Manual Removal Guide for RevealerKeylogger

The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "RevealerKeylogger" manually.
Use this guide at your own risk; software should usually be better suited to remove malware, since it is able to look deeper.

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Threat Details:

Categories:

• keylogger

Description:

RevealerKeylogger tracks the user's surfing and working behaviour. It records all keystrokes without user consent and thus makes it possible to spy on the user. RevealerKeylogger creates autorun entries in the registry in order to be launched on each Windows startup. RevealerKeylogger creates a log file of all recorded information using the format "RevealerLog********" where the asterisks are the date of the day of creating the file.

Supposed Functionality:

Quote from the author:"Revealer Keylogger's powerful log engine handles any language on any keyboard. It records anything, even passwords behind asterisks and conversations in common instant messengers. Revealer Keylogger's powerful log engine handles any language on any keyboard."

Removal Instructions:

Desktop:

Please remove the following files from your desktop.
To check where they are pointing to, right-click them and choose "Properties" from the context menu appearing.

• Shortcuts named "Revealer Keylogger Free.lnk" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\RKFree\rkfree.exe".

Autorun:

Please use Spybot-S&D, RunAlyzer or msconfig.exe to remove the following autorun entries.

• Entries named "rkfree" and pointing to "*.exe*".

Files:

Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.

• The file at "<$COMMONAPPDATA>\rkfree\maps\407".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\RKFree\rkfree.exe".

Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If RevealerKeylogger uses rootkit technologies, use our RootAlyzer or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins.
You will have to use a global search for files without a name specified. Be extra careful, because just the name might not be enough to identify files!

Important: There are more files that cannot be safely described in simple words. Please use Spybot-S&D to remove them.

Folders:

Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these folders.

• The directory at "<$COMMONAPPDATA>\rkfree".
• The directory at "<$COMMONAPPDATA>\rkfree\data".
• The directory at "<$COMMONAPPDATA>\rkfree\data\Tester".
• The directory at "<$COMMONAPPDATA>\rkfree\maps".
• The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\RKFree".

Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If RevealerKeylogger uses rootkit technologies, use our RootAlyzer or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins.
You will have to use a global search for files without a name specified. Be extra careful, because just the name might not be enough to identify folders!

Final Words:

If neither Spybot-S&D nor self help did resolve the issue or you would prefer one on one help,

1. Please read these instructions before requesting assistance,
2. Then start your own thread in the Malware Removal Forum where a volunteer analyst will advise you as soon as available.