Watch Right
Watch Right is a simple and inexpensive parental monitoring system that empowers the concerned parent with the ability to 'keep an eye' on their child's online activities. Automatically log child's AOL and AIM instant messages, AOL
chatroom conversations, email messages, message board postings, and web sites they visit while online. Works invisibly in the background and resists tampering attempts. It also includes elevated threats that are typically installed without adequate
notice and consent, and may make unwanted changes to system, such as reconfiguring browserâs homepage and search settings. These threats may install advertising-related add-ons, including toolbars and search bars, or insert advertising-related
components into the Winsock Layered Service Provider chain.0
General information:
| Malware Name: |
Watch Right |
| Malware Type: |
Key Logger |
| Company Name: |
Watch Right |
| Company URL: |
http://www.watchright.com/
|
| Threat Level: |
Elevated Risk |
| Operating System: |
WIN XP |
| Installation Type: |
Installed through EXE |
| Operation: |
Time of After Installation. |
Company Description:
Watch Right is designed to monitor AOL or AIM or both simultaneously. The software is easy to install, easy to use, and does not require technical sophistication. Parents use Watch Right to monitor the behavior of their children on the Internet. Businesses
use Watch Right to log the AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) in the enterprise. Watch Right is also used for online surveillance and investigation. Watch Right logs all interaction and saves the interactions in their entirety. The Watch Right logging system
contains the same software technology used in our award winning PowerTools software.
Spyware Description:
Watch Right is a simple and inexpensive parental monitoring system that empowers the concerned parent with the ability to 'keep an eye' on their child's online activities. Automatically log child's AOL and AIM instant messages, AOL
chatroom conversations, email messages, message board postings, and web sites they visit while online. Works invisibly in the background and resists tampering attempts. It also includes elevated threats that are typically installed without adequate
notice and consent, and may make unwanted changes to system, such as reconfiguring browserâs homepage and search settings. These threats may install advertising-related add-ons, including toolbars and search bars, or insert advertising-related
components into the Winsock Layered Service Provider chain.0
Characteristics/Symptoms:
-> Monitor and capture data from computers -> Run in stealth mode -> Intercepts keystrokes from the keyboard and records them in a log -> Starts with the operating system0
Additional information might be found here:
Processes Running:
wrclock.exe
File information Created after Installation:
| File Location |
Size (Bytes) |
Type |
| C:\Program Files\Watch Right\BPSSI1.exe |
90112 |
Application |
| C:\Program Files\Watch Right\bpscomm.dll |
12800 |
Application Extension |
| C:\Program Files\Watch Right\pad_file.xml |
7602 |
XML Document |
Folder information Created after Installation:
| Folder Location |
| C:\Program Files\Watch Right |
| C:\Program Files\Watch Right\BACKUP |
Registry information Created after Installation:
| Main Registry Key |
Sub Registry Key |
Key Value Name |
| HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
SOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionUninstallWatch Right |
DisplayName |
| HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
\SOFTWARE\BPS SoftWare\Watch Right\Watch Right Main |
Width |
| HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Watch Right |
UninstallString |
