SongSpy

Overview

Summary

Adware that won't uninstall. No privacy policy has been established. There is no one to contact except by e-mail, no telephone numbers, no address, or location. Uses port 5190 (AOL's port) Once connected to their server there is no disconnecting and your hard drive is up for grabs. Additionally, they want your computer left on and the use of your hard drive.

Category

Spyware: Any product that employs a user's Internet connection in the background without their knowledge, and gathers/transmits info on the user or their behavior. Many spyware products will collect referrer info (information from your web browser which reveals what URL you linked from), your IP address (a number that is used by computers on the network to identify your computer), system information (such as time of visit, type of browser used, the operating system and platform, and CPU speed.) Spyware products sometimes wrap other commercial products, and are introduced to machines when those commercial products are installed. See also Adware.

Variants

SongSpy XE 2.0 ·

Origins

Group

SongSpy Corporation

Others By This Group

SongSpy XE 2.0·

URL

http://www.songspy.com

Date of Origin

Variants from May, 2002 to May, 2002

Detection and Removal

Manual Removal

Follow these steps to remove SongSpy from your machine. Begin by backing up your registry and your system, and/or setting a Restore Point, to prevent trouble if you make a mistake.

Stop Running Processes:

Kill these running processes with Task Manager:

Unregister DLLs:

Unregister these DLLs with Regsvr32, then reboot:

Remove Files:

Remove these files (if present) with Windows Explorer:

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