Spector

Overview

Spector monitors keystrokes, emails, chat conversations, visited web sites and takes snapshots of the current contents of the display. Spector stores the logs in "%SystemDir%\netext\".

Note: %SystemDir% is a variable (?). By default, this is C:\Windows\System (Windows 95/98/Me), C:\WINNT\System32 (Windows NT/2000), or C:\Windows\System32 (Windows XP).

Classification

Keylogger

Files

wswinntfp.exe, winnetcl.exe, winnetcl.exe, spsetup.exe, spector_eval.exe, webebot.exe, spadmin.exe, sp40setup.exe, netknl.dll, netknlhm.dllmsurlbot.dll, abfrnex.dll, netknlhm.dll, mstfgher.dll, wmhshell.dll

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Log references

Log 98 Log 162

Vendor

spectorsoft.com

Privacy policy

No privacy policy available.

Detection

Bazooka Adware and Spyware Scanner detects Spector. Bazooka is freeware and detects spyware, adware, foistware, trojan horses, viruses, worms and other potentially unwanted applications. Read more »

Uninstall procedure

Unknown, please contact the vendor for support.

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Manual removal

Please follow the instructions below if you would like to remove Spector manually. Please notice that you must follow the instructions very carefully and delete everything that is mentioned. In most cases the removal will fail if one single item is not deleted. If Spector remains on your system after stepping through the removal instructions, please double-check by stepping through them again.

1. Configure your system to show hidden files
2. Start your computer in safe mode.
3. Start the registry editor. This is done by clicking Start then Run. (The Run dialog will appear.) Type regedit and click OK. (The registry editor will open.)
4. Delete 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE \ Classes \ CLSID \ {89044184-F260-4FDD-8FAB-2662814846E5}', if it exists.
5. Delete 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer\Browser Helper Objects \ {89044184-F260-4FDD-8FAB-2662814846E5}', if it exists.
6. Browse to the key:
   'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Run'
7. In the right pane, delete the value called 'Sysbot', if it exists.
8. Exit the registry editor.
9. Start Windows Explorer and delete:
   %SystemDir%\netext\
   %SystemDir%\wswinntfp.exe
   %SystemDir%\netknl.dll
   %SystemDir%\netknlhm.dll
   %SystemDir%\msurlbot.dll
   %SystemDir%\abfrnex.dll
   %SystemDir%\netknlhm.dll
   %SystemDir%\mstfgher.dll
   %SystemDir%\wmhshell.dll
   Note: %SystemDir% is a variable (?). By default, this is C:\Windows\System (Windows 95/98/Me), C:\WINNT\System32 (Windows NT/2000), or C:\Windows\System32 (Windows XP).

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