Dialer.Lohan

Updated:

February 13, 2007 11:33:53 AM

Type:

Dialer

Version:

1.0.0.2

Publisher:

ConnectSwitch

Risk Impact:

High

File Names:

Arr.exe

Systems Affected:

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

Behavior

Dialer.Lohan is a dialer application that can be used to access various material by dialing high-cost numbers using a modem. Most of the accessible material is pornographic.

Symptoms

• A Web page appears inviting the user to access pornographic services via a premium-rate phone number.
• The files on the system are detected as Dialer.Lohan.

Transmission

The most common installation method of this dialer application is through various Web sites, mainly pornographic in nature.

Antivirus Protection Dates

• Initial Rapid Release version September 11, 2003
• Latest Rapid Release version September 11, 2003
• Initial Daily Certified version September 11, 2003
• Latest Daily Certified version December 18, 2007 revision 039
• Initial Weekly Certified release date September 11, 2003