[brunix]

Hello everyone! A real N00b here

I am curious to know what software you guys recommend for removing and detecting keyloggers? Recently I've had a suspicion that someone I know may have put a legal keylogger on my computer.

I've heard that most scanners do not detect key loggers because it's legitimate software? Is this true?

I've looked at the following products:
1) Spy Reveal - http://www.spyreveal.com/
2) SpyWare Doctor - http://www.pctools.com/
3) Privacy Keyboard- http://www.privacykeyboard.com/

Privacy keyboard looks cool, but it looks like you can't actually scan your computer it more or less encrypts your keyboard. SpyReveal looks like it has the biggest database, but can't find much information on it. And SpyWare Doctor looks like it's the most reputable but not sure how big of a focus they have on keyloggers.

Any feedback would be appreciated, or suggestions to other scanners.

[rodi]

Hi brunix,

yes, that's true. Some scanners may not find keyloggers, because it is legitimate software. If you think that there is a keylogger installed on your computer, I recommend you to use Trend Micro HijackThis tool which will display all running processes:

http://download.cnet.com/Trend-Micro-HijackThis/3000-8022_4-10227353.html

You may post your HijackThis log here, we will check it.

However, it might be that HijackThis won't find dome Start Up entries, in such case download Spybot - Search & Destroy from:

http://www.safer-networking.org/en/home/index.html

Spybot S&D has most of the well known keyloggers in its database, so it is a great chance that Spybot will detect key logging software (both legitimate and malicious)

As for Spyware Doctor, it may not detect some keyloggers, especially if it's legitimate software.

Good luck