SoftWebrity

SoftWebrity is a spyware that records every web site visited; emails sent and received chats, instant messages, keystroke, files opened. It captures screenshots of the active window which can later be viewed as a video file.

General information:

Malware Name: SoftWebrity
Malware Type: Spyware
Company Name: Advanxed Net Solutions
Company URL: http://softwebrity.com/
Threat Level: Elevated Risk
Operating System: WIN XP
Installation Type: Installed through EXE
Operation: Time of After Installation

Company Description:

Advanxed Net Solutions provides you the software SoftWebrity that is a software application for your PC to monitoring your kids, employees and anyone else that use the computer where Softwebrity is installed. It records every web site visited, emails sent and received, chats, instant messages, keystroke, files opened.  Softwebrity it’s like a surveillance camera, but instead of watch your property watch your kids and employees on their daily activities. Softwebrity takes like photos of every page visited on your computer and can convert that to a video file that you can see on Windows Media Player.

Spyware Description:

SoftWebrity is a spyware that records every web site visited; emails sent and received chats, instant messages, keystroke, files opened. It captures screenshots of the active window which can later be viewed as a video file.

Characteristics/Symptoms:

    -> It records every web site visited, emails sent and received, chats, instant messages, keystroke, files opened. -> It captures screenshots of the active window which can later be viewed as a video file.

Additional information might be found here:

google Search at Google for SoftWebrity
bing Search at Bing for SoftWebrity
yahoo Search at Yahoo for SoftWebrity

Processes Running:

SWH0ST.EXE

File information Created after Installation:

File Location Size (Bytes) Type
C:\WINDOWS\system32\swdrivers\BlockKeyWatch.spy unknown SPY File
C:\WINDOWS\system32\swdrivers\BlockUserFilter.spy unknown SPY File
C:\WINDOWS\system32\swdrivers\BlockWebMonitoringWindow.spy unknown SPY File

Folder information Created after Installation:

Folder Location
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\SoftWebrity v2.
C:\WINDOWS\system32\swdrivers\Recorded\Image

Registry information Created after Installation:

Main Registry Key Sub Registry Key Key Value Name
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MenuOrder\Start Menu2\Programs\SoftWebrity v2.0
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\SoftWebrity v2.0
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\SoftWebrity v2.0 DisplayName