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Author: Eric Cope
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Subject: Re: Kaseya Agents & You
do you know any other products that ship with it?

On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 7:06 AM, Lisa Kachold <>wrote:

> It can be used for malicious reasons.
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> It is currently being used by NSA and government surveillance of citizens
> of interest, or it can be used for technical support purposes.
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> It is currently being delivered for Linux Chrome.
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> On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 7:02 AM, Stephen <> wrote:
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>> so is it a weakness in the client that someone can break into, or is
>> it a heathy paranoia of such clients exiting with a managed company
>> that you may or may not trust?
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>> On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 6:59 AM, Lisa Kachold <>
>> wrote:
>> > This agent allows a remote party to completely control or watch
>> everything
>> > done on the desktop on various systems using a Firefox or script plugin.
>> > It's similar to LivePerson cookies but much more powerful.
>> >
>> > On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 6:57 AM, Stephen <> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> here is a question from me, you have a weath of information on how to
>> >> remove it, but no links as to why?
>> >>
>> >> this is the first time i have seen this product so i have heard very
>> >> little one way or another.
>> >>
>> >> if you have links as to why its a bad application to have then i would
>> >> like to hear it/see it.
>> >>
>> >> On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 7:54 PM, Lisa Kachold <
>> >
>> >> wrote:
>> >> > Kaseya:
>> >> >
>> >> > Sometimes a Free Tool, Sometimes a convenient Hack, Sometimes a
>> >> > Government
>> >> > Surveillance Tool?
>> >> >
>> >> > How to Remove a Kaseya Agent:
>> >> >
>> >> > 1) Windows Hidden Type:
>> >> > "%programfiles%\InstallShield Installation
>> >> > Information\{48C76121-4F90-11D5-9884-0050BA85A903}\Setup.exe"
>> UNINSTALL
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > 2) OS X:
>> >> >
>> >> > 1. Download the file KaseyaUninstall.pkg.zip file from here, and copy
>> it
>> >> > onto the Mac.
>> >> >
>> >> > 2. Expand the ZIP archive.
>> >> >
>> >> > 3. Run KaseyaUninstall.pkg installer and choose to Install to the
>> >> > Macintosh
>> >> > Harddrive. Although this appears to be installing a product, it is
>> >> > actually
>> >> > running the uninstallation script for the Kaseya agent.
>> >> >
>> >> > 4. Log in with the user that installed the agent initially and delete
>> >> > the
>> >> > /var/tmp/kpid file. To do this launch Terminal and run the "rm -rf
>> >> > /var/tmp/kpid" command.
>> >> >
>> >> > 5. Remove the agent with root rights, i.e. in Terminal run the "sudo
>> rm
>> >> > -rf
>> >> > /var/tmp/kpid" command and then provide the root password
>> >> >
>> >> > 6. The Kaseya agent and associated files will be removed.
>> >> >
>> >> > WorkArounds:
>> >> >
>> >> > Chrome does not currently have an active Kaseya Agent plugin for OS X
>> or
>> >> > Linux Chrome:
>> >> > http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=chrome+kaseya+osx&aq=f
>> >> >
>> >> > References:
>> >> >
>> >> > http://www.kaseya.com/free/features.aspx
>> >> > http://www.kaseya.com/solutions/government.aspx
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> http://community.kaseya.com/ittoolkit/b/weblog/archive/2010/06/09/creative-ways-to-get-it-toolkit-installed-on-a-computer.aspx
>> >> >
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