect (even if you do have encryption turned on)





4. Turn off DHCP use static addresses.





5. Turn off SSID (and change it) unless your card really needs it (some do)





6. Change username/password of access unit front end





7. Ensure you have the usual firewall enabled on your PC.





8. Paranoia rules, turn WLAN off if your not using it :)








one last tip


control panel---administrator tools--services--messenger





right clik on it


stop the service


then disable it


save changes