Farsighter Spyware on MY PC (OT)

ewile · #1 01-16-2005, 10:20 PM

This afternoon I ran spysweeper and furned up this Farsighter which they describe as a system monitor. It seems to stream a video of your computer usage to a remote computer and all the descriptions imply a survellance device of some sort.

So, I removed it with spysweeper. Just for the heck of it I decided to runspysweeper again, and it turned up Farsighter again.

Only 2 people use this PC, me and my wife. I've been using firefox for a couple of weeks and my wife does all her internet with AOL.

How alarmed should I be. Is it time to change all the passwords?

ewile · #2 01-16-2005, 10:26 PM

From the doc: 'Farsighter monitors a remote computer invisibly by streaming video to a viewer on your computer. You will know exactly what is happening on the remote computer as you see it in real-time. Farsighter consist of two parts, a server and a client. The server is installed on the target computer to be monitored. The server can be run invisibly in the background. The client is installed on your computer to watch the target computer. The client will connect to the server and receive streaming video. Basically, install the server on the computer you want to monitor and the client on the computer where you want to watch the monitored computer.'

Category:
Commercial RAT: Any commercial product that is normally used for remote administration, but which might be exploited to do this without user consent or awareness.

Group:Sureshot

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GrannyMae · #3 01-16-2005, 10:31 PM

i'm not joking here, but are you sure your wife did not install this to monitor you?

liquidboss · #4 01-16-2005, 10:33 PM

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i'm not joking here, but are you sure your wife did not install this to monitor you?

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Lol, I was thinking the same thing... sounds less like a virus or trojan and more like a commercial product someone installed.

GrannyMae · #5 01-16-2005, 10:35 PM

correct.

this is much more likely to have been installed on your pc than implanted

ewile · #6 01-16-2005, 10:39 PM

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i'm not joking here, but are you sure your wife did not install this to monitor you?

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There's no way. I don't think that she even knows how to download a program.

ewile · #7 01-16-2005, 10:45 PM

I'm now running spysweeper for a 3rd time to see if this crap is gone.

I'm feeling pretty paranoid right about now [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

GrannyMae · #8 01-16-2005, 11:41 PM

There's no way. I don't think that she even knows how to download a program.

good. then just get that bugger off there, and make sure you tell us where you think you got that thing. it sounds like it is not just a regular keylogger type thing, but a much more active monitoring program. any clues where you got it?

ewile · #9 01-16-2005, 11:49 PM

I truly don't have the slightest idea where this came from.
I am completely certain that nobody else has used this computer. My kids are 2&1/2 and 9 months. Their friends aren't into hacking yet.

It seems like this needs to be actively installed on your computer and that you need to accept the user agreement etc.

I don't get it. Unless there are other ways that this can be installed.

GrannyMae · #10 01-16-2005, 11:52 PM

It seems like this needs to be actively installed on your computer and that you need to accept the user agreement etc.

ummm, are you sure? you seem to be saying it is not something you picked up, but was installed by disk?

you got a new maid or something that works for the feds?

i'd shake down the 9month old

seriously tho, now i'm curious. keep us posted