Tiny Key Logger

Overview

From the developer: "Tiny Key Logger is a very small program that runs hidden in the background, and secretly records every keystroke pressed in all applications. Each time a key is pressed in a different window, it logs the window title and application path, along with a timestamp. This allows you to know exactly where and when the keys were pressed. Are your children using the internet when you're not around? Tiny Key Logger will be able to tell you exactly what they have been doing. WARNING! Tiny Key Logger will log all passwords, credit card numbers, and other such sensitive information entered via the keyboard, to an unencrypted file on your hard drive." Source

The keylogger installs by default in %SystemDir%.
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

tikl.exe, tikl32.dll, tikl.log. These are the default file names. They could have been changed when the keylogger was installed.

Log references

Log 49 Log 109

Vendor

Matthew T. Pandina

Privacy policy

No privacy policy available.

Detection

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Manual removal

Please follow the instructions below if you would like to remove Tiny Key Logger 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 Tiny Key Logger remains on your system after stepping through the removal instructions, please double-check by stepping through them again.

1. 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.)
2. Browse to the key:
   'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Run'
3. In the right pane, delete the value called 'TiKL', if it exists.
4. Browse to the key:
   'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Run'
5. In the right pane, delete the value called 'TiKL', if it exists.
6. Delete 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\TiKL', if it exists.
7. Exit the registry editor.
8. Restart your computer.
9. Delete the following files:
   %SystemDir%\tikl.exe
   %SystemDir%\tikl.log
   %SystemDir%\tikl32.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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