Comments on Farm Fresh Meat: How To Remove Spector Pro 6.0 Keylogger

I know this is an old post, but I can't find a...

2011-08-10T05:05:22.310+01:00

I know this is an old post, but I can't find anywhere else about a topic like this! My parents have spector pro on my laptop and I've been trying for months to get it off, now I'm buying a new laptop BUT i have to transfer all of my files from one to the other for school. In doing so, will this disable spector pro since it is being put on two computers? Or will it stay on one of the two computers? Or will it just copy over and stay on both?

I put spector pro on home laptop and our pc- subs...

2011-07-26T20:24:27.075+01:00

I put spector pro on home laptop and our pc- subscription ran out sometime ago - works fine on the pc but the laptop I cant get the program to open - when i key in the command to open up the password - nothing happens.......... can u help so i can the sites and people blocked? I am more then willing to purchase a new subscription, but need the info

I have Spector Pro installed but the subscription ...

2011-07-26T20:18:30.155+01:00

I have Spector Pro installed but the subscription ran out...... can not get the program to open using the control del alt + key..... any suggestions>

@kaareeenftw... Yes. There are ways to access a w...

2010-07-22T12:58:55.281+01:00

@kaareeenftw...

Yes. There are ways to access a windows machine's hard disk without being an administrator, though, such as boot from a bootable CD. Google around for that.

But if you aren't the administrator, most likely the person who owns the machine (er, your employer?) put the software there so they could monitor you, and would know if you removed it. If you don't think the machine owner installed it, then ask them to deal with it.

Alright, I've tried all this.. One problem.......

2010-07-22T07:29:54.949+01:00

Alright, I've tried all this.. One problem..... I'm not administrator on this computer, so I cant delete any of the files in this windows32 folder.. Am I out of luck?

once you delete the actual application file does t...

2010-02-13T11:05:19.073Z

once you delete the actual application file does that mean you have screwed up the program to the point of no return?

ps THANK YOU! i will be forever grateful.... =)

Go to system32 and sort the files by size, u will ...

2010-01-20T14:23:39.593Z

Go to system32 and sort the files by size, u will find it easily as it is big in size, was 4mb for me. anyway this app caused me black screen of death in windows 7 and it took me 2 hours to realize how to delete it.

I currently have spector 6.0 installed on my compu...

2009-10-19T03:30:30.053+01:00

I currently have spector 6.0 installed on my computer; i have followed Jamie's instructions and accesssed the registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ ShellServiceObjectDelayLoad
there I have found these registries:
Ansarzip
CDBurn
PostBootReminder
SysTray
WebCheck
WPDShServiceObj
I have yet to delete any of these files because I have absolutely no idea which one could possibly be Spector's resistry. I am quite afraid that i may delete something that is neccessary for my computer to function. I would greatly appriciate it if someone were to tell me which file to delete so that I may finally rid my computer of this accursed Spector 6.0.

Jamie is right. The download link worked. Thanks J...

2009-09-26T06:04:29.529+01:00

Jamie is right. The download link worked. Thanks Jamie

I need Spector Pro v4. Had it stored on a server t...

2009-08-17T23:22:16.910+01:00

I need Spector Pro v4.
Had it stored on a server that went south and the backup is corrupt.
I bought and paid for 4 licenses and have the valid serial number etc.
Just need the app.
Can you help?
emp@coastalprint.com

The link to download the automated removal tool ha...

2009-06-09T13:27:52.729+01:00

The link to download the automated removal tool has been updated, it works now.

"What processes does Spector run" Spect...

2009-06-09T12:18:36.866+01:00

"What processes does Spector run"

Spector Pro hides itself in the task list, so you won't see it there at all.

I too, would like the link. My computer is infecte...

2009-06-08T22:53:59.468+01:00

I too, would like the link. My computer is infected with this from my parents, and I would like to know how to remove it without hurting my registry.

I was easily able to find the .exe file under C:/WINDOWS/system32 and delete it.

What processes does Spector run in

-CTRL+ALT+DELETE/Processes?

Thanks a lot for this! It's helpful!

I would love to get a copy of the removal tool as ...

2009-06-01T19:17:34.796+01:00

I would love to get a copy of the removal tool as well.

Seems it has found it's way onto my wife's laptop without her or my knowledge. I followed the guide, seem ot have gotten some of it out of there, but would like to see if I have missed anything.

Thanks!

Tim

Crap. That server went offline a month ago, it's u...

2009-05-13T17:54:00.000+01:00

Crap. That server went offline a month ago, it's unplugged and sitting in my basement. I will try to get it online again or at least pull a copy down in the next few days. Email me directly if you don't hear back soon on this post, but I can't think where else I have a copy.

Unfortunately, the link to the removal tool is now...

2009-05-13T17:52:00.000+01:00

Unfortunately, the link to the removal tool is now a 404. Can we please have a repost? Thanks so much!

I bought Spector Pro 5 with eBlaster in 2004 and i...

2009-04-16T21:20:00.000+01:00

I bought Spector Pro 5 with eBlaster in 2004 and it worked okay - we only needed it for a couple of years - and spent about $180. I had to download them, and they came with no manual or documentation. Just receipts in my email.

Just after a year, I had some trouble with accessing Spector Pro, and customer service could not have been more rude. Furthermore, they wouldn't answer my question unless I bought the latest version...with no price break! $99.95 would be the cost, and I had only owned it a little more than a year.

And they wouldn't tell me how to uninstall, of course...nothing, unless I upgraded. I couldn't access it, so I couldn't uninstall it and I couldn't use it. And they were SO rude.

