Emsisoft Malware-Info

Name: Adware.Win32.The PC Detective

Company: The PC Detective Spy Software - http://thepcdetective.com/

Description:

The PC Detective is made up of two small applications called the logger and the Viewer. Once the Logger is installed on the user’s machine and logs the events set-up in the viewer by the administrator. It can log following Events All Keyboard activity, Internet Sites Accessed, Chat Rooms Visited (Yahoo, MSN, Aol etc.), Activity Log (Records when the PC is and isn't being used.), Start-up and Shut-down Times. Viewer can be set-up on any machine on the network and enables to view the various logged events on any machine on the network that has the logger installed.

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More details about this danger:

Characteristics:

  • Log the Keystrokes.
  • Log the Chat conversations
  • Regular screen captures.
  • Send log reports via email.
  • View other desktop screens in real time over a network.
  • Date of Found: 2006-04-25
  • Security Level: Elevated Risk
  • Operating OS: WIN XP
  • Installation Type: Installed through EXE
  • Operation: After Installation
  • Time of Operation: After Installation.

Process: tpcl.exe

Used folders:

  • C:\Program Files\Common Files\The PC Detective SE

Used files:

  • C:\Program Files\Common Files\The PC Detective SE\Blank.jpg
    [4530 Bytes] JPEG Image
  • C:\Program Files\Common Files\The PC Detective SE\EMS.exe
    [53248 Bytes] Application
  • C:\Program Files\Common Files\The PC Detective SE\NotAvail.jpg
    [12878 Bytes] JPEG Image
  • C:\Program Files\Common Files\The PC Detective SE\Readme.doc
    [19968 Bytes] Microsoft Word Document
  • C:\Program Files\Common Files\The PC Detective SE\Readme.rtf
    [4883 Bytes] Rich Text Format
  • C:\Program Files\Common Files\The PC Detective SE\tpcl.exe
    [720896 Bytes] Application
  • C:\Program Files\Common Files\The PC Detective SE\TPCLSetup.exe
    [45056 Bytes] Application
  • C:\Program Files\Common Files\The PC Detective SE\updates.exe
    [53248 Bytes] Application
  • C:\Documents and Settings\User\Desktop\The PC Detective SE Setup.lnk
    [2397 Bytes] Shortcut

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