It helps users become free of porn addiction by monitoring your screen and sending a report to a trusted ally who analyzes your online activity. If a C:\Users\Public\MicTray.log file exists on the hard drive, it should also be deleted immediately, as it can contain a lot of sensitive information such as login-information and passwords.īe careful while you’re in System32 and don’t delete anything else.Covenant Eyes is a legitimate piece of software that offers a range of features, mainly designed to prevent people from watching adult content. However, the special function keys on the keyboards might no longer work as expected. We recommend that you delete or rename the executable files so that no keystrokes are recorded anymore. Modzero gives a method:Īll users of HP computers should check whether the program C:\Windows\System32\MicTray64.exe or C:\Windows\System32\MicTray.exe is installed. It may cause issues with your laptop’s microphone, but that’s better than having your private data stolen. MicTray64 is the Windows process from Conexant. For now, Modzero says that deleting the MicTray64.exe should solve the Conexant keylogger issue until an official security patch is released. Ping /1q3eULocIOĪdditionally, an anonymous security researcher contacted ZDNet and confirmed the advisory. Ugh! Upgraded to latest HP / Conexant audio driver, and it started to log every key I pressed. A snippet of the keylogger’s hexadecimal code was posted on Twitter: You can visit Modzero’s security advisory for the full list of affected laptops and versions of Windows. They tried to reach for security folks at HP Inc. : Received some notes from HPE after sending technical information.Informed HPE about releasing the advisory on Monday 8th of May in case we don’t get any feedback on our report. : Sent technical information to HPE security contact.
If the log file doesn’t exist, the audio driver’s API can let malware capture the keystrokes instead. The keystrokes are logged into an unencrypted log file which is stored in the user’s home directory.
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