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XXXDial
XXXDial is a
spyware/dialer
application currently (as of
December 2004) causing havoc in the UK. It changes a victim's PPP
settings so that it automatically tries to reconnect to a premium rate
number, as opposed to a user's normal dial-in number.
It has been noted that the dialer does not give any indication to the user
that he/she is using anything different to his/her standard ISP's number while
they are actually being charged a rate up to 200 times their normal dialup rate.
The dialer is found "in the wild" on websites and with software that is often
adult in nature. As a result, it can be very difficult for victims to explain
their huge phone bills away.
Note that this dialer, like most malicious dialers, only affects computers
running Microsoft Windows - there are no known "ports" of this 'tool' to other
OSes.
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