IE Watcher

SilentNight IE Watcher is a tool for internet monitoring/surveillance. It does so by monitoring the whole internal networks internet use, and by taking predefined actions when needed. It includes High risk threats are typically installed without user interaction through security exploits, and can severely compromise system security. Such threats may open illicit network connections, use polymorphic tactics to self-mutate, disable security software, modify system files, and install additional malware. These threats may also collect and transmit personally identifiable information (PII) without our consent and severely degrade the performance and stability of our computer.0

General information:

Malware Name:	IE Watcher
Malware Type:	Remote Control
Company Name:	SilentNight
Company URL:	http://silentnight2004.com/
Threat Level:	High Risk
Operating System:	WIN XP
Installation Type:	Installed through EXE
Operation:	Time of After Installation.

Company Description:

SilentNight is a Norwegian company, delivering information services and software to the public.The site started 04/11-2004 and is owned and runned by Kristen Tande. He is also the developer of all its tools. It also has a sister site named Netradio.no. There we will find its free Internet Radio as well as an MP3 player. The Radio application was changing developers a few months ago, Bjørn Remi Rønsen; another programmer here from Norway joined in and has from then had the radio and the site netradio.no as his part of the site

Spyware Description:

SilentNight IE Watcher is a tool for internet monitoring/surveillance. It does so by monitoring the whole internal networks internet use, and by taking predefined actions when needed. It includes High risk threats are typically installed without user interaction through security exploits, and can severely compromise system security. Such threats may open illicit network connections, use polymorphic tactics to self-mutate, disable security software, modify system files, and install additional malware. These threats may also collect and transmit personally identifiable information (PII) without our consent and severely degrade the performance and stability of our computer.0

Characteristics/Symptoms:

    -> It is a network application that allows to manage and control PCs or networks from a remote location. -> It allows to access another computer without explicit authorization. -> It can also be used to monitor and steal information from the remote computer -> Slows down the performance of PC0

Additional information might be found here:

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Processes Running:

IEWatch20.exe

File information Created after Installation:

File Location	Size (Bytes)	Type
C:\Program Files\SilentNight\IE Watcher\Help\Help20.rtf	27914283	Rich Text Format
C:\Program Files\SilentNight\IE Watcher\Help\inuse.bmp	724256	Bitmap Image
C:\Program Files\SilentNight\IE Watcher\error.wav	2530	Wave Sound

Folder information Created after Installation:

Folder Location
C:\Program Files\SilentNight
C:\Program Files\SilentNight\IE Watcher

Registry information Created after Installation: