Take Note!! Built-In Keyloggers Discovered In Several HP Laptop Models

Do you have Hewlett-Packard (HP) laptop? If Yes, then simply stop whatever you are doing on your PC right now. This may sound pretty odd and peculiar as recently, built-in keylogger discovered in several HP laptop models.

Beware! Built-In Keylogger Discovered In Several HP Laptop Models

Brands tend to make life as easy as possible for users, giving them functionality that often has hidden dangers.

HP, a well-known brand of computers, now has a new problem at hand. It has been discovered that the audio driver of your machines has a keylogger installed and the collected data can be easily stolen.

The discovery of this new situation was made by the security company Modzero, which detected on HP computers a running application that registered all the keys that the user used.

After analyzing the MicTray64.exe process, which accompanies the Conexant audio driver, it has discovered that in addition to the key logs, these keys are saved in full view.

The list of equipment is extensive, being affected more than 28 computers. A list of this equipment can be found below.
 

1. HP EliteBook 820 G3 Notebook PC
2. HP EliteBook 828 G3 Notebook PC
3. HP EliteBook 840 G3 Notebook PC
4. HP EliteBook 848 G3 Notebook PC
5. HP EliteBook 850 G3 Notebook PC
6. HP ProBook 640 G2 Notebook PC
7. HP ProBook 650 G2 Notebook PC
8. HP ProBook 645 G2 Notebook PC
9. HP ProBook 655 G2 Notebook PC
10. HP ProBook 450 G3 Notebook PC
11. HP ProBook 430 G3 Notebook PC
12. HP ProBook 440 G3 Notebook PC
13. HP ProBook 446 G3 Notebook PC
14. HP ProBook 470 G3 Notebook PC
15. HP ProBook 455 G3 Notebook PC
16. HP EliteBook 725 G3 Notebook PC
17. HP EliteBook 745 G3 Notebook PC
18. HP EliteBook 755 G3 Notebook PC
19. HP EliteBook 1030 G1 Notebook PC
20. HP ZBook 15u G3 Mobile Workstation
21. HP Elite x2 1012 G1 Tablet
22. HP Elite x2 1012 G1 with Travel Keyboard
23. HP Elite x2 1012 G1 Advanced Keyboard
24. HP EliteBook Folio 1040 G3 Notebook PC
25. HP ZBook 17 G3 Mobile Workstation
26. HP ZBook 15 G3 Mobile Workstation
27. HP ZBook Studio G3 Mobile Workstation
28. HP EliteBook Folio G1 Notebook PC

The HP Keylogger

This keylogger is present in an audio driver that comes with HP computers and is intended to detect if one of the keys associated with audio control has been clicked. It would not be a problem if these logs were not being saved to a file easily accessible in Windows.

Malware created to exploit this vulnerability could quickly access user-entered data, including access data to any service and its passwords.

How to detect and remove the HP keylogger?

The simplest way to detect whether the keylogger is active on your HP computer is by detecting the presence of one of the following applications in Windows

C: \ Windows \ System32 \ MicTray64.exe
C: \ Windows \ System32 \ MicTray.exe

If one of them is present, you must remove it or rename it so that it is not executed and the data is not collected.

HP is already working to resolve this issue, and will soon be releasing an update to fix it. Interestingly, the previous version of this driver, dated 2015, did not have this application present.