Re: Google Earth and SpyWare?

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James wrote: 
James wrote:

R. McCarty wrote:

How do you know that it was Google Earth that installed it ?

I'm using 3.0.0464 and none of my Security tools have found
or indicated a keylogger is installed. Are you running the Free
version of Google Earth or one of the paid versions. Are you
sure the AB System was really on the PC - many of these tools
will sometimes give you a "False Positive" result.

"James" <leushinonospam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:OVatywOnFHA.2472@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Yesterday I installed Google Earth (beta) on my computer. This morning I ran CounterSpy and low and behold it discovered a commercial keylogger (AB System) placed there by Google Earth. At first I quarantined it but then I decided to remove it. My anti-spyware rated it a serious threat. Does anyone have any information on this? I've tried getting answers from CounterSpy but so far no success. 





Oh... and as a second thought:

My wife also installed this free version of Google Earth on her computer... ran the same scan this morning and got the same results: AB System Keylogger... serious threat. We quarantined it and Google Earth would no longer work on her computer as well. As soon as we ran a "Repair" on Google Earth, the keylogger was replaced and the program ran perfectly. So... what is the real story here? 


Latest report:
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Hi James,

We looked into that, and this is a false positive.
We will fix it ASAP!

The CounterSpy Team 
Spyware Scan Details
Start Date: 8/9/2005 9:10:12 AM
End Date: 8/9/2005 9:12:20 AM
Total Time: 2 mins 8 secs

Detected spyware

AB System Spy Commercial Key Logger more information...
Details: It takes screenshots, Stealth Tactics, Logs keystrokes, Sends mail, Stays Resident, Connects to the internet
Status: Deleted
Elevated spyware - Elevated threats are usually threats that fall into the range of adware in which data about a user's habits are tracked and sent back to a server for analysis without your consent or knowledge.

Infected files detected
C:\Program Files\Google\Google Earth\ijl15.dll


Detected Spyware Cookies
No spyware cookies were found during this scan.
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