Program:Win32/Pameseg.T

Program:Win32/Pameseg.T is a malicious computer threat with configurations very similar to Program:Win32/Pameseg.P. It is a group of fake installer programs that urges the user affect to send text messages to a number located in one of the CIS countries such as Russian, Kazakhstan, Ukraine or Belarus. If you get infected by this threat you will see various messages on your desktop in Russian, and that helps to determine whether you are infected or not a lot faster, because luckily Program:Win32/Pameseg.T has an interface, which is in a language you (most probably) do not use or understand.

This program comes as an archived file and it is extracted in to the following directory: C:\Documents and Settings\%user%\My Documents. The reason why a lot of users are easily tricked into installing and extracting this program is that the file this program comes with pretends to be an installer file for an application from a Russian telecommunications website. Once the program is downloaded, and archive extractor interface appears, and the user is urged to extract some kind of a file.

However, if the user tries to do that, he receives a message saying that the archive is password-protected, and if he wants to continue, he must send an SMS to a premium number in order to receive the password for the archive. It is quite obvious that Program:Win32/Pameseg.T has been created to help hackers steal money from unsuspecting computer users. Sending an SMS to a premium number would definitely cost you a lot, and the criminals behind this scam would get a hold of your personal mobile phone number.

Do not follow the instructions of this program. Remove Program:Win32/Pameseg.T from your computer as soon as you can. It might be hard to get rid of this program manually, especially if you are not an IT specialist. That is why you are advised to invest in a reliable security tool that will detect and terminate all the files related to Program:Win32/Pameseg.T in no time. Consequently, the security tool would protect your system against similar threats in the future.