Spyware Information: Dial-XS
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: 66,648 bytes
- Threat level: Low (more info...)
- Detections: 22 this month: 0
- Author: Unknown
- Appeared: 5/26/2005
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- Method of infection: Dial-XS can be installed via drive-by download.
- Security issues: Dial-XS changes your computer's default Internet connection to make it connect via its high-rate dialer service.
Spyware Detection Stats
- Spyware Fingerprints: 91,859
- Detections: 6,792,656
- Detections this Month: 803
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