Sophos

Dial/Datemake-A

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Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
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Action

Please follow the instructions for removing dialers.

Windows NT/2000/XP/2003

In Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 you will also need to edit the following registry entry. The removal of this entry is optional in Windows 95/98/Me. Please read the warning about editing the registry.

At the taskbar, click Start|Run. Type 'Regedit' and press Return. The registry editor opens.

Before you edit the registry, you should make a backup. On the 'Registry' menu, click 'Export Registry File'. In the 'Export range' panel, click 'All', then save your registry as Backup.

Locate the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE entry:

HKLM\Software\Micorosft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\
DateMakterIntl = "<copy of the dialler>"

and delete it if it exists.

Close the registry editor.

More Information

Dial/Datemake-A is a premium rate dialler.

Dial/Datemake-A is a premium rate dialler.

Upon execution, Dial/Datemake-A drops itself to the following locations:
C:\<Program files>\dialers\datemakerintl\datemakerintl.exe
C:\<System>\datemakerintl-uninstall.exe

Dial/Datemake-A then adds the following registry entry to run itself
on startup:

HKLM\Software\Micorosft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\DateMakterIntl =
"<copy of the dialler>"

Dial/Datemake-A adds several other subkeys/entries under the following
registry entries :

HKCR\dting File

HKCU\Software\SiteIcons\Dialers\DateMakerIntl

HKCU\Software\Netscape\Netscape Navigator\Viewers\Suffixes\applicatin/x-dting
HKCU\Software\Netscape\Netscape Navigator\Viewers\application/x-dting
HKCU\Software\Netscape\Netscape Navigator\user trusted external applications =
"<copy of the dialler>"

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