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Spyware-AceSpy

Type
Program
SubType
Spyware
Discovery Date
07/08/2005
Length
N/A
Minimum DAT
4531 (07/08/2005)
Updated DAT
6553 (12/07/2011)
Minimum Engine
5.1.00
Description Added
07/08/2005
Description Modified
12/27/2005 7:30 AM (PT)
Risk Assessment
Corporate User
N/A
Home User
N/A

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Characteristics

McAfee(R) AVERT™ recognizes that this program may have legitimate uses in contexts where an authorized administrator has knowingly installed this application.  If you agreed to a license agreement for this, or another bundled application, you may have legal obligations with regard to removing this software, or using the host application without this software.   Please contact the software vendor for further information.

See http://vil.nai.com/vil/DATReadme.asp for a list of Program detections added to the DATs.

See http://vil.nai.com/vil/pups/configuration.htm for information about how to enable, disable, and exclude detection of legitimately installed programs.

Summary

This is not a virus or Trojan.  It is a Spyware program, intended to log the following activities:

  • Keystrokes typed
  • Windows viewed
  • Applications executed
  • Websites visited
  • Email messages sent and received from Outlook/Outlook Express
  • Chat Conversations (MSN 6.2, Yahoo 5.6/6, ICQ 4, AIM)
  • Clipboard activity
  • Documents viewed
  • Print Jobs
  • Screenshots
  • Events (programs opened closed, websites visited, windows created etc)

Upon execution of the installer, it installs itself with visible interface. It also prompt to create a password to use the application.

EULA was displayed during the installation.

System Changes

File Name : acespy21.exe
MD5Hash : 9e7c9e0831174510700d025741330406

Upon execution of the application it adds following entry under "Start Menu\Programs" items:

  • AceSpy Trial

Following directories are added:

  • %System32%\Retina-X
  • %System32%\Retina-X\Ace3
  • %System32%\Retina-X\Ace3\LOGS
  • %System32%\Retina-X\Ace3\LOGS\acecache
  • %System32%\Retina-X\Ace3\LOGS\appcache
  • %System32%\Retina-X\Ace3\LOGS\clipcache
  • %System32%\Retina-X\Ace3\LOGS\emailcache
  • %System32%\Retina-X\Ace3\LOGS\eventcache
  • %System32%\Retina-X\Ace3\LOGS\iecache
  • %System32%\Retina-X\Ace3\LOGS\keycache
  • %System32%\Retina-X\Ace3\LOGS\msgcache
  • %System32%\Retina-X\Ace3\LOGS\prncache
  • %System32%\Retina-X\Ace3\LOGS\recentcache
  • %System32%\Retina-X\Ace3\LOGS\scrcache
  • %System32%\Retina-X\Ace3\LOGS\taskcache

Following files are added (most of them are the valid Windows dlls and ActiveX components):

  • %System32%\Retina-X\Ace3\Ansmtp.dll
  • %System32%\Retina-X\Ace3\Asycfilt.dll
  • %System32%\Retina-X\Ace3\Comcat.dll
  • %System32%\Retina-X\Ace3\Comdlg32.ocx
  • %System32%\Retina-X\Ace3\DPDlg.ocx
  • %System32%\Retina-X\Ace3\help.htm
  • %System32%\Retina-X\Ace3\Ijl11.dll
  • %System32%\Retina-X\Ace3\KTKbdHk.dll
  • %System32%\Retina-X\Ace3\Mscomct2.ocx
  • %System32%\Retina-X\Ace3\Mscomctl.ocx
  • %System32%\Retina-X\Ace3\Mshtml.tlb
  • %System32%\Retina-X\Ace3\Picclp32.ocx
  • %System32%\Retina-X\Ace3\Psapi.dll
  • %System32%\Retina-X\Ace3\ShlHook.dll
  • %System32%\Retina-X\Ace3\Shlwapi.dll
  • %System32%\Retina-X\Ace3\Stdole2.tlb
  • %System32%\Retina-X\Ace3\systune.exe
  • %System32%\Retina-X\Ace3\unins000.dat
  • %System32%\Retina-X\Ace3\unins000.exe
  • %System32%\Retina-X\Ace3\Wininet.dll
  • %System32%\Retina-X\Ace3\LOGS\acecache\_ace12272005.log

