Parent Tools for Yahoo! Messenger

Parent Tools for Yahoo! Messenger is a keylogger with moderate risk that secretly record instant messages and chat room conversations for Yahoo Messenger. It saves your all SMS text messages. It works in a hidden mode. Parent Tools for Yahoo! Messenger is a keylogger with moderate risk that secretly record instant messages and chat room conversations for Yahoo Messenger. It saves your all SMS text messages. It works in a hidden mode.0

General information:

Malware Name: Parent Tools for Yahoo! Messenger
Malware Type: Keylogger
Company Name: Ignite Software, Inc
Company URL: http://www.parent-tools.com/
Threat Level: Moderate Risk
Operating System: WIN XP
Installation Type: Installed through EXE
Operation: Time of After Installation

Company Description:

Ignite Software, Inc provides you the software Parent Tools for Yahoo! Messenger that stands a class above the rest in Yahoo! parental monitoring software. Capabilities include conversation logging, user access scheduling, online time limits, IM and Chat blocking, and the disabling of key features. Its features are as follows: Secretly record instant messages and chat room conversations, save all SMS text messages, disable chatting with others, disable questionable chat rooms, disable questionable IM and chat features, limit time online, and work in a hidden mode.

Spyware Description:

Parent Tools for Yahoo! Messenger is a keylogger with moderate risk that secretly record instant messages and chat room conversations for Yahoo Messenger. It saves your all SMS text messages. It works in a hidden mode. Parent Tools for Yahoo! Messenger is a keylogger with moderate risk that secretly record instant messages and chat room conversations for Yahoo Messenger. It saves your all SMS text messages. It works in a hidden mode.0

Characteristics/Symptoms:

    -> It secretly record instant messages and chat room conversations. -> It saves your all SMS text messages. -> It works in a hidden mode.

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Processes Running:

sysrndrvym.exe

File information Created after Installation:

File Location Size (Bytes) Type
C:\WINDOWS\system32\IGTabs40.ocx 299008 ActiveX Control
C:\WINDOWS\system32\IGThreed40.ocx 344064 ActiveX Control
C:\WINDOWS\system32\ptymrn32\sysrndrvym.exe 901120 Application

Folder information Created after Installation:

Folder Location

Registry information Created after Installation:

Main Registry Key Sub Registry Key Key Value Name
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Software\Ignite Software\Parent Tools Yahoo [NULL]0
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Parent Tools for Yahoo! Messenger_is1 QuietUninstallString0
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Parent Tools for Yahoo! Messenger_is1 UninstallString0