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Spyware-OverSpy

Type
Program
SubType
Spyware
Discovery Date
03/10/2006
Minimum DAT
4715 (03/10/2006)
Updated DAT
4715 (03/10/2006)
Minimum Engine
5.1.00
Description Added
03/10/2006
Description Modified
03/14/2006 2:38 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 system monitoring "spy" application designed to log all activity performed on the host computer. Screenshots, keylogs, instant message conversations, applications used and internet activity can be recorded. It can be put into a "stealth" mode such that no obvious indication is given that the program is running. 


A license agreement is displayed during installation.

Installation

File: OverSpySetup.exe
Hash: 7b4ff32b8f67854b252d5b6dcee6ec7c

System Changes

General defaults for typical environment variables (although they may be different, they usually are not):
%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

  • %UserProfile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\OverSpy.lnk
  • %UserProfile%\Desktop\OverSpy.lnk
  • %AllUserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\OverSpy\OverSpy Help.lnk
  • %AllUserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\OverSpy\OverSpy on the Web.lnk
  • %AllUserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\OverSpy\OverSpy.lnk
  • %AllUserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\OverSpy\Uninstall OverSpy.lnk
  • %ProgramFiles%\OverSpy\Config.xml
  • %ProgramFiles%\OverSpy\EULA.txt
  • %ProgramFiles%\OverSpy\Hook.dll
  • %ProgramFiles%\OverSpy\OverSpy Help.url
  • %ProgramFiles%\OverSpy\OverSpy.exe
  • %ProgramFiles%\OverSpy\OverSpy.url
  • %ProgramFiles%\OverSpy\unins000.dat
  • %ProgramFiles%\OverSpy\unins000.exe
  • %ProgramFiles%\OverSpy\UninsHs.dat
  • %ProgramFiles%\OverSpy\UninsHs.exe
  • %ProgramFiles%\OverSpy\WinPcap_3_0_nogui.exe
  • %SystemDir%\DoubleHook.dll
  • %SystemDir%\ntqsi.dll

Registry

  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Virtuoza
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Virtuoza\OverSpy
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
    Uninstall\OverSpy_is1
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
    Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{AE40EBA0-2D49-48C9-BA8D-E9F046240F5F}
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "scvhost"  Data:"%ProgramFiles%\OverSpy\OverSpy.exe" minimized

Network Impact

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

Aliases

Aliases

  • Spyware.OverSpy (Symantec)