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Dialer-267

Type
Program
SubType
Dialer
Discovery Date
05/26/2005
Length
Minimum DAT
4500 (05/26/2005)
Updated DAT
5376 (09/03/2008)
Minimum Engine
5.1.00
Description Added
05/26/2005
Description Modified
09/17/2006 6:16 PM (PT)
Risk Assessment
Corporate User
N/A
Home User
N/A

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Characteristics

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.  This particular dialer will attempt to dial an adult paid service in Italy.

Upon execution, the following dialogue box is displayed:

The following icon is placed on the desktop:

The following registry key is created to automatically start upon reboot:

  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
    "FASTTRACKNETVISION" = "C:\WINDOWS\NETVISION.exe -A"

The following file is dropped onto the local computer:

  •  %WinDir%\NETVISION.exe (20,760 bytes)

Note:  Where %WinDir% is usually associated to the C:\Windows directory

Symptoms

Method of Infection

Variants

Variants

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All Information

Overview -

Characteristics

Characteristics -

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.  This particular dialer will attempt to dial an adult paid service in Italy.

Upon execution, the following dialogue box is displayed:

The following icon is placed on the desktop:

The following registry key is created to automatically start upon reboot:

  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
    "FASTTRACKNETVISION" = "C:\WINDOWS\NETVISION.exe -A"

The following file is dropped onto the local computer:

  •  %WinDir%\NETVISION.exe (20,760 bytes)

Note:  Where %WinDir% is usually associated to the C:\Windows directory

Symptoms

Symptoms -

Method of Infection

Method of Infection -

Removal -

Removal -

Instructions on Enabling/Disabling Detection and Removal of Potentially Unwanted Programs

Variants

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