| | Commercial Monitoring Software > Spector
| Description | Spector takes hundreds of screen snapshots every hour, very much like a surveillance camera. Spector will log chat conversation, instant message, e-mail, web site visited and keystroke typed. Read More | | Category Description | Programs designed to monitor user activity. They may be used with or without consent. Because it is sold commercially, many anti-virus vendors do not detect them. The most common form of a commercial monitoring tool comes in the form of a keystroke logger, which intercepts keystrokes from the keyboard and records them in a log. This can then be sent to whoever installed the software, or keylogger, onto the machine. Some Commercial Monitoring Software may take screenshots or video and send the information to an outbound connection. | | Comment | One of the most notorious spywares. Proven to "attack" anti-spyware programs with fake "kernel32 Errors".
Very stealthy. Removal is extremely difficult. | | AKA | spector pro | | Properties | Encrypts communications Allows remote connect Attacks security software Autostarts/Stays Resident Captures Screenshots Logs Applications ran Logs IM Logs e-mail Logs keystrokes System Reconfiguration Supports File Transfer Transmits Personal or Enterprise Information Sends mail Stealth Tactics | | Impact Level | 9 | | Management Tools | RTGuardian: Control IM and P2P use, block spyware and other malware
Greynet Enterprise Manager: Endpoint Spyware Remediation
Unified Security Gateway: IM, P2P control, malware prevention and web filtering in single appliance
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