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Dialer:Win32/Adialer

Posted: December 22, 2011

Threat Metric

Threat Level: 8/10
Infected PCs: 12
First Seen: December 22, 2011
OS(es) Affected: Windows

Dialer:Win32/Adialer is a dangerous computer dialer infection that may dial up premium numbers in an effort to hike up the phone bill of a PC user. Usually will perform its dialer actions without an indication to the computer user while running in the background. The PC user may not know what has taken place until the next phone bill rolls in. Other indications of being infected with Dialer:Win32/Adialer is a misleading pop-up message usually presented in the Italian language. Dialer:Win32/Adialer may also present a threat of connecting to a remote hacker. Eliminating the threat of Dialer:Win32/Adialer altogether usually requires the use of an updated antispyware tool.

Aliases

Dialer.YI [Panda]Dialer.17.AI [AVG]Win-Trojan/Hangup.84448 [AhnLab-V3]Dialer:Win32/Adialer [Microsoft]Dial/Laet-B [Sophos]DIAL/Dialer.Gen [AntiVir]Dialer.GlobalDial [DrWeb]Dialer:W32/Generic [F-Secure]Application.Win32.Dialer.001.A [Comodo]not-a-virus:Porn-Dialer.Win32.Generic [Kaspersky]Dialer-713 [ClamAV]Win32:PornDialer-EK [Dialer] [Avast]Dialer.Lusval [Symantec]W32/Adware.AHWA [F-Prot]Win32/Dialer.001.A [NOD32]
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Technical Details

File System Modifications

Tutorials: If you wish to learn how to remove malware components manually, you can read the tutorials on how to find malware, kill unwanted processes, remove malicious DLLs and delete other harmful files. Always be sure to back up your PC before making any changes.

The following files were created in the system:



%WINDIR%\NsUpdate.exe File name: NsUpdate.exe
Size: 84.44 KB (84448 bytes)
MD5: 2fd92d90a7d1b7b80cbb2b70b2b4965c
Detection count: 12
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %WINDIR%
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 22, 2011
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