2008-08-02, 02:13 PM
Keyloggers are extremely hard to detect. Most of the good ones have been programmed to stay hidden and show up as Windows Processes so as to not arouse suspicion. As others have suggested, the best way to keep yourself safe is to get a good virus scanner. However, since many viruses tend to disable your virus scanner, you might not discover anything. I'll also suggest using a good online Virus scanner. Here are just a few great free online virus scanners. Find one that you like and use it. Note that some of these only work until IE. I know, sounds odd, but they do work better.
Free Online Scanners
Kaspersky Online Scanner
[URL="http://www.eset.com/onlinescan/index.php"]
ESET's NOD32 Online Scanner[/URL]
Trend Micro's Housecall Scanner
BitDefender Scanner
[URL="http://www.pandasecurity.com/homeusers/solutions/activescan/"]
Panda's Active Scan[/URL]
Those should just get rid of the Keylogger. The next thing you should get you and your friend to do is to stay safe when browsing the internet. Download WinPatrol to make sure you don't get any unwanted start programs, and make sure you are running Firefox 3 with add-ons such as NoScript, SiteAdvisor, and WOT. Doing those things will ensure that you're as safe as possible.
NoScript is the main thing I'd want your friend to download. A lot of times, you might think you're not downloading anything because you don't accept to download stuff. However, if you allow certain script to run, those scripts might contain 'bad stuff'. Having NoScript will give you full control of what sites you allow to run scripts, and which sites you forbid.
@Lyssa: Are you sure that Dewasoft program is safe? It shows up in the Malware Domain List.
Free Online Scanners
Kaspersky Online Scanner
[URL="http://www.eset.com/onlinescan/index.php"]
ESET's NOD32 Online Scanner[/URL]
Trend Micro's Housecall Scanner
BitDefender Scanner
[URL="http://www.pandasecurity.com/homeusers/solutions/activescan/"]
Panda's Active Scan[/URL]
Those should just get rid of the Keylogger. The next thing you should get you and your friend to do is to stay safe when browsing the internet. Download WinPatrol to make sure you don't get any unwanted start programs, and make sure you are running Firefox 3 with add-ons such as NoScript, SiteAdvisor, and WOT. Doing those things will ensure that you're as safe as possible.
NoScript is the main thing I'd want your friend to download. A lot of times, you might think you're not downloading anything because you don't accept to download stuff. However, if you allow certain script to run, those scripts might contain 'bad stuff'. Having NoScript will give you full control of what sites you allow to run scripts, and which sites you forbid.
@Lyssa: Are you sure that Dewasoft program is safe? It shows up in the Malware Domain List.