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Dialer:W32/Dialer

Name : Dialer:W32/Dialer
Category:Spyware
Type:Dialer
Platform:W32
Threat Level:Epidemic

Summary

A program that connects the computer to the Internet via a telephone line and modem. Malicious dialers will secretly connect the computer to premium-rate lines.

Additional Details

A program that connects the computer to the Internet via a telephone line and modem. In the days before widespread broadband Internet connections, dialers were often the only way the average user could access the Internet.

Malicious dialers secretly connect the computer to premium-rate lines, greatly increasing the usage charges payable by the user.