What is Golden Eye Keylogger?

Golden Eye Keylogger is a thief breaking into your computer. This malicious application can monitor all the keyboard and mouse inputs of a user. The biggest threat of such malware is that it can steal your passwords, usernames, bank account number, social security number, PIN, and other sensitive and financial information. This data could be shared with third-party companies and misused to generate revenue, it can also cause identity theft.

It’s pretty hard to detect keylogger as it runs in the background of your PC, still you need to remove Golden Eye Keylogger. Monitor your computer’s behavior. If there are bad or slow computer performance, strange typing delays, new system tray icons or desktop, excessive network activity – then your computer is infected, so that you need to use this instruction.

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How Golden Eye Keylogger gets on your PC?

Golden Eye Keylogger is usually accompanied with other free software that you download from the internet. It’s pretty much frequent that the user himself allowed this malware on their computer. But some applications do not appropriately disclose that some other software will also be installed. That’s the most common case of getting Golden Eye Keylogger on your computer. Next time try to be more careful and always choose the option of advanced or custom install.

How How to protect your PC from Keyloggers?

You can protect your computer from getting infected by using some anti-virus applications, for example SpyShelter. This program designed exclusively for protecting your PC from Keyloggers like Golden Eye Keylogger. This Anti-Keylogger trays behavior of all currently working programs and actions on the computer, that’s what preventing any action that malware tries to make. One of the best features of SpyShelter, besides guaranteed protection from malware, is that it’s fast algorithm processing does not affect your computer’s efficiency.

How to remove Golden Eye Keylogger from your computer?

To uninstall Golden Eye Keylogger remove it from Control Panel, then delete all files and registry keys.

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You can try both of these products to remove Golden Eye Keylogger- can clean up leftover items after removal.

Or uninstall Golden Eye Keylogger manually.

Removing from Control Panel

Windows XP:

  1. Click Start.
  2. Control Panel.
  3. Then click Add or Remove Programs.
  4. Find Golden Eye Keylogger.
  5. Click Uninstall.

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows XP.

Windows 7/Windows Vista:

  1. Click Start.
  2. Then Control Panel.
  3. Click Uninstall a Program.
  4. Find Golden Eye Keylogger and click Uninstall.

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 7.

Windows 8/Windows 8.1:

  1. Open the Menu.
  2. Click Search.
  3. After that click Apps.
  4. Then Control Panel.
  5. Then as in Windows 7, click Uninstall a Program under Programs.
  6. Find Golden Eye Keylogger, select it and click Uninstall.

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 8 (8.1).

Windows 10:

  1. Click on the Start button (or press the Windows key) to open the Start menu, click on the Settings at the top.
  2. Click on App & features on the left menu.
  3. On the right side, locate Golden Eye Keylogger and click it, then click on the Uninstall button.
  4. Click on Uninstall to confirm.

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 10

Note: If you can’t find required program, sort programs by date in Control panel and search for last installed programs.

Golden Eye Keylogger won’t uninstall

There are certain cases, when users cannot uninstall Golden Eye Keylogger normally, using standard Windows features in Control Panel. When users click Uninstall button they see message: “You do not have sufficient access to uninstall Golden Eye Keylogger. Please, contact your system administrator.” This happens because some process of Golden Eye Keylogger prevent attempts to uninstall it. In order to uninstall it, use Safe Mode:

For Windows XP, Vista, 7

  1. Turn off your computer;
  2. Turn it on and immediately start typing F8 button;
  3. This will open Advanced Boot Options menu;
  4. Choose Safe Mode with arrow buttons;
  5. In Safe Mode go to Control Panel and Uninstall a program and remove “Golden Eye Keylogger”.

For Windows 8/8.1 and 10

  1. Press the Win+R keys, type msconfig in box and press Enter;
  2. Switch to Boot tab, and click on Safe Boot check box;
  3. Choose the type of Safe Mode: Minimal or Network;
  4. Click OK and restart your PC;
  5. In Safe Mode go to Control Panel and Uninstall a program and remove “Golden Eye Keylogger”.

Remove following registry entries:


