Remove WinWhatWhere. Description and removal instructions

Title: WinWhatWhere
Type: Keyloggers	Severity scale: (68 / 100)

WinWhatWhere is a commercial computer surveillance product that tracks user activity, monitors system events, logs all keystrokes, takes screenshots, captures online chat conversations and e-mail messages, records passwords and web sites visited. It regularly sends gathered data to a configurable e-mail address. WinWhatWhere must be manually installed. It may automatically run on Windows startup.

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WinWhatWhere 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

Automatic WinWhatWhere removal:

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WinWhatWhere manual removal:

Kill processes:
express.exe, il40.exe, msdfcng.exe, msegcng.exe, updsem.exe, winsutl.exe, xpress.exe

HELP:
how to kill malicious processes

Delete registry values:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WinWhatWhere
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\msdfcng.exe

HELP:
how to remove registry entries

Delete files:
express.exe, il40.exe, msdfcng.exe, msegcng.exe, updsem.exe, winsutl.exe, xpress.exe, _isreg32.dll, winsdoc8.sys, winsdoc16.sys, winsdoc32.sys

HELP:
how to remove harmful files

Misc:
WinWhatWhere files can be found in C:\Windows\System\OLBE, C:\Windows\System32\OLBE or C:\Winnt\System32\OLBE directory.

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Information added: 19/03/04
Information updated: 17/09/05

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1. by Lenny. 2004-03-02 21:45:19

A very tricky keylogger.
Puts files all over the place. Uses the registry as a garbage dump.
Installs a whole lot of VB runtime modules and components to the victim machine.