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Old 09 December 2002, 02:20 PM
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If you get a chance can you check to see if this exists on your system?

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Old 09 December 2002, 02:21 PM
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Win2k with SP2, Office 2k. Nope aint got dialer.exe
Old 09 December 2002, 02:22 PM
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Jack, you been on those dodgy sites again
Old 09 December 2002, 02:23 PM
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Win2k SP1, Office 2k etc

No sign. Can't say I've ever seen it in the root of C:
Old 09 December 2002, 02:32 PM
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Some info from technet

Interesting what you get when you type "dialer.exe" into google. Wont be viewing that at work.....
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sounds like one of those premium rate dial up connection installers to me

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Old 09 December 2002, 02:58 PM
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It's exactly that. Getting a lot of instances reported family/friends but can't work out where they're getting it from.

Me Ian, dodgy sites, of course! All in the name of research.
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Got it in c:\windows\dialer.exe [Win98 ], but not in root.
Old 09 December 2002, 05:14 PM
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That one's OK. It's the one in Root that concerns me.




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