Method for monitoring connection of a remote computer via a communication network

摘要

A method of and monitoring device (Fig. 3) for monitoring when a dial-up network component (42) is activated to make a telephone call via the communication network (16), and determining a selected telephone number which the dial-up network component is requested to call. The selected telephone number and at least one reference telephone number (38) are then compared and, dependent upon the outcome of the comparison, a screen display (40) is provided requiring user input to establishing a connection. The invention extends to a computer program product for carrying out the method.