PUP's, commercial keyloggers and the like

[ArtemisF0wl]

i just read this article: http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20048896-245.html claiming that keylogging software came pre-installed on Samsung laptops. Sneaky, huh?

my question is this: is there a list of all the PUPs that avast can detect and is Starlogger(the software in question) one of them? This is more of a curiosity than anything, i don't have a Samsung laptop.

thanks for any info

[Hermite15]

if it wasn't on CNet (or some other known site...) I would have ignored the report... well this is absolutely amazing and shocking I hope they check their source

edit: well hopefully Avast should detect it, should... I can't verify that obviously.

[Lisandro]

Any keylogger should be logged as PUP, shouldn't it? What do you think?
Anyway, -1000 points in my personal opinion about Samsung...
False alarm about Samsung.

[Hermite15]

I can't believe that: the samsung rep telling that samsung just provides the hardware while MS would be doing the whole software job (installing)   when everyone knows (or should know) that OEMs pre-install Windows +  a tone of crap (trial crap mostly).

 Just call MS to report a Windows issue on an OEM device, and hear with delight the MS rep's reaction >>> he'll send you back to the OEM reps ... who knows nothing most of the time, except a couple of canned answers that he's been taught during the training phase, after getting the job ... no need to add the guys are trained to lie too

[Daris]

PC Tools Firewall, Avast 6, "SpyShelter" ANTI KeYLOGGER..Work Awesome together..Oh and Spywareblaster for active X..
   Spyshelter is " AntiKeylogging AntiScreenCapture, AntiClippboardCapture, AntiGetText, System Protection, AntiKernel Mode Logger.....Actually there isn't much that gets by it unnoticed...Easy to set up, adjust, change settings, I tested it as a firewall test without PC Tools firewall...Did better than most firewalls...Not to mention any...
   Just my 2 cents

Cheers!!! and safe surfing!!!

[Hermite15]

yeah there's still this update, at the bottom of the article:

CNET Reviews could not find the keylogger on a Samsung Series 9 laptop.

... but from what I read in the article, I trust the report intuitively...

[Nesivos]

PC Tools Firewall, Avast 6, "SpyShelter" ANTI KeYLOGGER..Work Awesome together..Oh and Spywareblaster for active X..
   Spyshelter is " AntiKeylogging AntiScreenCapture, AntiClippboardCapture, AntiGetText, System Protection, AntiKernel Mode Logger.....Actually there isn't much that gets by it unnoticed...Easy to set up, adjust, change settings, I tested it as a firewall test without PC Tools firewall...Did better than most firewalls...Not to mention any...
   Just my 2 cents

Cheers!!! and safe surfing!!!

I think that these SpyShelter people made a marketing decision

32 bit systems support - free
64 bit systems support - 24,95 Euro one time fee

I haven't seen this before; i.e. giving away 32 bit software free and charging for it if you have a x64 system.



   

[ArtemisF0wl]

for what it's worth, Avast does detect the setup file for Starlogger

[Lisandro]

for what it's worth, Avast does detect the setup file for Starlogger

Good. And not a PUP, which is better. A malware itself.

[Daris]

Nesivos..."SUPPORT" for 64 bit could be more complicated  ..ha ha  Just kidding..
  I find it very  good for a free program and haven't even thought of support..Too easy...So far No issues and very easy to use ...works like a charm and can be adjusted to your preferances....
    Just my 3 cents...
Cheers!!! and safe surfing!!

[Dieselman]

64 bit is more complicated due to patch guard.

[Asyn]

False alarm over an alleged Samsung Trojan
http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/False-alarm-over-an-alleged-Samsung-Trojan-1219437.html

[Lisandro]

Any keylogger should be logged as PUP, shouldn't it? What do you think?
Anyway, -1000 points in my personal opinion about Samsung...

I apologize.

[ArtemisF0wl]

that conflicts with yesterday's story :


"Eventually, a supervisor got on the phone and confirmed that Samsung put the software on the laptop to monitor machine performance "and to find out how it is being used."



strange indeed

[Hermite15]

False alarm over an alleged Samsung Trojan
http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/False-alarm-over-an-alleged-Samsung-Trojan-1219437.html

oh crap ... and yeah they said on Cnet that they didn't detect anything when testing a laptop.