Following registry entries are added:

  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ANSMTP.MassSender
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ANSMTP.MassSender.1
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ANSMTP.OBJ
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ANSMTP.OBJ.1
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{253664FB-EDFC-4AC6-BD69-B322F466AEED}
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{27395F85-0C0C-101B-A3C9-08002B2F49FB}
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{84480A87-0AE5-11D5-AF6E-008048E23503}
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{887A577B-406B-48FF-80CB-70752BFCD7B4}
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{BE5AB246-F888-11D0-9F5E-B42103C10710}
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{BE5AB247-F888-11D0-9F5E-B42103C10710}
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{F1F6A820-2355-11CF-9D53-00AA003C9CB6}
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\DPDLG.DPDlgCtrl.1
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{1E98666F-6260-42C9-B846-32B20FDEFE7B}
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{27395F87-0C0C-101B-A3C9-08002B2F49FB}
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{4D6CC9B0-DF77-11CF-8E74-00A0C90F26F8}
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{68B8DCDB-EFA4-420A-BB8A-71B9892A2063}
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{84480A86-0AE5-11D5-AF6E-008048E23503}
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{84480A89-0AE5-11D5-AF6E-008048E23503}
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{A5F6C90C-ABE4-4C57-A421-8C5A202AA9F8}
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{B13281CF-8778-4C98-AE23-ABBA4637A33D}
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{BE5AB244-F888-11D0-9F5E-B42103C10710}
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{BE5AB245-F888-11D0-9F5E-B42103C10710}
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PicClip.PictureClip
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{27395F88-0C0C-101B-A3C9-08002B2F49FB}
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{84480A8A-0AE5-11D5-AF6E-008048E23503}
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{BE5AB243-F888-11D0-9F5E-B42103C10710}
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{DE6317F7-6EF0-45C2-88D1-8E09415817F1}
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
    Uninstall\AceSpy Non-Stealth Trial_is1
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
    Run | "systune"

Symptoms

N/A This is not a virus or Trojan.

Method of Infection

N/A This is not a virus or Trojan.

Variants

Variants

    N/A

All Information

Overview -

This is a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) detection. It is not a virus or trojan. PUPs are any piece of software which a reasonably security-or privacy-minded computer user may want to be informed of.

Aliases

  • Monitor.Win32.Dafunk : Kaspersky Lab
  • Spyware.AceSpy : Symantec

Characteristics

Characteristics -

McAfee(R) AVERT™ recognizes that this program may have legitimate uses in contexts where an authorized administrator has knowingly installed this application.  If you agreed to a license agreement for this, or another bundled application, you may have legal obligations with regard to removing this software, or using the host application without this software.   Please contact the software vendor for further information.

See http://vil.nai.com/vil/DATReadme.asp for a list of Program detections added to the DATs.

See http://vil.nai.com/vil/pups/configuration.htm for information about how to enable, disable, and exclude detection of legitimately installed programs.

Summary

This is not a virus or Trojan.  It is a Spyware program, intended to log the following activities:

  • Keystrokes typed
  • Windows viewed
  • Applications executed
  • Websites visited
  • Email messages sent and received from Outlook/Outlook Express
  • Chat Conversations (MSN 6.2, Yahoo 5.6/6, ICQ 4, AIM)
  • Clipboard activity
  • Documents viewed
  • Print Jobs
  • Screenshots
  • Events (programs opened closed, websites visited, windows created etc)

Upon execution of the installer, it installs itself with visible interface. It also prompt to create a password to use the application.

EULA was displayed during the installation.

System Changes

File Name : acespy21.exe
MD5Hash : 9e7c9e0831174510700d025741330406

Upon execution of the application it adds following entry under "Start Menu\Programs" items:

  • AceSpy Trial

Following directories are added:

