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Published Jun 04, 2007 | Updated Apr 16, 2011

Dialer:Win32/EGroup.G

Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus

Aliases: Win32/Wintrim.DJ (CA) Dialer-185 (McAfee) TrojanDownloader:Win32/Wintrim.gen!A (Microsoft) W32/Dialer.BBVC (Norman) EGroup.InstantAccess (Sunbelt Software) Dialer.Generic (Symantec) Dialer_Egroup (Trend Micro) Dialer:Win32/EGroupInstantAccess.A (other)

Summary

Dialer:Win32/EGroup.G is an adult content dialer. The dialer runs in the background at Windows startup and may connect to premium-rate telephone numbers, resulting in charged connection fees to the owner of the infected computer. Only computers with a telephone modem connection are at risk of dial-up fees incurred by the dialer.
Manual removal is not recommended for this threat. To detect and remove this threat and other malicious software that may have been installed, run a full-system scan with an up-to-date antivirus product such as the Microsoft Safety Scanner (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=212742). For more information, see http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/viruses/vista.mspx.
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