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Dialer/MasterDialer

Alias: MasterDialer

Description: MasterDialer is an ActiveX installer for premium-rate phone diallers. It can be 'catched' on various sites and can claim to be some kind of useful program. Their home page seems to be down at the moment.

Threat type:

Dialer - A Dialer is a software application that dials long distance phone numbers. Dialers modify your dial-up settings and make very expensive long distance phone calls without user's permission. The user will be billed for the time used. Dialer authors share the revenues shady long distance providers.

Advice: Remove This is a very high risk threat and should be removed immediately as to prevent harm to your computer and / or to protect your privacy.

Detection:
SpyNoMore removes Dialer/MasterDialer: Yes

Threat risk: High Risk

Very dangerous malware. Can log user's keyboard activity and take snapshots of the user's screen. Uses stealth installation and removal is very difficult. Category includes spyware programs, adware programs and trojans.

Symptoms:

Dialer/MasterDialer Signature Details: The following information includes some of the standard signatures associated with this spyware threat. Please do not attempt to manually remove these items from your computer; Removing these items incorrectly or partially can cause your computer to experience critical errors, prevent your computer from restarting or cause loss of Internet connectivity. Should you be infected with Dialer/MasterDialer, you can clean your computer by downloading SpyNoMore now.

Running Process Signatures:
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Registered Dll (Dynamic Link Library) Signatures:
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Folder Signatures:
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Registry Signatures:
HKCR\clsid\{e9c87343-0e63-4aca-9b76-b155333ee67a}
HKCR\clsid\{788a7678-38d7-4eec-9d20-67a86d21a7fd}

SpyNoMore Collected Residual File Signatures:
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