Dial a detection

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Oct 29, 2004

Guidance issued on how to deal with rogue Internet diallers ('porn diallers')

UK telecoms watchdog the Independent Committee for the Supervision of Standards of Telephone Information Services (ICSTIS) has issued a leaflet for consumers which provides guidance on how to deal with rogue Internet diallers ('porn diallers'). The guide explains how to detect the difference between legitimate and rogue diallers and how consumers can make a complaint to ICSTIS if they believe they have been stung by a rogue dialler.

Meanwhile, at the end of September, AV company Sophos was reported to be taking legal advice on its detection of the Coulomb dialler. The AV vendor suspended detection of the dialler following a complaint from its manufacturer, Coulomb Ltd. VB reported in December 2002 on the difficulties AV vendors face in making the decision of whether or not to detect porn diallers as malware (see VB December 2002, p.12), with German AV vendor H+BEDV having encountered significant legal problems in 2002 after having included detection of diallers in its product. The chief executive of Coulomb Ltd told The Register that a number of AV scanners detect the firm's dialler, and Sophos had simply been the first AV company it had contacted.

Posted on 29 October 2004 by Virus Bulletin

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