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Monitoring-Tool:W32/Perflogger

Detection Names : Monitor.Win32.Perflogger, Monitoring-Tool:W32/BlazingTools-PerfectKeylogger
Aliases : Spyware.Perfect (Symantec)
MonitoringTool:Win32/PerfectKeylogger (Microsoft)
Category:Riskware
Type:Monitoring-Tool
Platform:W32

Summary

A program that monitors and records all actions on a computer, including keystrokes entered.

Disinfection

Allow F-Secure Anti-Virus to disinfect the relevant files.

For more general information on disinfection, please see Removal Instructions.

Additional Details

Monitoring-Tool:W32/Perflogger is a commercial monitoring program that can be purchased and downloaded onto a system from the company's webiste.

As with other monitoring tools, Perflooger can monitor various user activities such as keystrokes typed, chat messages logged, web browser activity and even screenshots of the active Windows desktop. It can also be configured to run in stealth mode and hide its view in the Task Manager and System Tray.

The information monitored is stored in a log file, which can be forwarded to an external party via e-mail, or uploaded to an FTP server in either encrypted or HTML format. When in encrypted format, the log file is only viewable using the built-in Log Viewer.


Installation

The default installation folder for this program is:

  •  C:\Program Files\BPK

The installation location is configurable.

When installed a user's configurable installation folder, common file names used are:

  •  bpk.chm
  •  downloads.url
  •  inst.bin
  •  install.log
  •  license.txt
  •  order.url
  •  bpk.exe
  •  bpkhk.dll
  •  bpki.dll
  •  bpkr.exe
  •  bpkun.exe
  •  bpkvw.exe
  •  bpkwb.dll

During the installation process, Perflogger allows the user to hide the presence of its main component files by inputting a keyword that renames the files.


Registry

Peflogger creates the following common registry keys:

  • [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
    "bpk"="{installation_folder}\bpk.exe"
  • [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\PerfectKeylogger]
         "DisplayName"="BlazingTools Perfect Keylogger""UninstallString"="{instllation_folder}\bpkun.exe"
  • [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PK.IE]
  • [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PK.IE.1]
  • [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{1E1B2879-88FF-11D3-8D96-D7ACAC95951A}]
    •  
  • [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Inteface\{1E1B2879-88FF-11D3-8D96-D7ACAC95951A}]
  •  [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{1E1B2879-88FF-11D3-8D96-D7ACAC95951A}]
  • [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\PK.IE]
  • [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{1E1B2879-88FF-11D3-8D96-D7ACAC95951A}]
  • [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{1E1B2879-88FF-11D3-8D96-D7ACAC95951A}]
    •  
  • [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Interface\{1E1B2879-88FF-11D3-8D96-D7ACAC95951A}]
    •  
  • [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{1E1B2879-88FF-11D3-8D96-D7ACAC95951A}]