GMSoft Dialer

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

Overview

Summary:

 When Gmsoft is executed, it installs itself and attempts to use the modem to dial to a pay telephone number.

Alias:

 Dialer.GMsoft

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

Date of Origin:

 March, 2004

Distribution

Prevalence:
  • GMSoft Dialer: 3.8%
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    Clot Factor:
  • GMSoft Dialer: 3

    • 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:
  • GMSoft Dialer: Insufficient data to report growth
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    Operation

    Platform:

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

    Detection and Removal

    Automatic Removal:

    PestPatrol detects this.

    PestPatrol removes this.

    Manual Removal:

    		 Please follow the instructions below if you would like to remove GMSoft Dialer manually. Please notice that you must follow the instructions very carefully and delete everything that is mentioned. In most cases the removal will fail if one single item is not deleted. If GMSoft Dialer remains on your system after stepping through the removal instructions, please double-check by stepping through them again. Start the registry editor. This is done by clicking Start then Run. (The Run dialog will appear.) Type regedit and click OK. (The registry editor will open.) Browse to the key: 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Run' In the right pane, delete the value pointing to the dialer. Exit the registry editor. Restart your computer. Start Windows Explorer and delete: %ProgramsDir%\GSoft\ %ProgramsDir%\GMSoft\ Note: %ProgramsDir% is a variable (?). By default, this is C:\Program Files.
    Clean Registry:

    Remove these registry items (if present) with RegEdit:

    Research

    More Info:
  • GMSoft Dialer is a pornography related dialer.
  • AllTheWeb, AltaVista, AOL Search, Ask Jeeves, Google, HotBot, Lycos, LookSmart, MSN, Yahoo!
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    Research By:
  • PestPatrol's Pest Research Center
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    Last Revised:

    		 April 03, 2005