[MikeC]

This is a pretty newbie question for a guy who's been in the industry as long as I have, but we all travel in different circles I guess :)

I always see talk of using dialers, but I'm not entirely clear on what they are and how they work. In my own experience they're just spammy programs that try and auto-install when you go to the nastier regions of the Internet :) If anybody could give me some info I would appreciate it. Thanks.