Now the PC is old and I need to get some files off before I format the hard drive. But it's at a standstill...always at 100%. I've removed everything I can, but it still has those two apps running. I need to remove them so that it won't take me weeks to copy some documents.

Thank you so much for this information! I hope that SpectorSoft Corp. is suffering. Customer service and technical support are rock bottom.

I installed Spector Pro 6.0 as I thought I would b...

2009-02-24T14:37:00.000Z

I installed Spector Pro 6.0 as I thought I would be getting some nifty network spying tools to see what was coming in to and going out of my system.

It did not perform as expected, and this was one of a few sites I visited which provided instructions that were completely ineffective in removing this garbage.

It's one thing to mask software from prying eyes, but to prevent an Administrator from uninstalling it? That's just gross negligence.

So, I found that the best way to remove it from your computer, assuming that the suggestions here did not work, is to reformat the partition on which Windows resides.

This appears to be the only sure-fire way of removing this pig, unless you keep really good logs of what was installed or uninstalled.

I figured this was a good chance to perform a clean XP+SP3 install anyway, and tweak the heck out of it.

To complete my comment trilogy, I followed Morgrum...

2009-02-07T19:51:00.000Z

To complete my comment trilogy, I followed Morgrum's comment and found the key-thingy that seemed suspicious, and delete it along with the recreated file-thingy in My Computer according to my first comment's method. When I restarted my computer now, the Logon dialogue box didn't reappear, and when I checked the register and My Computer, the two I deleted failed to reappear. And as for the values with suspicious names, in the registry, every time I saw a name it was 8 letters, could be pronounced (not like xlmp8a2z), and didn't seem to stand for anything. And if looking for the thingy (I don't know much of this computer-jargon) in the C:/Windows/System32, looking for the large file size of 6400'ish when organized by "Type" and "Groups" was a lot easier for me than figuring out what to do with the LCSID-thinger.

Thanks, I wouldn't have been able to get rid of Spector without this blog.

Same anonymous here as the last poster. Apparentl...

2009-02-07T17:51:00.000Z

Same anonymous here as the last poster. Apparently, my method did no good, as after I restarted, Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S worked again. It was still really obvious finding the file again and deleting it (only took 3 seconds this time), though it's no doubt gonna recreate itself the next time I restart. I'm gonna have to find a way to kill whatever is recreating it...

I spent two days trying to figure out how to get r...

2009-02-07T04:16:00.000Z

I spent two days trying to figure out how to get rid of Spector Pro. All sorts of guides, hotkey program so that Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S would open something else, and even System Restore, wiping out lots of valuable data on my computer (yet sadly, Spector Pro survived that.)

I spent hours trying to do what the original post said, even wikied some information on how registeries worked; though I gaved up when I couldn't figure out how to expand the LSID code thingy. The post by an Anonymous on February 6th, 2009 (not me, before me), helped me out the most, along with Jesse's post recommended by it. The "search for anything without Microsoft" bit is what ultimately helped me find it. Here's what I, a tiny man with little computer experience on Windows XP, had to do:

1) Go to My Computer, "C" drive, WINDOWS, then system32.
2) Right click. On View, choose 'Details'. On Arrange Icons By, choose 'Type' and 'Show In Groups'.
3) Go to the part with the bold heading "Applications."
4) Keep scrolling for a file at 6,400 KB or possibly more (depending on whether SpectorPro is updated in the future to become larger.) The comma makes it stand out. Also, the file will have a blue-white tile icon, so as not to stand out and stay hidden. If you find a large file size you suspect is Spector Pro, try opening it. If it asks for a password (like Jesse said), it's the one you'll want to delete.

Though actually, when I was searching for the file, I was actually looking through each of the file's individually for the Company name, and if it wasn't Microsoft (following Anonymous's advice to the best I could, as I didn't know how to filter results by Company name), I'd try to open it. When I finally found the file that was Spector, I realized its large file size compared to everything else, wishing I had known the size to search for, which may have saved me a few hours.

Unlike file name, company name, or the icon, file size isn't superficial, but an actual attribute of what the file is. Even if in the future Spector changes one of the superficial properties of the file to be hidden further, the file size will either stay obviously large or get even more obvious to notice. Arranging the icons by Size may also be a good idea.

Now that I try Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S, and see that no password dialogue box appears, I am soooo relieved! I just wish I had found this guide before I tested system restore, losing all the photos, art, and downloads I had added onto this computer...

I did what Jesse did, worked ! Thanks. I was lucky...

2009-02-06T14:43:00.000Z

I did what Jesse did, worked ! Thanks. I was lucky that the .exe file started with a "b", so did not take me that long. To speed up the process, in explorer you make the name of company that made the software appear, lots of "microsoft", files which I skipped. Can hardly imagine Spector would go that far to name their software as made by MS.

After catching my teenage daughter doing everythin...

2009-01-27T19:32:00.000Z

After catching my teenage daughter doing everything she was told not to do, on the computer, I decided to install this type of software in the event that I ever give her the chance to use my computer again. Because of your posts on how to get rid of it, it must be a pretty good one. Thanks for the help.

Pretty sure I have this blasted thing on my comput...

2009-01-10T21:06:00.000Z

Pretty sure I have this blasted thing on my computer, I'm not very good with comps, if anyone would care to help me babystep through this it would be greatly appreciated.

Hi everyone,

Thanks for the useful info abo...

2008-10-16T12:48:00.000+01:00

Hi everyone,

Thanks for the useful info about Spector. I'm in the process of rooting it out of my system. One thing I would like to know is when it was installed on my pc, whether information was sent out and if information was sent, where it did go to. Any suggestions on how to find that out?