An German premium-rate phone dialler.

Variants

XDiver downloads can connect to many different phone numbers with differing prices. Costs up to €300 per call have been seen from XDiver.

Once installed, web sites can direct XDiver to dial other numbers using DPF files.

Also known as

EOPS-Connector (by Common anti-spyware titles).

Distribution

Installed by ActiveX drive-by-download in a pop-up window that imitates a Windows software installation dialogue. It describes XDiver as a "Kostenloses Update der Verbindungssoftware" (free connection software update). If you refuse the download, a JavaScript error appears and it attempts the process again.

Pages with these pop-ups have also been promoted through misleading junk e-mail (spam) campaigns.

Advertising

No.

Privacy violation

No.

Security issues

No.

Stability problems

No.

Removal

Go to the Control Panel's Add/Remove Programs option and remove 'XDiver'.