Beware of Spyware ScreenView

I was recently checking my desktop PC for some malicious files saved on my system folder. It was because I was alarmed by the irregular behavior which my PC showed last night while I was playing the Red Alert 2 game. And on the system folder, I found the COMCT332.OCX file.

And did you know that COMCT332.OCX file is one of the files of the Spyware.ScreenView?

According to the Symantec, Spyware. ScreenView is a spyware program that monitors user activity on computers in a local area network. It infects Windows OS only and is actually installed manually. As it is activated, it creates files on your disk such as:

%Windir%\system32\COMCT332.OCX
%Windir%\system32\COMDLG32.OCX
%Windir%\system32\HH.EXE
%Windir%\system32\MCLHotkey.ocx
%Windir%\system32\mscomctl.ocx
%Windir%\system32\MSMASK32.OCX
%Windir%\system32\MSVBVM60.DLL
%Windir%\system32\MSWINSCK.OCX
%Windir%\system32\Sspl.dll
%Windir%\system32\VB6STKIT.DLL
%Windir%\system32\ZTray.ocx
%Windir%\folders.nfo
%Windir%\Setup1.exe
%Windir%\ST6UNST.EXE
%Windir%\svrmgr.exe
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\ScreenView\ScreenView.LNK
%ProgramFiles%\ScreenView\ScreenView.crc
%ProgramFiles%\ScreenView\ScreenView.exe
%ProgramFiles%\ScreenView\ST6UNST.LOG
%ProgramFiles%\ScreenView\svhelp.chm
%ProgramFiles%\svrmgr\ST6UNST.LOG

And then it inserts values on the registry.

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