How To Find A Keylogger on Your
Computer?
Generally the spywares like keylogger are
installed in one of the Windows directory
at an hidden place between more than
100K files, so it is very hard to know which
file belong to the keylogger. However here
is a simple step by step method that can
detect almost any kind of spyware or other
dangerous virus.
Note: This method requires an Anti-virus
software installed on your computer. You
can use any of the recommended Anti-
virus software.
Step 1: Click on the Start Menu button and
look for Run and click it. Type in msconfig
and click OK.
It will open a new window. Here Click on
Startup (in the top right corner). You will
see the list of the programs that are
automatically loaded as the windows start.
Step 2: Disable all the running programs in
the startup and Shut down all of your
Firewall and Anti Virus software that are
currently running.
Step 3: Restart your computer and go to
msconfig window again to check the
Startup again. Here all the programs
should be disabled. But if you see any
program that is automatically enabled by
itself, that program is definitely the
spyware or a virus. Note the name and the
location of the program. If there is nothing
enabled, it mean that your computer is
probably free from any spyware threat.
Step 4: Now you can Enable again the
programs in the Startup that you want to
load as the window starts. Now, you know
the keylogger file name and where it
located. You can go to the locations and
manually delete the suspected programs or
scan and delete the threat through your
anti virus.
Step 5: Close all the program and restart
your computer. Now, You are free from
key logger program.
Secure Web Browsing: Running your Web
browser under the protection of Sandboxie
means that all malicious software
downloaded by the browser is trapped in
the sandbox and can be discarded trivially.
Enhanced Privacy: Browsing history,
cookies, and cached temporary files
collected while Web browsing stay in the
sandbox and don’t leak into Windows.
Secure E-mail: Viruses and other malicious
software that might be hiding in your email
can’t break out of the sandbox and can’t
infect your real system.
Windows Stays Clean: Prevent wear-and-
tear in Windows by installing software into
an isolated sandbox. :)
Computer?
Generally the spywares like keylogger are
installed in one of the Windows directory
at an hidden place between more than
100K files, so it is very hard to know which
file belong to the keylogger. However here
is a simple step by step method that can
detect almost any kind of spyware or other
dangerous virus.
Note: This method requires an Anti-virus
software installed on your computer. You
can use any of the recommended Anti-
virus software.
Step 1: Click on the Start Menu button and
look for Run and click it. Type in msconfig
and click OK.
It will open a new window. Here Click on
Startup (in the top right corner). You will
see the list of the programs that are
automatically loaded as the windows start.
Step 2: Disable all the running programs in
the startup and Shut down all of your
Firewall and Anti Virus software that are
currently running.
Step 3: Restart your computer and go to
msconfig window again to check the
Startup again. Here all the programs
should be disabled. But if you see any
program that is automatically enabled by
itself, that program is definitely the
spyware or a virus. Note the name and the
location of the program. If there is nothing
enabled, it mean that your computer is
probably free from any spyware threat.
Step 4: Now you can Enable again the
programs in the Startup that you want to
load as the window starts. Now, you know
the keylogger file name and where it
located. You can go to the locations and
manually delete the suspected programs or
scan and delete the threat through your
anti virus.
Step 5: Close all the program and restart
your computer. Now, You are free from
key logger program.
Secure Web Browsing: Running your Web
browser under the protection of Sandboxie
means that all malicious software
downloaded by the browser is trapped in
the sandbox and can be discarded trivially.
Enhanced Privacy: Browsing history,
cookies, and cached temporary files
collected while Web browsing stay in the
sandbox and don’t leak into Windows.
Secure E-mail: Viruses and other malicious
software that might be hiding in your email
can’t break out of the sandbox and can’t
infect your real system.
Windows Stays Clean: Prevent wear-and-
tear in Windows by installing software into
an isolated sandbox. :)
1 comments:
A software keylogger would probably record keystrokes from an O/S soft keyboard like Microsoft, depending on where exactly it hooks into the operating system.
See more about How to Detect If a Keylogger is Installed.
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