Samsung Spyware Investigation
Bailey & Galyen is investigating the claim that Samsung Electronics has been unlawfully including spyware on laptop computers that it sells. New Samsung laptop computers have been reported to come with Starlogger software that monitors keystrokes and captures screen shots at predetermined intervals. Both the keystrokes and screen shots can be secretly emailed to designated addresses, which could allow Samsung to spy on its own customers.
One report states that you can determine whether you have Starlogger on your Samsung computer by looking for its Registry key, which is used to load it when Windows is started. To see if this has occurred, open a command prompt and type Run Regedit. Then go to the Menu bar, select Edit then Find. You want to search for winsl, without the quotes. If it’s installed you should see a Registry key that looks like this:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEsoftwaremicrosoftwindowscurrentversionrunwinsl
If you would like to discuss your rights and interests, or have information relating to this investigation, please contact us at Bailey & Galyen’s Houston office at (281) 335-7744.