Spyware.Ssppyy

Behavior

Spyware.Ssppyy monitors and records activity on your computer, such as email sent and received, Web sites visited, instant messaging communication, passwords, files, and keystrokes. Periodically, the spyware sends an email to a predefined email address, which contains the logged information.

Symptoms

Your Symantec program detects files as Spyware.Ssppyy.

Transmission

Spyware.Ssppyy may arrive as an email greeting card. When you receive the email, Spyware.Ssppyy will silently install itself on your computer.

Protection

• Initial Rapid Release version May 6, 2004
• Latest Rapid Release version March 5, 2009 revision 040
• Initial Daily Certified version May 6, 2004
• Latest Daily Certified version March 5, 2009 revision 050
• Initial Weekly Certified release date May 12, 2004

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