Content
Dialer-Generic
- Type
- Program
- SubType
- PornDialer
- Discovery Date
- 03/10/2001
- Length
- Varies
- Minimum DAT
- 4129 (03/15/2001)
- Updated DAT
- 5766 (10/09/2009)
- Minimum Engine
- 5.1.00
- Description Added
- 04/17/2001
- Description Modified
- 06/29/2004 4:52 PM (PT)
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Characteristics
Porn Dialers are applications which give the user access to a list of long-distance phone numbers for use with a pornographic "service".
These applications may show a window upon being run initially which will prompt the user whether or not to continue and install or use the modem to dial the long-distance phone numbers. If this window does not appear initially, it will generally appear after a system is restarted, if the porn dialer copies itself to a startup location. These windows generally feature pictures of scantily clad women, which may appear unexpectedly once a system is restarted.
Even if the user chooses not to continue, system changes may still be made:
- This is usually to a "Program Files" sub-folder with a name based upon the name of the company whose "service" is being used
- These references may be in places such as Startup folders or in the registry Run keys
The detection of this type of file 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
N/A - This is not a virus.
Method of Infection
N/A - This is not a virus.
Variants
Variants
N/A
All Information
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.
Aliases
- Dialer-Generic.b
- Dialer-Generic.dll
- Dialer-Generic.dr
- EML/Michpics.A
Characteristics
Characteristics -
Porn Dialers are applications which give the user access to a list of long-distance phone numbers for use with a pornographic "service".
These applications may show a window upon being run initially which will prompt the user whether or not to continue and install or use the modem to dial the long-distance phone numbers. If this window does not appear initially, it will generally appear after a system is restarted, if the porn dialer copies itself to a startup location. These windows generally feature pictures of scantily clad women, which may appear unexpectedly once a system is restarted.
Even if the user chooses not to continue, system changes may still be made:
- This is usually to a "Program Files" sub-folder with a name based upon the name of the company whose "service" is being used
- These references may be in places such as Startup folders or in the registry Run keys
The detection of this type of file 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 -
Instructions on Enabling/Disabling Detection and Removal of Potentially Unwanted Programs
Variants
Variants -
N/A
