Remove iProtectYou. Description and removal instructions

Title: iProtectYou
Type: Keyloggers	Severity scale: (62 / 100)

iProtectYou is a commercial computer surveillance program designed for Internet filtering and children online monitoring purposes. The application tracks user activity, monitors Internet usage, filters web content and logs all user keystrokes. It sends gathered data to a predefined e-mail address. iProtectYou must be manually installed. The threat automatically runs on every Windows startup.

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iProtectYou properties:
• Sends out logs by FTP or email
• Logs keystrokes
• Hides from the user
• Stays resident in background

Automatic iProtectYou removal:

remover for iProtectYou

iProtectYou manual removal:

Kill processes:
inotify.exe, iprun.exe, ipy.exe

HELP:
how to kill malicious processes

Delete registry values:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ipinst
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\iprun=%System%\ipy.exe -h
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SharedDLLs\%System%\iprun.exe

HELP:
how to remove registry entries

Delete files:
inotify.exe, iprun.exe, ipy.exe, ipsp.dll

HELP:
how to remove harmful files

Delete directories:
C:\Program Files\SoftForYou\iProtectYou
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\iProtectYou

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• Windows Defender - Review - Download

Information added: 19/03/04
Information updated: 01/10/05

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Comments from visitors:

1. by Guest. 2007-10-26 23:10:37

this works but renders network useless and no internet

2. can be used for BAD purposes ? by Guest. 2004-10-05 07:10:04

How does software get installed?
Can it be done by a website or must it be done from the computer it's monitoring?
If this is the lowest level of intrusion, just imagine what Homeland Security has in their bag O' tricks !