SpyBuddy
Posted: March 28, 2006
Threat Metric
The following fields listed on the Threat Meter containing a specific value, are explained in detail below:
Threat Level: The threat level scale goes from 1 to 10 where 10 is the highest level of severity and 1 is the lowest level of severity. Each specific level is relative to the threat's consistent assessed behaviors collected from SpyHunter's risk assessment model.
Detection Count: The collective number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular malware threat. The detection count is calculated from infected PCs retrieved from diagnostic and scan log reports generated by SpyHunter.
Volume Count: Similar to the detection count, the Volume Count is specifically based on the number of confirmed and suspected threats infecting systems on a daily basis. High volume counts usually represent a popular threat but may or may not have infected a large number of systems. High detection count threats could lay dormant and have a low volume count. Criteria for Volume Count is relative to a daily detection count.
Trend Path: The Trend Path, utilizing an up arrow, down arrow or equal symbol, represents the level of recent movement of a particular threat. Up arrows represent an increase, down arrows represent a decline and the equal symbol represent no change to a threat's recent movement.
% Impact (Last 7 Days): This demonstrates a 7-day period change in the frequency of a malware threat infecting PCs. The percentage impact correlates directly to the current Trend Path to determine a rise or decline in the percentage.
Threat Level: | 8/10 |
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Infected PCs: | 6 |
First Seen: | July 24, 2009 |
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OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
SpyBuddy is a commercial PC surveillance tool that tracks user and computer activity, logs keystrokes, regularly takes screenshots, records web sites visited, captures e-mail messages and online chat conversations. It sends gathered data to a predefined e-mail address. SpyBuddy can be used to terminate active security-related applications, prevent standard computer tools from running and alter essential computer settings. The software is able to hide its running components. SpyBuddy must be manually installed. It automatically runs on every Windows startup.
Technical Details
File System Modifications
Tutorials: If you wish to learn how to remove malware components manually, you can read the tutorials on how to find malware, kill unwanted processes, remove malicious DLLs and delete other harmful files. Always be sure to back up your PC before making any changes.
The following files were created in the system:winsscap.dll
File name: winsscap.dllSize: 110.59 KB (110592 bytes)
MD5: b905343e49e1a36c503a5c12a252c51e
Detection count: 51
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
exit_sb_stealth.exe
File name: exit_sb_stealth.exeSize: 184.83 KB (184832 bytes)
MD5: 1ffbb4bc1599aacdd9a646f793caf5c9
Detection count: 47
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
vmlmod.dll
File name: vmlmod.dllSize: 218.11 KB (218112 bytes)
MD5: 29f2a86f24f60923a080397e0013b0db
Detection count: 39
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
So i have spybuddy on two of my computers,xp and vista unwillingly. I have used ad-aware to quarantine them, but I come to work, run another scan and yet again it's back on my laptop. How would spybuddy be installed on my puter if it's a manually installed program which I never installed. It seems to be off my laptop now, but how can i keep this from occurring again, and how can I somehow catch the culprit? I have norton virus and internet security and they have failed me miserably.