Ways to control/monitor someone's computer?

[The Raven]

I've been trying to find a way to monitor someone's laptop for a while now. Then dropped the idea, but now I have actual access from time to time when I visit this person. The only thing though is I can pretty much only do it when they are in the shower or a bathroom break. So it has to be something I can install quickly AND ALSO something undetectable for a long time. Well, not really a long time, just need to view some passwords and the like. But it'd be cool if I could have it secretly on their laptop for months.

The methods I prefer are keyloggers or trojan programs. Though keyloggers I've been frustrated with. I used Ardamax but I am confused as to how I can have it sent to my email. It kept saying this error; and also how would I get a log viewer?

Then there's Goldeneye, but it's only when people log on YOUR laptop. Still, I could risk installing it and then when they have A SECOND bathroom break or other random leave, I can quickly look up what they logged into.

Lastly, I'm interested in this whole "master/slave" program thing. How does this work exactly? From my basic understanding, one installs the "slave" on a foreign computer and then the "master" can connect to it from afar and control/install/download/view everything.
My only question is, does the master/slave relationship need to be in the same network? This person lives in another campus, as in an entirely different college, several miles away from my own campus. So we have different networks and all. Would that still work?

At any rate, basically, what are good keyloggers and programs to monitor/control another laptop from afar?


EDIT: Forget the keylogger thing, becuase I looked at the tutorial. So basically just monitoring/controlling programs would be nice.

[spunone69]

Look for a program called "Poison Ivy"....

[The Raven]

Anyone else. . ?

I'm preferably interested now in the whole master/slave thing, whatever it's called.

[Syphilis]

I haven't used it for a while, but the Beast trojan is quite good (but old.) You may need to fiddle around with it a bit to get it undetectable by AV software, or first disable the AV software before installing it.

[Misanthropy]

Back Orifice was pretty good for a while (BO2K) but it sets off klaxons from a mile around when your AV sniffs it on a local host.

There are legit programs like Radmin & VNC.

Many of the legit keylogger/monitoring programs aren't keyed into the anti virus/malware dictionaries IIRC.

So, I'd start there..

[spunone69]

Poison Ivy works great, but you have to set an "exception" in the AV software so it can open the right ports to work.

[Misanthropy]

Originally Posted by spunone69

Poison Ivy works great, but you have to set an "exception" in the AV software so it can open the right ports to work.

Doesn't it show as a somewhat questionable process running? Also, doesn't that look a little funny when looking at the AV & anti malware exceptions?

[`sIn]

There are ways of making your bot/trojan fud (fully undetected) including hex editing or buying a crypter. What do you need from the machine? Screenshots or videos? Keylogged IM conversations? A good starting point for someone new would be poison ivy.

[Syphilis]

In regard to Ardamax, if you choose to use it you may want to set it up to send the logs to an FTP server as per the guide in this forum. It's extremely easy.

[Paranoid Ecstasy]

Look into keyloggers and R.A.T.s.

We have a very nice keylogging tutorial here on BS.

Keylogger tut