Are you vulnerable to falling prey to a dialer program? This page will attempt to download and run a small program, mimicking a method used by many web sites to infect victims with dialers and other malware.

This page requires Internet Explorer to function properly. If you are not using Internet Explorer, then you are not vulnerable to this sort of dialer program.

You may get a virus and/or trojan alert. It is a legitimate alert because this page uses a popular method of spreading viruses, trojans, dialers, and browser hijackers. I assure you that I am not installing a real trojan from this page. It's a harmless program that does nothing worse than creating a text file and opening it to give you a message.

This simple test only checks for one particular type of exploit. Even if you passed, this does not make you safe from all activex exploits.

For a much more extensive series of browser security tests, visit Jason's Toolbox.

More Information

Spyware Weekly: I didn't make that call
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PC Magazine: The Latest Net Scam-Modem Hijacking
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