Key: CLSID\{C27CCE3F-8596-11D1-B16A-00C0F0283628}\InprocServer32
Data: %programfiles%\A8GSdsApp\MSCOMCTL.OCX
Key: CLSID\{C27CCE40-8596-11D1-B16A-00C0F0283628}\InprocServer32
Data: %programfiles%\A8GSdsApp\MSCOMCTL.OCX
Key: CLSID\{C27CCE41-8596-11D1-B16A-00C0F0283628}\InprocServer32
Data: %programfiles%\A8GSdsApp\MSCOMCTL.OCX
Key: CLSID\{C27CCE42-8596-11D1-B16A-00C0F0283628}\InprocServer32
Data: C:\Program Files\A8GSdsApp\MSCOMCTL.OCX
Key: TypeLib\{831FDD16-0C5C-11D2-A9FC-0000F8754DA1}\2.0\0\win32
Data: C:\Program Files\A8GSdsApp\MSCOMCTL.OCX
Key: CLSID\{27395F85-0C0C-101B-A3C9-08002B2F49FB}\InprocServer32
Data: C:\Program Files\A8GSdsApp\PICCLP32.OCX
Key: CLSID\{27395F85-0C0C-101B-A3C9-08002B2F49FB}\ToolboxBitmap32
Data: C:\Program Files\A8GSdsApp\PICCLP32.OCX, 1
Key: CLSID\{F1F6A820-2355-11CF-9D53-00AA003C9CB6}\InprocServer32
Data: C:\Program Files\A8GSdsApp\PICCLP32.OCX
Key: TypeLib\{27395F88-0C0C-101B-A3C9-08002B2F49FB}\1.1\0\win32
Data: C:\Program Files\A8GSdsApp\PICCLP32.OCX
Key: CLSID\{BDD1F04B-858B-11D1-B16A-00C0F0283628}\InprocServer32
Data: %programfiles%\golden eye\mscomctl.ocx
Key: TypeLib\{27395F88-0C0C-101B-A3C9-08002B2F49FB}\1.1\0\win32
Data: %programfiles%\golden eye\picclp32.ocx
Key: Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Value: A8GSdsApp
Data: %programfiles%\a8gsdsapp\agseiapp.exe
Key: TypeLib\{BDC217C8-ED16-11CD-956C-0000C04E4C0A}\1.1\0\win32
Data: %programfiles%\a8gsdsapp\tabctl32.ocx
Key: CLSID\{BDD1F04B-858B-11D1-B16A-00C0F0283628}\InprocServer32
Data: %programfiles%\a8gsdsapp\mscomctl.ocx
Key: CLSID\{BDD1F04B-858B-11D1-B16A-00C0F0283628}\ToolboxBitmap32
Data: %programfiles%\a8gsdsapp\mscomctl.ocx, 4
Key: CLSID\{C74190B6-8589-11D1-B16A-00C0F0283628}\InprocServer32
Data: %programfiles%\a8gsdsapp\mscomctl.ocx
Key: CLSID\{C74190B6-8589-11D1-B16A-00C0F0283628}\ToolboxBitmap32
Data: %programfiles%\a8gsdsapp\mscomctl.ocx, 2
Key: CLSID\{1EFB6596-857C-11D1-B16A-00C0F0283628}\InprocServer32
Data: %programfiles%\a8gsdsapp\mscomctl.ocx
Key: CLSID\{1EFB6596-857C-11D1-B16A-00C0F0283628}\ToolboxBitmap32
Data: %programfiles%\a8gsdsapp\mscomctl.ocx, 10
Key: CLSID\{66833FE6-8583-11D1-B16A-00C0F0283628}\InprocServer32
Data: %programfiles%\a8gsdsapp\mscomctl.ocx
Key: CLSID\{66833FE6-8583-11D1-B16A-00C0F0283628}\ToolboxBitmap32
Data: %programfiles%\a8gsdsapp\mscomctl.ocx, 12
Key: CLSID\{2C247F23-8591-11D1-B16A-00C0F0283628}\InprocServer32
Data: %programfiles%\a8gsdsapp\mscomctl.ocx
Key: CLSID\{2C247F23-8591-11D1-B16A-00C0F0283628}\ToolboxBitmap32
Data: %programfiles%\a8gsdsapp\mscomctl.ocx, 3
Key: TypeLib\{27395F88-0C0C-101B-A3C9-08002B2F49FB}\1.1\0\win32
Data: %programfiles%\a8gsdsapp\picclp32.ocx

Then remove following files:


agseiapp.exe
bmptojpg.dll
eye3.jpg
yahoo32.gif
rule2.gif
msm32.gif
keyboard.gif
ie.gif
icq32.gif
filefolder.gif
exefilepath.gif
computer.gif
clipboard.gif
bullet.gif
app.gif
aim32.gif
picclp32.ocx
msvb.dll
golden eye.lnk
goldneye.lnk
ge.dat
aim32.ico
app.ico
computer.ico
exefilepath.ico
filefolder.ico
icq32.ico
ie.ico
keyboard.ico
msm32.ico
screenshot.ico
yahoo32.ico
ge.url
goldeneyesetup301.exe
lhgsyfe
geforaffiliate.exe

And following folders


%appdata%\lhgsyfe\
%programfiles%\a8gsdsapp\
%programfiles%\a8gsdsapp\help\
%programfiles%\a8gsdsapp\output\
%programfiles%\a8gsdsapp\report\
%autostart% \golden eye\
%system%\sys52data\
%programfiles%\golden eye\report\
%programfiles%\golden eye\
%desktop%\geforaffiliate\

Information provided by: Alexey Abalmasov

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