I found a dialer after updating MBAM on my computer. It is from PeoplePC. I did a virustotal scan and I got some results.
What is a dialer, how are they dangerous? What should I do?
Location:C:\Program Files\Online Services\PeoplePC\Utilities
File Name: atlbrowser.
We don’t know anything about PeoplePC so I think its suspicious. I also Found an Autorun File in the same main folder. Nothing detects though, I will hit it with virus total.
What to do to the file: Send the file to avast chest then send the file to alwil.
I don’t know about dialers. Maybe you’ll find your information here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialer
SpamCop says it’s used for spamming. WOT rates it Orange. 3 WOT users rated this site Bad Customer Experience meaning it’s a bad product.
It’s gone, It was on my mother’s computer which has norton which didn’t detect it. I also heard it raises your phone bill. I’m gonna do A full scan now.
PeoplePC is an ISP probably installed by your mother, someone else who used the computer, or came installed on the computer when bought. PeoplePC is for dial-up users and does install a dialer that is suppose to automatically select the best dial-up number for the customer.
Please see this Wikipedia link … http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PeoplePC
… taken from this ScanDoo/google search :
http://g.s.scandoo.com/search?hl=en&meta=on&q=PeoplePC
Well, if i am not mistaken a dialer is a program that is supposed to start dialing numbers using your dial up service.