Description

DialerActiveX is an ActiveX control placed on web sites to run premium-rate diallers.

Variants

DialerActiveX/GoInDirect is signed by goindirect.com in October 2002, and has been distributed early in 2003. It is an installer control which can download and execute other diallers.

DialerActiveX/AllInOne is signed by 'All-In-One Telcom' and has been distributed since Summer 2001. It contains a built-in dialler, and may sometimes deinstall itself after running the dialler.

Distribution

Drive-by download on web pages, sometimes advertised by junk e-mail or pop-ups.

What it does

Advertising

No.

Privacy violation

No.

Security issues

With the GoInDirect variant installed, any web page can direct it to download and execute a dialler.

Stability problems

No.

Removal

There is no uninstall option.

Ad-Aware 6 reflist 0R125 and later can remove the GoInDirect variant.

Manual removal

Open a DOS command prompt window (Start->Programs->Accessories) and enter the following commands, for the GoInDirect variant:

cd "%WinDir%\System"
regsvr32 /u dialer_activex.ocx

Then open the System folder (inside the Windows folder, named 'System32' under Windows XP/2000/NT or just 'System' under Windows Me/98/95), and delete the file 'dialer_activex.ocx'.

For the AllInOne variant, use the commands:

cd "%WinDir%\System"
regsvr32 /u "..\Downloaded Program Files\dialer_activex.ocx"
del "..\Downloaded Program Files\dialer_activex.*"

Finally remove any dialler installed by either variant. There are likely to be shortcuts on the desktop, Start menu and Programs menu to delete, and possible a folder 'C:\Program Files\dialer'.