ActivityX Custom Control Review : What is ActivityX Custom Control Spyware?


ActivityX Custom Control is another spyware, which comes under commercial monitoring software category with a danger rating of 7.5 out of 10 which basically means that it logs activity and is difficult to remove.

Such type of spyware monitor user activity and may be used with or without the consent of the user. Due to virtue of the fact that these spyware are commercially available, their detection isn’t so simple by regular anti-virus software. This tool is designed in such a manner that it lets applications access powerful facilities of windows journaling. Applications of this include, building simple CBT applications, recording scripts for application testing, automating repetitive tasks or using as an alternative to the sendKeys command, macro recording and playback abilities within an application. Recorded messages can be stored and played later.

There are various ways to detect the presence of this spyware on the computer as it is quite easily felt. These are primarily: If a PC starts working very slowly, the appearing of new desktop icons or changing of the home page automatically, annoying pop ups keep popping up, emails not written by you are sent through your email box.

Your PC might have got infected by this spyware because of downloading or installing freeware or shareware, using peer to peer software or visiting websites with objectionable content.

To remove this spyware unregister the DLLs listed below and reboot: activityx custom control.dll Once that is done, remove the following files: activityx custom control.dll, activityx custom, control.ocx, recdemo.frm, recdemo.mak.
Once you remove this spyware from your computer, be sure to increase the security measures in your operating system and monitor your internet practices!

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