Re: Keyloggers - does antivirus detect them
- From: "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net>
- Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 20:06:54 -0500
From: "Spin" <Spin@xxxxxxxx>
| Gurus,
|
| If you visit a malicious web site and a key logger gets downloaded to your
| computer, does the typical Antivirus client detect it? How about if someone
| surreptiously installs a keylogger on my computer when I am not around? My
| computer is open and I live with a lot of roommates.
|
Yes. Traditional anti virus companies do very well in detecting Keylogging Trojans.
If you have mnay 'mates around LOCK DOWN this system. Do not share it. Keep it password
protected with "strong" passwords. If it is a notebook, lock it away in a safe place. I
have seen too many posts were 'mates take adavatage of a good willed person and perform
malicious activity.
You can use the following to scan your computer...
Download MULTI_AV.EXE from the URL --
http://www.ik-cs.com/programs/virtools/Multi_AV.exe
To use this utility, perform the following...
Execute; Multi_AV.exe { Note: You must use the default folder C:\AV-CLS }
Choose; Unzip
Choose; Close
Execute; C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT
{ or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS }
NOTE: You may have to disable your software FireWall or allow WGET.EXE to go through your
FireWall to allow it to download the needed AV vendor related files.
C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT -- { or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS}
This will bring up the initial menu of choices and should be executed in Normal Mode.
This way all the components can be downloaded from each AV vendor's web site.
The choices are; Sophos, Trend, McAfee, Kaspersky, Exit this menu and Reboot the PC.
You can choose to go to each menu item and just download the needed files or you can
download the files and perform a scan in Normal Mode. Once you have downloaded the files
needed for each scanner you want to use, you should reboot the PC into Safe Mode [F8 key
during boot] and re-run the menu again and choose which scanner you want to run in Safe
Mode. It is suggested to run the scanners in both Safe Mode and Normal Mode.
When the menu is displayed hitting 'H' or 'h' will bring up a more comprehensive PDF help
file. http://www.ik-cs.com/multi-av.htm
Additional Instructions:
http://pcdid.com/Multi_AV.htm
* * * Please report back your results * * *
--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm
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