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Characteristics

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Distribution

This is not a virus or a trojan. It is detected as a "potentially unwanted program." It is a system monitoring "spy" application designed to log all activity performed on the host computer. It can be put into a "stealth" mode such that no obvious indication is given that it is installed or running. User can set a password to control access to this application. A user interface is displayed on launching the installation executable. A license agreement is shown as well.

Privacy

There are profound privacy implications for any users of a computer on which this software is installed. Screenshots, keylogs, email and a detailed application and web browsing history are recorded. Additionally, the software can be configured to upload logged data via email or FTP at regular intervals to any destination of choice.

Installation

File: RealSpy.exe
Hash: 3276c1294487da21a49dd3b1c28e71e6

Upon installation of this program, the following changes occur in the user's system.

System Changes

General defaults for typical environment variables (although they may be different, they usually are not):
%WinDir% = \WINDOWS (Windows 9x/ME/XP), \WINNT (Windows NT/2000)
%SystemDir% = \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32 (Windows 9x/ME/XP), \WINNT\SYSTEM32 (Windows NT/2000)
%ProgramFiles% = \Program Files
%UserProfile% = C:\Documents and Settings\[CURRENT USER] (Windows NT/2000/XP).
%AllUserProfile% = C:\Documents and Settings\All Users (Windows NT/2000/XP).

Files Added

• %AllUserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Real Spy Monitor\Real Spy Monitor on the Web.lnk
• %AllUserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Real Spy Monitor\Real Spy Monitor.lnk
• %AllUserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Real Spy Monitor\Uninstall Real Spy Monitor.lnk
• %UserProfile%\Desktop\Real Spy Monitor.lnk
• %ProgramFiles%\Real Spy Monitor\Real Spy Monitor.url
• %ProgramFiles%\Real Spy Monitor\REC.ICO
• %ProgramFiles%\Real Spy Monitor\RECY.ICO
• %ProgramFiles%\Real Spy Monitor\SetACL.exe
• %ProgramFiles%\Real Spy Monitor\SETTINGS.SKN
• %ProgramFiles%\Real Spy Monitor\SplashWarning.txt
• %ProgramFiles%\Real Spy Monitor\unins000.dat
• %ProgramFiles%\Real Spy Monitor\unins000.exe
• %ProgramFiles%\Real Spy Monitor\WINAQUA.SKN
• %ProgramFiles%\Real Spy Monitor\winrsm.exe
• %ProgramFiles%\Real Spy Monitor\YES.ICO

The log files are saved in the folder "%WinDir%\RSM" 

Registry

The following registry keys are added.

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\
  {0944D16C-D0F4-4389-982A-A085595A9EB3}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\
  {3831331E-0D11-4716-871D-68F3B11D23C9}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\
  {3DCD2BC5-8489-48AE-891F-90C8B2F19F56}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\
  {52C01A76-19E2-4A50-AE8A-38FFBCCF9182}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\
  {5954EA75-9BFA-461A-BD34-CEA3A861FF19}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\
  {762EC429-1A5D-4AB8-844A-9A552E1241DA}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\
  {A506EF88-9EFC-4522-BFE1-A8E886A64D80}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\
  {A5704C37-40DA-49EF-904B-97E5F5F9B1C5}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\
  {B87799AF-2CE9-4DAA-93CF-65F002035369}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\
  {BBC73C94-337C-43CC-B52C-31EB9FA34013}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\
  {C406F816-318D-4F7D-81CB-BA93CA7B70D5}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\
  {D502D4A3-03E6-4EAE-A14E-69606CA63430}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\
  {EC22770D-3343-4C56-8A8D-3E560475F655}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Interface\
  {4921908C-7090-4D37-A6B3-FC447F08378A}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Interface\
  {750FC67C-0311-4391-9864-A2EFED49BD28}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Interface\
  {F3FC950C-7583-4377-BAD8-EFBEAA33273C}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\
  {90F3D7B3-92E7-44BA-B444-6A8E2A3BC375}
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ActiveSkin4.Skin
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ActiveSkin4.Skin.1
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ActiveSkin4.SkinLabel
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ActiveSkin4.SkinLabel.1
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\
  CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Real  Spy Monitor_is1

Network Impact

If the software is configured to transmit logs via email or FTP, additional overhead in bandwidth would result.

Removal

Aliases

Aliases

N/A