At 8/21/08 02:07 AM, NickDaPwner wrote:
virus scan
I will just elaborate a little.
Here are some free tools that will find most if not all keyloggers.
Assuming you are using Windows, Spybot has a scan but can also show you what is starting when you start Windows, with added information of the processes which msconfig does not give you.
AVG free has been able to find key loggers for me before.
If you do not wish to install a whole program, you can choose to do an online scan from Symantec
However this method requires a constant connection to the internet, and can be slow.
You can also open the task manager to see if there are any unknown programs/processes running. Any suspicious items can be Google searched to check what they are and what they do.
Although a really good key logger can hide itself from being shown in the task manager.
One last thing would be a hardware key logger.
Make sure the keyboard is connected directly to the computer and not another device.
Cameras can also capture your keystrokes.