Content
Spyware-MSNChatSniff
- Type
- Program
- SubType
- Spyware
- Discovery Date
- 03/10/2006
- Minimum DAT
- 4715 (03/10/2006)
- Updated DAT
- 5555 (03/16/2009)
- Minimum Engine
- 5.1.00
- Description Added
- 03/10/2006
- Description Modified
- 03/20/2006 3:59 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.
This is not a virus or a Trojan. It is a potentially unwanted program designed to monitor user's MSN chat window.
Installation:
File: msn_sniff.exe
Hash: d09648311d62835222419f0cc2e26a4f
Upon installation of this application the following changes occur in the user's system.
Following registry entry is added:
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\OSWINME
This spyware application has following features:
- Monitor MSN conversations.
- Run program in stealth mode.
- Log all conversations with date and time.
This application is capable of sending the logged information via e-mail to specified address as shown below.
Aliases
Aliases
- Symantec:Spyware.MSNChatSniffer