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Contributed by: Lauren Gerber
Date: August 27, 2009
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Avoid Dialer.On At All Costs

 

During this recession period the majority of people are cutting costs. This is a horrible global problem that is happening to us right now, as the entire globe is affected and jobs are becoming scarce. Everything that we have taken for granted has now become so much harder to obtain. We are now forced to take a look at what we have and be grateful for it, as there are people out there in much worse positions. It is not just big companies which are being affected by the recession but it is also directly affecting the average individual on the street. Now is not the time to be getting into debt or encountering more expenses. With all this being said, imagine a computer parasite with the ability to connect to very expensive international phone numbers and in the end, leave you with the bill. A parasite known as Dialer.On is able to do just that, so it's best to avoid the parasite at all costs. World.jpg

Dialer.On is the type of parasite that starts reacting the moment it is installed on your machine. It may even be installed on your machine, without your knowledge. It attempts to connect to very expensive phone numbers all around the world, and the bill is what you are left with. It also unfortunately downloads lots of adult content, which may be disturbing to a majority of people. The good news is that the parasite generally doesn't spread by itself, but may come installed with other software. The majority of dialers out there may also be dropped by Trojans, worms or viruses.


Dialer.On Aliases
Dialer.DES 
Generic.Malware.Yd!sp.075E54D2    
Win32.Dialer.pd
Trojan.Win32.Dialer.pd    
potentially unwanted...
a variant of Win32/Dialer.QI

Table 1.  Alias names of Dialer.On

Dialer.On basically works like any other dialer. What dialers do is, switch your modem from connecting to the internet, which it usually does though your normal local provider. It changes this and redirects it to an extremely expensive one or rather a phone number somewhere in the world that is international and very costly. So basically a dialer effectively changes the dialup connection settings of a modem. The way that the owners of the dialers usually benefit from all this, is that they gain a portion of cash, when your modem connects to an expensive number. To get a little bit more technical,  Dialer.On is associated with a number of files, with the inclusion of: accesso_veloce[1].exe. It has been noted that this file comes with the following MD5 signature: 8aaaff0a3c5d6d71734fa27fb47abf8b.

In order to manually remove this dodgy Dialer.On, you are going to need to make the decision to do it manually or automatically with security software. Let me first show you how to manually go about removing this. Remember that is it important that you know what you are doing or else you can run the risk of seriously causing damage to your computer.

How to manually remove Dialer.On:
The use of Windows Task Manager will help in the detection of some Dialer.On Processes. You will need to remove the following Dialer.On processes files:

  • accesso_veloce[1].exe
  • AUTO_149N[1].exe
  • AUTO_149A[1].exe
  • AUTO_1N.exe
  • AUTO_163N[1].exe
  • AUTO_154N.exe

If you would like to automatically remove Dialer.On, then purchasing a malware removal and detection program is a good idea. It should find the parasite easily by running a scan on your machine and automatically removing it. It is also a good idea to remember that no matter which malware removal program you are running, keep it updated on a weekly basis. The reason that it needs to be updated is that new malicious parasites are coming out every day. Good luck and I hope that you don't have to pay the high price for Dialer.On.

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