Spyware Information: WebRecommendeda
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: 142,336 bytes
- Threat level: Medium (more info...)
- Detections: 52 this month: 0
- Author: Unknown
- Appeared: 5/13/2005
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- Method of infection: WebRecommendeda must be manually installed. It is usually installed by spyware downloaders.
- Privacy policy: None found.
- Security issues: WebRecommendeda dials high-rate pornographic phone numbers. The charges are billed to your phone bill.
Spyware Detection Stats
- Spyware Fingerprints: 91,859
- Detections: 6,792,657
- Detections this Month: 804
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