How to tell if a Keystroke logger is installed?

[BobTheMad]

Ok, this might not be the most appropriate forum to post this, but it was the best i could find =)

I have this sneaking suspicion that there is some sort of Key-stroke logger installed on my PC. Not sure how it got there (room-mate, virus, etc), but I need to find out for sure. Does anyone know how one would go about detecting if one is active/installed?

Thanx in advance Thought for the day: Beware of Gods who cannot laugh...

 

[reghakr]

As long as it's your PC, the question is appropriate.

Some run so hidden and protected, it's doubtful you'll know it. It won't appear if you tap the Alt_Ctl_Del keys either.

You could go to Start>Find>Files & Folders and type *.exe.

When you find one you can't identify, right-click on it, choose properties, then the version tab. Or simply double-click on it.

Or download this free utility:
Sinfo (System Information) is designed to help advanced users and programmers by providing information on several behind-the-scenes aspects of Windows. Here's a link:

http://tp.lc.ehu.es/ANONYM/Win95/Sinfo212.EXE

Has many other uses (closes the advert.dll hidden window, can move positions of windows, can re-name window titles, closes banner advertisments, and has an excelent Screen Capture built in.

reghakr

 

[Guest_imported]

There's a program called Can't Hide that may pick it up. It can be found at

http://www.code-it.com/security/can_not_hide.htm

 

[mselim]

search for
run=
load=
in the registery and win.ini
and run:
msconfig
and in startup tab u will find all programs which run on startup.that will work in windows 98
good luck i can help
mselim2001@yahoo.com

 

[zaidulon]

"Can't_Hide" is a bloated proggy not worth a D/L ( a 6.5 MB download and 3.54 MB installed and show minimal infos in an impoverished text-based GUI !).
_"Sinfo" is 329 KB installed and offers better infos.

_ "DDLShow" (271 KB installed; shareware by Gregory Braun; expensive : 25. bucks for 271 KB , come on ! )

_ "SpyGuru 1.6.2" , freeware from Tucows, 1.5 MB installed, is the best! It offers lots of options and a technicolor GUI !

The problem with all these types of proggies are :

_ They all fail to detect "Stealth" type of spy programs ( i.e.None detects Spector 2.1 ).

_ They can detect keyloggers alright but if you do not know loggers' names. you won't recognize them ! Are you sure you know all keyloggers in market ? The worst thing is the .exe file sometimes bear an entirely different name, unrelated to the program's name.

Best wishes,