The Microsoft Malware Protection Center (MMPC) helps to keep Windows customers in control of their computing experience, information, and privacy. We use objective criteria to help protect customers against malware and unwanted software. This means helping to protect you against monitoring software that maliciously collects and provides unauthorized access to your private data.
We are aware of social engineering campaigns that target users in Eastern Europe and Brazil using monitoring software. The technique that we have observed involves both:
Concealing monitoring tools inside application or games available for download from file-sharing websites.
Collecting private data using email accounts or ftp servers, once the bundled application has been opened.
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