Manual Removal Guide for ActivityKeylogger

The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "ActivityKeylogger" 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:

Activity Keylogger tracks the user's surfing and working behaviour. The log file that is created does also contain a list of all running processes. Activity Keylogger creates Autorun entries in the registry in order to be launched on each Windows startup. It records all keystrokes without user consent and thus makes it possible to spy on the user.

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 "Activity Keylogger.lnk" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Activity Keylogger\actik.exe".

Start Menu:

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

• Items named "Activity Keylogger Help.lnk" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Activity Keylogger\help.chm".
• Items named "Activity Keylogger.lnk" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Activity Keylogger\actik.exe".
• Items named "Uninstall Activity Keylogger.lnk" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Activity Keylogger\unins000.exe".

Autorun:

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

• Entries named "Activity" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Activity Keylogger\actik.exe".

Files:

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

• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Activity Keylogger\actik.exe".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Activity Keylogger\black.lis".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Activity Keylogger\emailftp.ini".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Activity Keylogger\forbidprog.lis".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Activity Keylogger\forbidsite.lis".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Activity Keylogger\help.chm".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Activity Keylogger\hidden.dll".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Activity Keylogger\License.txt".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Activity Keylogger\readme.txt".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Activity Keylogger\systemlog.txt".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Activity Keylogger\unins000.dat".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Activity Keylogger\unins000.exe".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Activity Keylogger\warning.txt".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Activity Keylogger\white.lis".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Activity Keylogger\Log\null.htm".
• The file at "<$WINDIR>\aksettings.ini".
• The file at "<$WINDIR>\chatlogs.dll".

Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If ActivityKeylogger 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 "<$PROGRAMS>\Activity Keylogger".
• The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Activity Keylogger".
• The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Activity Keylogger\Log\icons".
• The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Activity Keylogger\Log".

Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If ActivityKeylogger 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!

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

Registry:

You can use regedit.exe (included in Windows) to locate and delete these registry entries.

• Delete the registry key "Activity Keylogger" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\".

If ActivityKeylogger uses rootkit technologies, use our RegAlyzer, RootAlyzer or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins.

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.