Remove Spy Lantern. Removal instructions

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Spy Lantern is a commercial keylogger that tracks user activity, logs keystrokes, captures screenshots, records passwords and addresses of visited Internet sites. The program can save gathered data to a hard disk or send it out by e-mail. Spy Lantern must be manually installed. The keylogger uses files with random names, so it is very difficult to detect. It secretly runs on every Windows startup.

Spy Lantern properties:
• Takes and sends out screenshots of user activity
• Sends out logs by FTP or email
• Logs keystrokes
• Hides from the user
• Stays resident in background

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Spy Lantern manual removal:

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Delete registry values:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\[random name]driver
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\[random name]drv
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\[random name]driver
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\[random name]srv
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows\AppInit_DLLs=[file name].dll
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Spy Lantern Keylogger
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MenuOrder\Start Menu2\Programs\Spy Lantern Keylogger
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Spy Lantern Keylogger

HELP:
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Delete directories:
C:\Documents and Settings\[Current User]\Start Menu\Programs\Spy Lantern Keylogger
Misc:
Spy Lantern stores its files in the default system directory, which depending on the OS version can be C:\Windows\System, C:\Windows\System32 or C:\Winnt\System32.

Information added: 2005-08-09 02:45:49
Information updated: 2005-08-09 02:45:49

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