Remove Smoking Gun. Description and removal instructions

Title: Smoking Gun
Type: Keyloggers	Severity scale: (66 / 100)

Smoking Gun! is a commercial computer surveillance tool that tracks user activity, logs keystrokes, takes periodic screenshots and records web sites visited. Gathered data is stored on the compromised computer. Smoking Gun! must be manually installed. It runs on every Windows startup.

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Smoking Gun properties:
• Takes and sends out screenshots of user activity
• Logs keystrokes
• Hides from the user
• Stays resident in background

Automatic Smoking Gun removal:

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Smoking Gun manual removal:

Kill processes:
sentinelmon.exe, smokinggun.exe

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Delete registry values:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\sentinelmon
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\smokinggun.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PCSentinel Software
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PCSentinel Software\PCSentinel's Smoking Gun!
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PCSentinel Software\PCSentinel's Smoking Gun!
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\PCSentinel's Smoking Gun!

HELP:
how to remove registry entries

Delete files:
sentinelmon.exe, smokinggun.exe

HELP:
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Delete directories:
C:\Program Files\PCSentinel Software\PCSentinel's Smoking Gun!
C:\Documents and Settings\[Current User]\Start Menu\Programs\PCSentinel's Smoking Gun!

Other programs to remove Smoking Gun:

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• Windows Defender - Review - Download

Information added: 15/02/06
Information updated: 15/02/06

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