Advanced PDF Password Recovery
Advanced PDF Password Recovery is a password recovery tool that may be used to gain unauthorized access to a computer and to a user's data. It is harmful if installed without the knowledge of the user.0
General information:
| Malware Name: |
Advanced PDF Password Recovery |
| Malware Type: |
Password Recovery Tool |
| Company Name: |
ElcomSoft |
| Company URL: |
http://www.elcomsoft.com/
|
| Threat Level: |
Low Risk |
| Operating System: |
WIN XP |
| Installation Type: |
Installed through EXE |
| Operation: |
Time of After Installation |
Company Description:
ElcomSoft provides you the software Advanced PDF Password Recovery that can be used to decrypt protected Adobe Acrobat PDF files, which have owner password set, preventing the file from editing (changing), printing, selecting text and graphics (and
copying them into the Clipboard), or adding/changing annotations and form fields (in any combination). Decrypted file can be opened in any PDF viewer (e.g. Adobe Acrobat Reader) without any restrictions -- i.e. with edit/copy/print/annotate functions
enabled. Can operate in a batch mode (with parameters supplied in the command line) to process a few PDF files at once.
Spyware Description:
Advanced PDF Password Recovery is a password recovery tool that may be used to gain unauthorized access to a computer and to a user's data. It is harmful if installed without the knowledge of the user.0
Characteristics/Symptoms:
-> It is harmful if installed without the knowledge of the user. -> It may be used to gain unauthorized access to a computer and to a user's data.0
Additional information might be found here:
Processes Running:
apdfpr.exe
File information Created after Installation:
| File Location |
Size (Bytes) |
Type |
| C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Start Menu\Programs\Advanced PDF Password Recovery\Advanced PDF Password Recovery Help.lnk |
686 |
Shortcut |
| C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Start Menu\Programs\Advanced PDF Password Recovery\Advanced PDF Password Recovery.lnk |
686 |
Shortcut |
| C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Start Menu\Programs\Advanced PDF Password Recovery\End-User License Agreement.lnk |
691 |
Shortcut |
Folder information Created after Installation:
| Folder Location |
| C:\Program Files\ElcomSoft\APDFPR |
Registry information Created after Installation:
| Main Registry Key |
Sub Registry Key |
Key Value Name |
| HKEY_CURRENT_USER |
\Software\Elcomsoft\Advanced PDF Password Recovery |
InstallDir0 |
| HKEY_CURRENT_USER |
\Software\Elcomsoft\Advanced PDF Password Recovery\Main |
Flags0 |
| HKEY_CURRENT_USER |
\Software\Elcomsoft\Advanced PDF Password Recovery\Main |
[NULL]0 |
