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Spyware-ChatWatch

Type
Program
SubType
Spyware
Discovery Date
09/13/2005
Minimum DAT
4580 (09/13/2005)
Updated DAT
4715 (03/10/2006)
Minimum Engine
5.1.00
Description Added
09/13/2005
Description Modified
03/07/2006 4:06 AM (PT)

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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 a trojan. It is detected as a "potentially unwanted program". It is a spyware application which records online instant message conversations on a user's computer and saves it in log files. It can be put into "stealth" mode such that no obvious indication is given that it is running. Additionally, the program can be configured to upload chat logs via email at regular intervals to any destination of choice.



A license agreement is displayed during installation.

Installation

File: cw_setup.exe
Hash: 53387e765d2b2ff8d940a774696a0aa4

System Changes

General defaults for typical environment variables (although they may be different, they usually are not):
%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%\Application Data\cw4_log\cw.ini
  • %AllUserProfile%\Application Data\cw4_log\cwlogs.ini
  • %UserProfile%\Desktop\Chat Watch.lnk
  • %UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Chat Watch 4\Chat Watch Help.lnk
  • %UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Chat Watch 4\Chat Watch on the Web.lnk
  • %UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Chat Watch 4\Chat Watch.lnk
  • %UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Chat Watch 4\Chat Watch.NET.lnk
  • %UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Chat Watch 4\Ordering Information.lnk
  • %UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Chat Watch 4\Quick Start Guide.lnk
  • %UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Chat Watch 4\Uninstall.lnk
  • %ProgramFiles%\CW4\chatwatchquickstartguide.pdf
  • %ProgramFiles%\CW4\cw4.exe
  • %ProgramFiles%\CW4\cw4help.chm
  • %ProgramFiles%\CW4\cwnettrillianplugin.zip
  • %ProgramFiles%\CW4\cwutil.exe
  • %ProgramFiles%\CW4\notification.txt
  • %ProgramFiles%\CW4\polarcrypto.dll
  • %ProgramFiles%\CW4\PolarZIPLight.dll
  • %ProgramFiles%\CW4\smtp.ocx
  • %ProgramFiles%\CW4\unins000.dat
  • %ProgramFiles%\CW4\unins000.exe
  • %ProgramFiles%\CW4\version.txt

Registry

  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{0C69356E-1275-4df8-9A67-6C0A6CAAFAC8}
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{1AB22F59-FB66-4A06-BCA9-EA5A6D5785E0}
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{9CCD14D6-ABE0-44BF-8F04-29E59D2CEA5E}

Network Impact

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

Aliases

Aliases

    N/A