PSA: Keylogger in Hewlett-Packard Audio Driver
A keylogger records when a key is pressed, when it is released, and whether any shift or special keys have been pressed. It is also recorded if, for example, a password is entered even if it is not displayed on the screen.
There is no evidence that this keylogger has been intentionally implemented. Obviously, it is a negligence of the developers - which makes the software no less harmful. If the developer would just disable all logging, using debug-logs only in the development environment, there wouldn’t be problems with the confidentiality of the data of any user.
I found MicTray64.exe in my HP EliteBook 840 G3. It’s barely 2 months old, running an up-to-date version of Windows 10 Pro. The prudent measure was to remove this file, as neither Conexant nor Hewlett-Packard hasn’t deigned to respond. I was unable to find the log file C:\Users\Public\MicTray.log, though.