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Dialer.IMD | |
Threat Level Damage Distribution |
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| Common name: | Dialer.IMD |
| Technical name: | Dialer.IMD |
| Threat level: | Medium |
| Alias: | Porn-Dialer.Win32.PluginAccess.s |
| Type: | Dialer |
| Effects: |
It establishes a phone connection with a high rate number.
It uses anti-monitoring techniques in order to prevent it being detected by antivirus companies.
It spreads
, across the Internet.
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| Affected platforms:
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Windows 2003/XP/2000/NT/ME/98/95 |
| First detected on: | Nov. 22, 2006 |
| Detection updated on: | Nov. 22, 2006 |
| Statistics | No |
Proactive protection: | Yes, using TruPrevent Technologies
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Brief Description | |
Dialer.IMD is a dialer type malware. Dialers usually try to establish phone connections with high rate numbers, significantly increasing the phone bill of the affected user. Dialer.IMD affects computers that use a modem to connect to the Internet, as the virus modifies the Dial-up network access settings. It changes the telephone number provided by the ISP (Internet Service Provider), which is a local-rate number, to a high-rate number. It captures certain information entered or saved by the user, with the corresponding threat to privacy:
. It uses several methods in order to avoid detection by antivirus companies: - It terminates its own execution if it detects that it is being executed in a virtual machine environment, such as VMWare or VirtualPC.
Dialer.IMD uses the following propagation or distribution methods: - Exploiting vulnerabilities with the intervention of the user: exploiting vulnerabilities in file formats or applications. To exploit them successfully it needs the intervention of the user: opening files, viewing malicious web pages, reading emails, etc.
- Via Internet, exploiting remote vulnerabilities: attacking random IP addresses, in which it tries to insert a copy of itself by exploiting one or more vulnerabilities.
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