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Application.WinSpy_Stealth_Monitor Virus

Posted: June 21, 2011

WinSpy Stealth Monitor is a spyware program that uses keylogger functions and other advanced spying techniques to record private information. Although WinSpy Stealth Monitor is sold as a seemingly genuine software product that helps parents and companies monitor children and employees, WinSpy Stealth Monitor has a high potential for abuse and may also be used for illegitimate activities. Because of the high level of risk involved in WinSpy Stealth Monitor, it's suggested that you remove WinSpy Stealth Monitor from your PC with an anti-spyware product.

WinSpy Stealth Monitor – Legitimate or Threat, You Be the Judge

WinSpy Stealth Monitor is sold in the form of a clandestine surveillance program that lets you monitor the computer activities of others through various means. Since the functions that WinSpy Stealth Monitor provides are identical to those of a malicious spyware program, determining whether WinSpy Stealth Monitor is a legitimate application or a malicious one can be difficult. In addition to the possibility of being abused by those who purchase WinSpy Stealth Monitor, WinSpy Stealth Monitor may also send information to other unauthorized parties.

Installations of WinSpy Stealth Monitor are sold at win-spy.com by the BC Computing company. The BC Computing website has a generally poor reputation and may not abide by basic standards of privacy or security. If you've given your credit card information to this website to purchase WinSpy Stealth Monitor, you should strongly consider canceling your credit card to avoid potential fraudulent charges.

WinSpy Stealth Monitor's files may be present in the Program Files folder or the Windows folder. Since WinSpy Stealth Monitor is designed to covertly monitor computer activities, you may have no clearly-seen signs of WinSpy Stealth Monitor being on your PC.

The Risks Behind Keeping WinSpy Stealth Monitor Around

The spying activities that WinSpy Stealth Monitor uses will work equally well on a local computer, as they will on a distant PC, which places you in danger of being spied on even if you haven't intentionally installed WinSpy Stealth Monitor.

Some of the spying methods that have been linked to WinSpy Stealth Monitor include:

  • Keylogging, a function that records keystrokes from the keyboard to a text file. WinSpy Stealth Monitor may send this file to a specific email address or simply leave the file to be read later.
  • WinSpy Stealth Monitor can also track basic online activities such as which websites you visit. This monitoring may extend to recording how long you spend at any given site and may even steal login-related information.
  • WinSpy Stealth Monitor can also record which programs are launched and which files or folders are opened.

The spyware functions that WinSpy Stealth Monitor uses may also extend into more invasive tactics, potentially including screenshots and recording microphone or webcam input. Since WinSpy Stealth Monitor is a potentially dangerous and difficult to detect program, you should try to use an anti-spyware program to get rid of WinSpy Stealth Monitor instead of deleting WinSpy Stealth Monitor by yourself. Safe Mode is the best environment for this process since it will stop unnecessary processes (like WinSpy Stealth Monitor itself) from being launched.

File System Modifications

  • The following files were created in the system:
    # File Name
    1 %Windir%\efee3f32f\brrve.nls
    2 %Windir%\efee3f32f\wrfsf.nls
    3 %Windir%\svchost32.exe

Registry Modifications

  • The following newly produced Registry Values are:
    HKEY..\..\..\..{Subkeys}[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\0][HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\1][HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\2][HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\3][HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\4][HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon][HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]

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