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Characteristics

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Summary

This is not a virus or a Trojan. It is a Potentially Unwanted Program. This application is a keylogger, designed to capture all typed keystrokes which can be used to steal important account and password information.

The keylogger has the following screen which has a configure option.

The following screen ensures that the captured information can be transmitted beyond the local system via email.

All the key strokes are captured and stored into a log file. The log file is encrypted and cannot be opened directly in programs such as WordPad and Notepad.

Privacy

A license agreement is displayed during installation.

System Changes

File name: 413c6e18.exe
MD5Hash: f67cab40fff9d655e1dca73d97bbdb48

Upon executing the application, following folders are created:

• %Program Files%\Sync Manager Demo\agent
• %Program Files%\Sync Manager Demo

Following files are dropped inside these folders:

• syncagent.cfg
• syncagent.dll
• syncagent.exe
• faq.html
• manual.html
• syncconfig.exe
• logfile.cip

Following registry entry is added:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
  Run | "Synchronization Agent"

Removal

Aliases

Aliases

• Application.Ghost.Keylogger.A : Softwin
• Spyware.Keylogger : Symantec
• Trojan-Spy.Win32.GhostKeyLogger.c : Kaspersky