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Dial/Freese-B

Mar 8, 2004 12:15AM PST

Type
Trojan

Description
Dial/Freese-B is a premium rate dialler application that copies itself to the Windows folder as the file HOT_KISS.EXE and creates a shortcut to this file on the Desktop and in the Start Menu. This dialler may attempt to connect to the website http://www.asianraw.com/.
Dial/Freese-B will set the following registry entries:

HKCU\RemoteAccess\Profile\XXXDIAL\IP
HKCU\RemoteAccess\Profile\XXXDIAL\User
HKCU\RemoteAccess\Addresses\XXXDIAL

The dialler will also change the following registry entries:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\
Start Page = http://www.wazzupnet.com
Window_Placement = <hexadecimal values>

HKCU\RemoteAccess\
AreaCode = <code>
Default = XXXDIAL

Dial/Freese-B may also drop the file PCCONFIG.DAT into the Windows folder. This file may be deleted automatically upon restart.

http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/dialfreeseb.html

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