Spytech SpyAOL

SpyAOL is a monitoring solution for AOL that allows you to monitor activities of all AOL users on your PC. It can record all AOL E-Mails, Instant Messages, Chat conversations, website visits, and keystrokes (sorted by window title). It includes severe risk threats that are typically installed without user interaction through security exploits, and may allow an attacker to remotely control the infected machine. Such threats may allow the attacker to install additional malware and use the compromised machine to participate in denial of service attacks, spamming, and bot nets, or to transmit sensitive data to a remote server. The malware may be cloaked and not visible to the user. These threats severely compromise the system by lowering security settings, installing “backdoors,” infecting system files, or spreading to other networked machines.0

General information:

Malware Name:	Spytech SpyAOL
Malware Type:	Key Logger
Company Name:	Spytech
Company URL:	http://www.spytech-web.com/
Threat Level:	Severe Risk
Operating System:	WIN XP
Installation Type:	Installed through EXE
Operation:	Time of After Installation.

Company Description:

Specializing in security and privacy solutions for the everyday computer user and corporate environment, Spytech Software and Design, Inc. was founded in 1998. Spytech is a privately held and funded company that provides high-tech surveillance and security solutions powered by easy to use graphical interfaces and very extensive functionality. Spytech Software and Design, Inc., a Minnesota corporation, has been an active solutions provider since 1998. Since then Spytech's flagship product, SpyAgent, has grown to be one of the most widely used monitoring solutions in the world. SpyAgent's success has led to the development of a host of monitoring solutions tailored for specific user environments - from corporate networks to homes. Spytech's wide array of monitoring solutions have been implemented in many government, military, and educational facilities world-wide - in addition to providing monitoring solutions to many home users.

Spyware Description:

SpyAOL is a monitoring solution for AOL that allows you to monitor activities of all AOL users on your PC. It can record all AOL E-Mails, Instant Messages, Chat conversations, website visits, and keystrokes (sorted by window title). It includes severe risk threats that are typically installed without user interaction through security exploits, and may allow an attacker to remotely control the infected machine. Such threats may allow the attacker to install additional malware and use the compromised machine to participate in denial of service attacks, spamming, and bot nets, or to transmit sensitive data to a remote server. The malware may be cloaked and not visible to the user. These threats severely compromise the system by lowering security settings, installing “backdoors,” infecting system files, or spreading to other networked machines.0

Characteristics/Symptoms:

    -> Uses out of date ref database -> False scan results -> Uses inadequate scan/detection scheme -> False positives work as good to purchase0

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Processes Running:

SpyAOL.exe

File information Created after Installation:

File Location	Size (Bytes)	Type
C:\Program Files\Spytech Software\Spytech SpyAOL\SpyAOL.exe	510834	Application
C:\Program Files\Spytech Software\Spytech SpyAOL\help.htm	12296	HTML Document

Folder information Created after Installation:

Folder Location
C:\Program Files\Spytech Software\Spytech SpyAOL

Registry information Created after Installation: