2009-05-24, 04:06 PM
MysticHLE Wrote:First of all, Ray's issue does sound like a keylogger. If it's not a keylogger, then he has either logged into a friend's computer, or someone has been installing Spyware/Keyloggers on this computer while he isn't there...unless he has info written or saved in a document somewhere on the computer too. Also...I hope you don't consider "friends" a trusted source of where to get files. Trusted sources should only be in terms of certified sites like say Adobe, Microsoft, NVidia, etc.Not to unearth long-dead arguments, but during the whole incident in which Ray's, Sean's, Qi's, Luke's, mine, and others' accounts were compromised, I had been on a new computer complete with an airtight firewall, antivirus, anti-ad, and anti-spyware programs. Even before that, I had been extremely careful in regards to installing new softwares. After discovering I had been "hacked", I used KLDetector (which detects active keyloggers) and found no trace of one. The account was perhaps 2 weeks old at the time (I had created it after buying my laptop), wasn't shared, and had no relation to my CB's account which I had lent to Luke (SnugglyBuns) after his account turned up compromised. It seems extremely unlikely that I was keylogged. I can't speak for anyone else, though.
Personally my best suggestion to him is to first do a complete wipe/formatting of everything (only preserve PERSONAL documents and data files, and non from an outside source - by personal I mean personally created) and then stop downloading things and even surf the web entirely on that computer. I personally haven't even used an antivirus for the last 4 years now, and I only rely on Firewall. I don't browse the web nor do I download anything or click anything suspicious - even from MSN, and none of my accounts have been compromised.
I don't believe it's as black-and-white of an issue as it seems.

