XDiver
- By W3 Privacy
- Published 05/8/2007
- Parasites
- Unrated
XDiver
Description
An German premium-rate phone dialler.
Variants
XDiver downloads can connect to many different phone numbers with differing prices. Costs up to €300 per call have been seen from XDiver.
Once installed, web sites can direct XDiver to dial other numbers using DPF files.
Also known as
EOPS-Connector (by Spybot S&D).
Distribution
Installed by ActiveX drive-by-download in a pop-up window that imitates a Windows software installation dialogue.
Pages with these pop-ups have also been promoted through misleading junk e-mail (spam) campaigns.
What it does
Advertising
No.
Privacy violation
No.
Security issues
No.
Stability problems
No.
Removal
Go to the Control Panel's Add/Remove Programs option and remove 'XDiver'.
Links
- eops AG wrote and manage XDiver.

