POSSIBLE KEYLOGGER ON MY COMPUTER: WHAT TO DO?

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start>run>type in msconfig>startup> uncheck anything that looks fishy>restart

you should be good from there

[Dazarath]

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start>run>type in msconfig>startup> uncheck anything that looks fishy>restart

you should be good from there

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This is only useful on the most basic of malware.

[oober]

If your truly worried, maybe it's time to get a new computer. What's a few bucks to you, right?

Unless it is fully downloaded, you should have no worries.

[meleader2]

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The link was only to a file, that's correct.

Is there any way to figure out if I have the keylogger or not? Right now I'm googling all of my processes to see if any of them are abnormal. Is there a quicker way to do this?

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i am going to suggest "HiJackThis!" (http://www.tomcoyote.org/hijackthis) if you dont' trust me, google "hijackthis!" for info on the program, then google for the program/forum itself.

simply put, the program grabs every process, keyboard hook, registry entry, you name it, and displays it for you.

you then google search EACH entry to find out if it is a safe/ok thing to have on your comp. a lot of the time what you'll see are cookies, which won't affect you, they just look scary.

if that's too confusing, you can post the log hijack pukes out onto the forum, and someone will help you.




that being said, if you cancelled it, i wouldn't worry.

[paulw]

Looks like everyone has covered everything, googling your processes is a great idea, also as mentioned before go into msconfig and google the processes that are ticked on the startup tab. What exists on this tab runs when your system starts, anything malicious will usually be listed in there. Clear the temporary internet files in your browser as well so if the half downloaded file (even though probably harmless) is still there it will delete it. Make sure your anti virus is up to date and do a full scan. Sounds like you should be fine.

[Dazarath]

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If your truly worried, maybe it's time to get a new computer. What's a few bucks to you, right?

Unless it is fully downloaded, you should have no worries.

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Now that's straight balla. Buying a new computer everytime he gets a virus or trojan. I guess it's only a buyin or so, right?

[matt42s]

I don't want to scare anyone but please don't get a false sense of security from googling your processes.
Most malware is the same old stuff recompiled by script kiddies - these guys showed they have half a brain cell by targeting people with large online accounts. If another half a cell is decent at coding, they would attach a rootkit to the keylogger.
A rootkit means no processes are shown and the files themselves are hidden from everything. Detecting and removing a rootkit is a non-trivial task and is why the "simple" advice is to reformat/reinstall.
wiki page on rootkits

Edit : As others have said though, if you're confident you cancelled the download and did not execute the file, you should be ok.

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if you're paranoid, get a router with no wifi and set it block everything but the pokersite's IP address.

[The Icon]

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for future reference, a poker site will never send u any attachements

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lol maybe not .exe files but they all send me reports in excel/word attachments all the time

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[img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] they won't send you unrequested attachments then