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Posted by Aaron on September 6, 2007, 11:24 pm
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> The person who did this was the network admin. not a "standard" user.
>
>> Some anti-spyware products can detect certain loggers, if they've been
>> updated to look for the particular signatures of them.
>>
>> Certainly if you format the drive and reinstall Windows, then the malware
>> will be gone. Then it's important to think about how to lessen the
>> likelihood of another infection occurring. The best thing you can do is
>> run as standard user, not administrator. Loggers typically need admin
>> privileges to install and function correctly. By running as standard user,
>> these things won't work.
>>
>> --
>> Steve Riley
>> steve.riley@microsoft.com
>> http://blogs.technet.com/steriley
>> http://www.protectyourwindowsnetwork.com
>>
>>> I believe one or more of our computers in our corporate network have
>>> keylogger/screen capture software installed. What software can detect
>>> these? I contacted http://www.spectorsoft.com and they claim there is
>>> nothing that can detect their software. This is very troubling if not?
>>>
>>> Does anyone know if the hard drive is re-formatted will that remove these
>>> applications or are they put someplace harder to get rid of?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
From your posts here it sounds as though the owner, or authorized
representative of the owner, has installed the possible keylogger(s).
If you did manage to remove it, would they take punitive action against
you for doing so?
If they are not responsible for its presence, are they responsible for
its removal?
Remember, if they own it, they may be legally allowed to take actions to
monitor its use. It is their resource; they can be held responsible in a
legal proceeding for actions performed using their computer: libelous
email, surfing to bad websites, inappropriate pictures found on the
computer, etc.
In short: IF it is the corporation's property, and the corporation is
responsible for the presence of monitoring software, they can probably
legally monitor what you do with their property. Where I work, when I
log into the company network there is a large splash screen saying, in
about ten sentences, "Big Brother IS watching YOU".
--
I'm glad my Mom named me Aaron,
That's what everybody calls me.
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