Manual Removal Guide for Winsession Logger

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

Winsession Logger is a hidden Program that records all keystrokes. Additionally it makes screenshots of the programs that are used and so the user is completely observed.​

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 "WS Logger.lnk" and pointing to "C:\Program Files\Wlogs\*.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 "Purchase WinSession Logger now!.lnk" and pointing to "C:\Program Files\Wlogs\buy_WinSession.url".
• Items named "Readme File.lnk" and pointing to "C:\Program Files\Wlogs\*.txt".
• Items named "Uninstall WinSession Logger.lnk" and pointing to "C:\Program Files\Wlogs\unins000.exe".
• Items named "WinSession Logger HELP.lnk" and pointing to "C:\Program Files\Wlogs\*.hlp".
• Items named "WinSession Logger.lnk" and pointing to "C:\Program Files\Wlogs\*.exe".

Autorun:

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

• Entries named "xbtl" and pointing to "<$SYSDIR>\bootldr.exe".
• Entries named "btl" and pointing to "<$SYSDIR>\bootldr.exe".

Installed Software List:

You can try to uninstall products with the names listed below; for items identified by other properties or to avoid malware getting active again on uninstallation, use Spybot-S&D or RunAlyzer to locate and get rid of these entries.

• Products that have a key or property named "WinSession Logger_is1".

Files:

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

• The file at "<$WINDIR>\yourWarning.txt".
• The file at "<$SYSDIR>\bootldr.exe".
• The file at "<$SYSDIR>\delservicew.exe".
• The file at "<$SYSDIR>\exwin32m.exe".
• The file at "<$SYSDIR>\Nxkernel32.dll".
• The file at "<$SYSDIR>\svchost .exe".
• The file at "<$SYSDIR>\svclsv.exe".
• The file at "C:\Program Files\Wlogs\buy_WinSession.url".
• The file at "C:\Program Files\Wlogs\install.exe".
• The file at "C:\Program Files\Wlogs\new_svc.exe".
• The file at "C:\Program Files\Wlogs\state mail.txt".
• The file at "C:\Program Files\Wlogs\unins000.dat".
• A file with an unknown location named "delservicew.exe".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMS>\WinSession Logger\Purchase WinSession Logger now!.lnk".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMS>\WinSession Logger\Readme File.lnk".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMS>\WinSession Logger\Uninstall WinSession Logger.lnk".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMS>\WinSession Logger\WinSession Logger HELP.lnk".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMS>\WinSession Logger\WinSession Logger.lnk".
• The file at "<$SYSDIR>\abc.exe".
• The file at "<$SYSDIR>\bootldr.exe".
• The file at "<$SYSDIR>\conwxrl.bin".
• The file at "<$SYSDIR>\delservicew.exe".
• The file at "<$SYSDIR>\digiwin.dll".
• The file at "<$SYSDIR>\exwin32m.exe".
• The file at "<$SYSDIR>\Nxkernel32.dll".
• The file at "<$SYSDIR>\svclsv.exe".

Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Winsession Logger 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 "C:\Program Files\Wlogs".
• The directory at "c:\Program Files\WSLogger\data".
• The directory at "<$PROGRAMS>\WinSession Logger".

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

Registry:

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

• Delete the registry key "Mcap4_software" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\".
• Delete the registry key "{EBT9L2DB0-B607-11d2-9CBD-0000F87A369E}" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\".

If Winsession Logger 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.