Coulomb Dialer


· Overview ·
· Origins ·
· Distribution ·
· Operation ·
· Risks ·
· Detection and Removal ·
· Research ·



Overview

Vendor Notes:

Coulomb Dialer is a pornography related dialer.

Category:

Dialer: Software that dials a phone number. Some dialers connect to local Internet Service Providers and are beneficial as configured. Others connect to toll numbers without user awareness or permission.

Similar Pests:

Dialer

Origins

Group:

Coulomb Internet Payment Systems

By This Group:

ComLoad ·

URL:

http://www.coulomb.co.uk/

Date of Origin:

March, 2005

Distribution

Prevalence:

  • Coulomb Dialer: 0.0%
  • More Info

    Clot Factor:

  • Coulomb Dialer: 6
  • The "Clot Factor" is a measure of how much a pest "gums up" a machine by adding registry entries, files, and directories. As more objects are placed in a machine, manual removal becomes more difficult and more error-prone.

    Growth:

  • Coulomb Dialer: Insufficient data to report growth
  • Operation

    Platform:

    Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP

    Storage Required:

  • Coulomb Dialer: at least 9 KB
  • Risks

    Privacy Policy:

    none found on web site.

    Detection and Removal

    Automatic Removal:

    PestPatrol detects this.

    PestPatrol removes this.



    Manual Removal:

    Try Add/Remove Programs" in the Windows® Control Panel, removing "Porn Turbo" if found.
    Stop Running Processes:

    Kill these running processes with Task Manager:

    Unregister DLLs:

    Unregister these DLLs with Regsvr32, then reboot:

    Clean Registry:

    Remove these registry items (if present) with RegEdit:

    Remove Files:

    Remove these files (if present) with Windows Explorer:

    Research

    File Analyses:

    More Info:

  • AllTheWeb, AltaVista, AOL Search, Ask Jeeves, Google, HotBot, Lycos, LookSmart, MSN, Yahoo!
  • Research By:

  • PestPatrol's Pest Research Center
  • Last Revised:

    April 15, 2005