Spyware Information: Internet Optimizer
This application is a telephone dialer. It can use your modem to make a telephone call. While some dialers are beneficial (they are supplied by your Internet Service Provider to allow Internet access), others will try to make toll telephone calls and possibly place '911' emergency calls without your permission.
- Size: 418,816 bytes
- Threat level: Low (more info...)
- Detections: 4,288 this month: 0
- Appeared: Variants from March, 2003 to November, 2003
Research
- Method of infection: Loaded by ActiveX download components when you visit certain web pages. Some P2P file sharing utilities install links to these pages in your computer's StartUp menu; users are likely to see a question regarding installation of Internet Optimizer when they restart their computers after installing file sharing software.
- Advertising: None.
- Privacy issues: None.
- Security issues: This program allows web pages to download and execute arbitrary unsigned code; this service could be used to infect your computer with other spyware or viruses.
Spyware Detection Stats
- Spyware Fingerprints: 91,859
- Detections: 6,792,651
- Detections this Month: 798
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