Is monitor.exe in ZoneAlarm directory a keylogger?

Is monitor.exe in ZoneAlarm directory a keylogger?
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Is monitor.exe in ZoneAlarm directory a keylogger? Jim Blanton 05-27-2007
Posted by Jim Blanton on May 27, 2007, 2:34 pm
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Group,

Last week, I did a complete re-install of XP/SP2 beginning from an
fdisk and format. Then I installed the latest complete updates from
the MS-update website. I also updated my ZoneAlarm security
suite(with anit-virus and anti-spy) from the ZoneLab site.

When I was looking at WinXPs' task monitor, I saw an application named
monitor.exe that had accumulated over 30 seconds CPU time during the
day. I did a search and found it was located in this directory

C:\WINDOWS\system32\ZoneLabs\avsys\monitor.exe

On occasion, I also run an application by Systweak, Inc. called
Advanced System Optimizer(ASO). I decided to run the spy checker. It
identified monitor.exe as a high-danger keylogger.

Spending several hours trying different spy sweepers, nothing else
identified this file as a keylogger, only ASO.

Does anyone know if this file monitor.exe is safe?

Was the ASO alert a "false positive?"

Thanks in advance,

Jim

Posted by jen on May 27, 2007, 3:57 pm
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> Group,
>
> Last week, I did a complete re-install of XP/SP2 beginning from an
> fdisk and format. Then I installed the latest complete updates from
> the MS-update website. I also updated my ZoneAlarm security
> suite(with anit-virus and anti-spy) from the ZoneLab site.
>
> When I was looking at WinXPs' task monitor, I saw an application named
> monitor.exe that had accumulated over 30 seconds CPU time during the
> day. I did a search and found it was located in this directory
>
> C:\WINDOWS\system32\ZoneLabs\avsys\monitor.exe
>
> On occasion, I also run an application by Systweak, Inc. called
> Advanced System Optimizer(ASO). I decided to run the spy checker. It
> identified monitor.exe as a high-danger keylogger.
>
> Spending several hours trying different spy sweepers, nothing else
> identified this file as a keylogger, only ASO.
>
> Does anyone know if this file monitor.exe is safe?
>
> Was the ASO alert a "false positive?"

monitor.exe is part of the Kaspersky AV in the suite(I would say it is a
false positive):
http://forums.zonealarm.com/zonelabs/search?submitted=true&q=monitor.exe

-jen



Posted by Jim Blanton on May 28, 2007, 11:11 am
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>> Group,
>>
>> Last week, I did a complete re-install of XP/SP2 beginning from an
>> fdisk and format. Then I installed the latest complete updates from
>> the MS-update website. I also updated my ZoneAlarm security
>> suite(with anit-virus and anti-spy) from the ZoneLab site.
>>
>> When I was looking at WinXPs' task monitor, I saw an application named
>> monitor.exe that had accumulated over 30 seconds CPU time during the
>> day. I did a search and found it was located in this directory
>>
>> C:\WINDOWS\system32\ZoneLabs\avsys\monitor.exe
>>
>> On occasion, I also run an application by Systweak, Inc. called
>> Advanced System Optimizer(ASO). I decided to run the spy checker. It
>> identified monitor.exe as a high-danger keylogger.
>>
>> Spending several hours trying different spy sweepers, nothing else
>> identified this file as a keylogger, only ASO.
>>
>> Does anyone know if this file monitor.exe is safe?
>>
>> Was the ASO alert a "false positive?"
>
>monitor.exe is part of the Kaspersky AV in the suite(I would say it is a
>false positive):
>http://forums.zonealarm.com/zonelabs/search?submitted=true&q=monitor.exe
>
>-jen
>

Jen,

Thank you!

Jim

Posted by jen on May 28, 2007, 2:26 pm
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>>> When I was looking at WinXPs' task monitor, I saw an application
>>> named
>>> monitor.exe that had accumulated over 30 seconds CPU time during the
>>> day. I did a search and found it was located in this directory
>>> C:\WINDOWS\system32\ZoneLabs\avsys\monitor.exe
>>> On occasion, I also run an application by Systweak, Inc. called
>>> Advanced System Optimizer(ASO). I decided to run the spy checker.
>>> It
>>> identified monitor.exe as a high-danger keylogger.
>>> Spending several hours trying different spy sweepers, nothing else
>>> identified this file as a keylogger, only ASO.
>>> Does anyone know if this file monitor.exe is safe?
>>> Was the ASO alert a "false positive?"
>>monitor.exe is part of the Kaspersky AV in the suite(I would say it is
>>a
>>false positive):
>>http://forums.zonealarm.com/zonelabs/search?submitted=true&q=monitor.exe
> Jen,
> Thank you!

You're most welcome Jim :)

-jen



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