Can keystroke loggers be detected?

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Can keystroke loggers be detected? BLACKDOG157 03-13-2006
Posted by on March 13, 2006, 9:32 am
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I'd like to check if my computer has a hidden keystroke logger on it.
Is there a way to do that?


Posted by Malke on March 13, 2006, 9:42 am
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BLACKDOG157@LYCOS.COM wrote:

> I'd like to check if my computer has a hidden keystroke logger on it.
> Is there a way to do that?

Go through the following malware removal steps systematically:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

You may need to go as far as running HijackThis and posting your log to
one of the specialty forums where you'll get expert help (not here,
please). Links are provided at the url above.

Malke
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Posted by =?Utf-8?B?UGFuZGFfbWFu?= on March 13, 2006, 10:40 am
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My reply is at the bottom of your message :

"BLACKDOG157@LYCOS.COM" wrote:

> I'd like to check if my computer has a hidden keystroke logger on it.
> Is there a way to do that?
>
>


Yes ! :)

Start -> Settings- > Control Panel -> Internet Options
There ,on the General Tab you will see where you can delete

• internet temporary files
• cookies
• history
Delete them all.


Then ,scan your computer using these free online scanners:

http://www.activescan.com
Panda Software free Active Scan,where you can check your
PC for ALL TYPES of security threats and clean viruses and worms

http://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner
Kaspersky free online scanner and checker for suspicious files.


When the scans are finished , both scanners allow you to save the report on
your computer so you can save it on your Desktop and then post it here so
we'll see if you have malicious software (malware) in your system !
:)

Panda_man
--
Prevention is always better than cure !
Panda TruPrevent - the most intelligent technology to combat unknown malware
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"BLACKDOG157@LYCOS.COM" wrote:

> I'd like to check if my computer has a hidden keystroke logger on it.
> Is there a way to do that?
>
>

Posted by Juergen Nieveler on March 13, 2006, 12:36 pm
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BLACKDOG157@LYCOS.COM wrote:

> I'd like to check if my computer has a hidden keystroke logger on it.
> Is there a way to do that?

To check for software keyloggers, you'd at least have to boot from a
save medium like a boot-CD (to make sure that no Rootkit is hiding the
keylogger).

Of course, there's also hardware keyloggers - they can be easy to
detect (if they're only plugged between keyboard and PC), or fiendishly
difficult (if somebody replaced your keyboard with one that has a
keylogger integrated).

Juergen Nieveler
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Posted by S. Pidgorny on March 14, 2006, 5:05 am
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Most of keyloggers can be detected, if you analyse the system for malicious
code, rootkits and (not least important in case of keyloggers) hardware
add-ons.

--
Svyatoslav Pidgorny, MS MVP - Security, MCSE
-= F1 is the key =-

> I'd like to check if my computer has a hidden keystroke logger on it.
> Is there a way to do that?
>



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