Mainpean Stardialer


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



Overview

Summary:

Expensive sex dialer.

Alias:

Dialer.Gen [Panda], HackerSpider

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:

Mainpean GmbH

By This Group:

Stardialer ·

Date of Origin:

January, 2003

Distribution

Prevalence:

  • Mainpean Stardialer: 5.8%
  • More Info

    Clot Factor:

  • Mainpean Stardialer: 1
  • 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:

  • Mainpean Stardialer: Insufficient data to report growth
  • Operation

    Storage Required:

  • Mainpean Stardialer: at least 65 KB
  • Detection and Removal

    Automatic Removal:

    PestPatrol detects this.

    PestPatrol removes this.



    Manual Removal:

    Follow these steps to remove Mainpean Stardialer from your machine. Begin by backing up your registry and your system, and/or setting a Restore Point, to prevent trouble if you make a mistake.
    Stop Running Processes:

    Kill these running processes with Task Manager:

    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 03, 2005