malware Type: virus
Discovered: 2006-07-31
Added: 2006-08-16
Threat ID: 139939 |
Attempts to create a dialup connection through the modem. If successful, displays a web page prompting for a login and password. This login can be used to connect to pornographic sites at premium rates. |
Risk Description:
Ease of Removing dialer.Silent
Creates new registry entries with consistent data
Consistently named
Consistent file contents
Uses running processes
Privacy Risks/Security Changes of Dialer.Silent
Attempts to dial a phone number
Damage/Intrusion/Annoyance of Dialer.Silent
Modifies other files
Autoruns at startup without an option to be disabled
Downloads other threats
Propagation/Saturation of Dialer.Silent
Infects through Peer-2-Peer Software
Infects from a link in an email
Creates new files
Infects with other exploitation method |
alias(s) of Dialer.Silent
TR/Dialer.PW
W32/Dailer.CFD
Win32:Dialer-407
Dialer.BVE
trojan.Dialer.Hexe.C
Dialer-660
Win32/SilentCaller.1gq!Trojan
Win32/SilentCaller.V
Trojan.Dialer.pw
W32/Dialer.PW!tr.dial
Trojan.Win32.Dialer.pw
Dialer-257
Trojan:Win32/Adialer!3051
Win32/Dialer.NAD
W32/Downloader
Dialer.HEV
Trojan.Win32.Dialer.pw
Dialer.Teenporn.A |
Further details about Dialer.Silent may be available at our Malware Research Center |
