Capturing The Ghost KeyLogger Malware

How much of your daily activities do you do on your computer? Even if you only use your computer once a day, be it at home or at the office, the same concept applies that you wouldn't want somebody watching everything you do. Many people do their banking online, pay bills online via internet transfers as well as engage in private conversations with people from their machine. Imagine if someone was taking note of every single thing that you typed. By every single thing, I literally mean every single key that your fingers touch, is recorded. What I have asked you to try and imagine is something very real, it comes in the form of a malware called Ghost KeyLogger and it is not something you want on your system.

The sad reality is that Ghost KeyLogger is actually as spooky as it sounds. Basically it runs in the background of your machine and manages to record, every single key that you type. This all gets recorded into a certain file which is encrypted. This is not the worst aspect of Ghost KeyLogger, it just gets worse from there. Ghost KeyLogger can be designed and manipulated to send the  files with the key logs to any email address that it prefers.

So what risk does this present the average user? Basically everything that you type can be recorded and sent to an email address without your knowledge. This is not the only risk involved, it is also able to consistently keep track of all your internet activity. This means that every single web site that you go to can be recorded and sent to this set up email address. This means that malicious people are able to spy on you and your internet activities whenever they wish to. Ghost KeyLogger can cause serious problems due to the factor that it captures every single key that you type, with the inclusion of your credit card numbers and all your passwords.

Table 1. Alias of Ghost Keylogger

This malware can be found running on all operating systems including Windows NT/2000/XP. One file that is related to Ghost KeyLogger is syncagent.exe and its associated MD5 signature is f32d3fd487068e662b16196bd5d25eb7.

The next question I am sure you are thinking of is, is there a way to remove Ghost KeyLogger? Yes there is a method available, but it is also important for you to make use of an updated antivirus as well as an updated firewall at all times. You also need to consider using a malware and spyware detection tool that not only detects but also removes any unwanted malware and spyware from your system.

Okay, now we go back to the removal process. In order to manually remove GhostKeyLogger from your system you are going to need to kill processes, delete registry values as well as delete files. If you do this incorrectly the chances are that you can damage your computer. It is suggested that before you attempt to remove anything you safeguard yourself by backing up your data and files, so that if something does go wrong it won't be at the cost of all your data.

How to manually remove GhostKeyLogger:

• You need to kill the following process:                                                                                      syncagent.exe
  

• You need to delete the following registry values:                                                              HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ software \ Microsoft \ windows \ current version \ run \ synchronization agent
  

• You are also to need to delete the following file:                                                                       syncagent.exe
  

At the end of the day, if you are still unsure it may be better to seek an expert's help, or ask a friend who works in the computer security industry to assist. This is not something that you want to take a chance with; it is highly suggested to eliminate this dodgy Ghost KeyLogger issue before it eliminates you and your machine. It may eliminate you and your machine along with your finances. This is not a price you want to pay for being complacent, rather than taking action and riding yourself of Ghost Key Logger forever.