[donatj]

I remember in the early 2000's getting a virus that made multiple long distance calls to Japan with my dial up modem and having to try to explain the charges to my parents.

[RCitronsBroker]

that’s called a "dialer", haven’t used that word for a long time

[donatj]

I'm still curious some 24 years later what it was up to.

[nohup2]

Many of those dialers were programs that offered access to porn. Had a friend that used one extensively for a month, until his parents received a fat invoice from the phone company!