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Overview -

This is a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) detection. It is not a virus or trojan. PUPs are any piece of software which a reasonably security-or privacy-minded computer user may want to be informed of.

Characteristics

Characteristics -

This is a generic detection which covers a large number of Dialers. They are not viruses.

Dialers are applications which give the user access to a list of long-distance phone numbers for use with various services. These applications generally show a window which will prompt the user whether or not to continue and install or use the modem to dial the long-distance phone numbers.

The detection of this type of files is not automatically activated. Users who would like to check for the presence of this kind of files on their system should run the command line scanner with the /PROGRAM switch. Please note that VirusScan 7 has also an option, which enables users to detect this kind of program automatically (see below).

Symptoms

Symptoms -

N/A - This is not a virus

Method of Infection

Method of Infection -

N/A - This is not a virus

Removal -

Removal -

Potentially Unwanted Applications can be detected with VirusScan 7 and/or the command line scanner with the /PROGRAM switches.

1. Click the START button
2. Click RUN
3. Type COMMAND and hit ENTER
4. Type:
   
   c:\progra~1\common~1\networ~1\viruss~1\4.0.xx\scan.exe c: /program /sub
   
   and hit ENTER.

Users running VirusScan 7 or later can also enable application or joke detection via the configuration option "Find potentially unwanted programs" (Advanced section - see example below), within the VirusScan GUI as shown below:

Corporate Users:

This applies for the On-Access scanner too.

Retail Users:

Contact the program author (origin) for removal instructions.