Re: Keyloggers--Deteciting Them

From: David H. Lipman (DLipman~nospam~_at_Verizon.Net)
Date: 05/28/05 

Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 21:03:43 -0400

From: "W. Watson" <wolf_tracks@invalid.inv>

| Probably keylogging is not a subject here, but I'll ask anyway. Maybe there's
| another NG that deals with it.
|
| My daughter seems to end up using computers that have keyloggers. Basically, she
| has no computers and others loan her the use of theirs. This is troublesome. Are
| there ways of detecting the presence of these loggers?
| --
| Wayne T. Watson (Watson Adventures, Prop., Nevada City, CA)
| (121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time)
| Obz Site: 39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet
|
| "The easiest way to refold a road map is differently."
| --Jones's Rule of the Road
|
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Good anto virus software will catch Keloggers. Leyloggers are a type of Malware. All "bad
software" are malware and there are two type. Viral malware and non-viral malware with
Trojans in both sub-classes.

On line scanners can find and/remove Keyloggers.

Trend Micro - Free online virus Scan
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
http://housecall.antivirus.com

McAfee Security - FreeScan
http://www.mcafee.com/myapps/mfs/default.asp

Panda ActiveScan - Free online scanner
http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/com/activescan_principal.htm

Computer Associates:
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx

DialogueScience:
http://www.antivir.ru/english/www_av/

F-Secure:
http://support.f-secure.com/enu/home/ols.shtml

BitDefender
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan/license.php

Freedom Online scanner
http://www.freedom.net/viruscenter/index.html

Kaspersky
http://www.kaspersky.com/service?chapter=161739400#betatest

Symantec
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/ 

-- 
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm

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