  • %System32%\Retina-X
  • %System32%\Retina-X\Ace3
  • %System32%\Retina-X\Ace3\LOGS
  • %System32%\Retina-X\Ace3\LOGS\acecache
  • %System32%\Retina-X\Ace3\LOGS\appcache
  • %System32%\Retina-X\Ace3\LOGS\clipcache
  • %System32%\Retina-X\Ace3\LOGS\emailcache
  • %System32%\Retina-X\Ace3\LOGS\eventcache
  • %System32%\Retina-X\Ace3\LOGS\iecache
  • %System32%\Retina-X\Ace3\LOGS\keycache
  • %System32%\Retina-X\Ace3\LOGS\msgcache
  • %System32%\Retina-X\Ace3\LOGS\prncache
  • %System32%\Retina-X\Ace3\LOGS\recentcache
  • %System32%\Retina-X\Ace3\LOGS\scrcache
  • %System32%\Retina-X\Ace3\LOGS\taskcache

Following files are added (most of them are the valid Windows dlls and ActiveX components):

  • %System32%\Retina-X\Ace3\Ansmtp.dll
  • %System32%\Retina-X\Ace3\Asycfilt.dll
  • %System32%\Retina-X\Ace3\Comcat.dll
  • %System32%\Retina-X\Ace3\Comdlg32.ocx
  • %System32%\Retina-X\Ace3\DPDlg.ocx
  • %System32%\Retina-X\Ace3\help.htm
  • %System32%\Retina-X\Ace3\Ijl11.dll
  • %System32%\Retina-X\Ace3\KTKbdHk.dll
  • %System32%\Retina-X\Ace3\Mscomct2.ocx
  • %System32%\Retina-X\Ace3\Mscomctl.ocx
  • %System32%\Retina-X\Ace3\Mshtml.tlb
  • %System32%\Retina-X\Ace3\Picclp32.ocx
  • %System32%\Retina-X\Ace3\Psapi.dll
  • %System32%\Retina-X\Ace3\ShlHook.dll
  • %System32%\Retina-X\Ace3\Shlwapi.dll
  • %System32%\Retina-X\Ace3\Stdole2.tlb
  • %System32%\Retina-X\Ace3\systune.exe
  • %System32%\Retina-X\Ace3\unins000.dat
  • %System32%\Retina-X\Ace3\unins000.exe
  • %System32%\Retina-X\Ace3\Wininet.dll
  • %System32%\Retina-X\Ace3\LOGS\acecache\_ace12272005.log

Following registry entries are added:

  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ANSMTP.MassSender
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ANSMTP.MassSender.1
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ANSMTP.OBJ
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ANSMTP.OBJ.1
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{253664FB-EDFC-4AC6-BD69-B322F466AEED}
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{27395F85-0C0C-101B-A3C9-08002B2F49FB}
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{84480A87-0AE5-11D5-AF6E-008048E23503}
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{887A577B-406B-48FF-80CB-70752BFCD7B4}
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{BE5AB246-F888-11D0-9F5E-B42103C10710}
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{BE5AB247-F888-11D0-9F5E-B42103C10710}
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{F1F6A820-2355-11CF-9D53-00AA003C9CB6}
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\DPDLG.DPDlgCtrl.1
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{1E98666F-6260-42C9-B846-32B20FDEFE7B}
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{27395F87-0C0C-101B-A3C9-08002B2F49FB}
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{4D6CC9B0-DF77-11CF-8E74-00A0C90F26F8}
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{68B8DCDB-EFA4-420A-BB8A-71B9892A2063}
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{84480A86-0AE5-11D5-AF6E-008048E23503}
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{84480A89-0AE5-11D5-AF6E-008048E23503}
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{A5F6C90C-ABE4-4C57-A421-8C5A202AA9F8}
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{B13281CF-8778-4C98-AE23-ABBA4637A33D}
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{BE5AB244-F888-11D0-9F5E-B42103C10710}
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{BE5AB245-F888-11D0-9F5E-B42103C10710}
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PicClip.PictureClip
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{27395F88-0C0C-101B-A3C9-08002B2F49FB}
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{84480A8A-0AE5-11D5-AF6E-008048E23503}
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{BE5AB243-F888-11D0-9F5E-B42103C10710}
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{DE6317F7-6EF0-45C2-88D1-8E09415817F1}
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
    Uninstall\AceSpy Non-Stealth Trial_is1
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
    Run | "systune"

Symptoms

Symptoms -

N/A This is not a virus or Trojan.

Method of Infection

Method of Infection -

N/A This is not a virus or Trojan.

Removal -

Removal -

Instructions on Enabling/Disabling Detection and Removal of Potentially Unwanted Programs

Variants

Variants -

    N/A