Spyware, viruses, & security : I think I have a keylogger installed
I think I have a keylogger installed
by belladonna79 - 7/28/08 6:27 AMI have had a lot of weird things going on over a span of 3 weeks. I am being cyber stalked. Local PD thinks it is a joke. This person had created an impostor profile on myspace with all of my copyrighted material. Threatening me with exposing pictures that I had on my blogspot. That wasn't a worry to me. I liked those pics of me LOL. Anyway I embedded a stat counter in my myspace profile, and there was already one in the blogspot. It was the same IP address.
To make a long story short I took screen shots of everything. Yesterday I went to long in and I was blocked from my own account. By last night at 9 pm I was able to gain access. This creep changed my email log in and password. At the same time as I had changed the information I was getting emails from myspace saying that I requested to delete my profile. I erased that email and emptied the trash. As I was preforming administrative task in that account, poof, it was deleted.
PC has been acting weird for approx a month. What do I have to look for if I do in fact have a keylogger? I have a gateway PC with windows XP. I also have AVG virus, Comodo firewall, and Spybot search and destroy.
I just want to know for sure. I know it isn't an ex so please don't ask that. I had an ebay business until a month ago. I think maybe it is a customer. I sold in MA category. That account has since been destroyed. I have also had some one tapping on my windows at night. All of this crap started July 8th.
Thanks sorry for the long explanation.
KeyScrambler
by Dragon - 7/28/08 7:54 AM In reply to: I think I have a keylogger installed by belladonna79called KeyScrambler, which protects against keyloggers. The free version works with IE, FF3, and Flock.
How to find (fight) keyloggers
by Marianna Schmudlach
- 7/28/08 10:17 AM
In reply to: I think I have a keylogger installed by belladonna79
f your computer is accessed by other people (or even if not) you may want to find if somebody tries to steal your private data. One of the most used ways to do this is by installing a keylogger, a software (or even worse hardware) that captures the user's keystrokes (and that means they can see your passwords, credit card data, private conversations, output e-mails...). Here are a few ways you can use to check if a keylogger is installed on your computer:
http://wskills.blogspot.com/2007/01/how-to-find-fight-keyloggers.html
My Space?
by hogndog - 7/28/08 2:04 PM In reply to: How to find (fight) keyloggers by Marianna Schmudlach
Where have you been, want to resolve your problem > go to > delete this account. My Space Pfft! When I deleted my accout it deleted my problems, or you can ignore this message and continue coming here.
Just my two sense,
hogndog
Is was deleted
by belladonna79 - 7/29/08 8:11 AM In reply to: My Space? by hogndogThe stalker deleted the account. So I didn't have to do that.
Keyloggers are useful.
by nlglobal - 8/8/08 11:26 PM In reply to: How to find (fight) keyloggers by Marianna Schmudlach
I added keyloggers to keep people off my work computers, located at home. People allowed to do homework or an art project kept installing games and freebies, going on chat. If I was out working, they thought I wouldn't know and no harm done. From the Logger I could print out the offensive action - to counter the usual, "you're just paranoid about nothing," excuses. If anyone checked their email accounts, or did other transactions using my computers, my Logger showed me what time and their passwords. A note saying, "You left these on my computer," is a deterrent.
Another use is when doing a lot of writing. Use the log saved in date order to get your text back when, deep into a project, a chunk of text vanishes off your pretty page, for no apparent reason. If you like to keep a clean computer - the presence of the logger helps you keep it clean. As long as no one else can tap your logger.
RoboForm
by DrKevorkian - 7/28/08 5:29 PM In reply to: I think I have a keylogger installed by belladonna79Do yourself a favor and buy a program called RoboForm, it's cheap and very effective. It allows you to store all your passwords securely and autofills login/passwords and forms. Your login/password data and form information are protected by a master password you pick.
This program has been checked over and over and endorsed by many security experts, it uses multiple state-of-the-art encryption methods and no keylogger can steal your information because after you enter it once you never have to type it again.
If you get the RoboForm Mobile you can put it on a thumb-drive/portable USB device and take it with you. It is still protected by your selected master password. Since you don't have to remember the login/passwords you can use random key/number combinations for your account logins(of course make a backup of your data). This gets you out of the same password trap.
For your master password (which you definitely need to remember) a good method is to think of an easy to remember phrase that has personal meaning to you like "I think some 50 year old pervert is stalking me!" and use the first letter of every word, all digits of a number in the phase and any punctuation.
Your master password would then be "Its50yopism!" Try guessing that one or using a cracker to get it, ha!
You now have the superfecta of password security: randomness, multi-case, numbers, and special characters.
So even if there was a keylogger installed all they would see is the master password which absolutely does them no good without access to your device or computer as well. It's not any accounts login or password in and of itself.
you don't need to buy anything
by ROBERT REAY - 7/29/08 3:28 AM In reply to: RoboForm by DrKevorkianyou say buy roboform you do not need to buy anything there are lots of free utilities on the web that dose just that same job.Like you can use (mozilla) firefox to store all your passwords and manage them with just one master password and if you have internet security like norton (among others)has an identity safe that dose what it says on the tin as it were.So you can store all your passwords in the safe and use a master pasword if you whish hope this will help may save you a lot of money...
I agree but...
by DrKevorkian - 7/29/08 11:25 AM In reply to: you don't need to buy anything by ROBERT REAYThe nice thing about the RoboForm2Go is it's portability. You can take it on the road and use on any computer. I'm not a shill for RoboForm or anything, it's the solution that works best for me as I travel on business and use it with my work laptop.
It's $19.95 USD which I consider a bargain for it's functionality.
there are free software for that
by Galdhrim - 8/3/08 11:44 PM In reply to: I agree but... by DrKevorkianWell, keepass is portable too, it does the same you mention, it is free, and it can also use a keyfile, so you can set it to use both a passphrase and the keyfile, so even if somebody steals the passphrase, they wont be able to open the passwords database.
What AntiVirus programs do I use ??
by nimrt673 - 7/31/08 2:43 PM In reply to: I think I have a keylogger installed by belladonna79I like to try-out and evaluate various software programs. In particular: Anti-Virus, anti-spyware, and firewall programs. If I'm not satisfied with the performance of one, I will COMPLETELY uninstall it and try another. And I've tried quite a few.....like avast, computer associates, kaspersky, norton, pc tools, trend micro, zone labs, ect, ect ,ect. Some do a good job of detecting and eliminating those pesky viruses, spyware and the like. A few throw up so many pop-up alerts it's annoying. And some are very difficult to completely uninstall because remnants of the files remain on the computer even after being "un-installed" through the control panel add/remove utility. And you know what ??? I still have Not found the perfect program. IF A HACKER WANTS INTO YOUR SYSTEM (for example), HE/SHE WILL GET IN NO MATTER WHAT !!! I guess what it may all boil down to is what you personally are happy with overall. Life is sacred....so can be one's computer. Good luck.
I'd worry about the tapping on the windows too
by Jordan Skylar - 8/3/08 4:26 AM In reply to: I think I have a keylogger installed by belladonna79I think you've received a lot of good ideas for your PC. However, you also said, "I have also had some one tapping on my windows at night."
Have you done anything about that, like talk to the police? [or borrow a BIG dog from a friend? ;-)]
Do you think the same person is playing around with your PC and tapping on your window?
I wish you luck.
POlice
by belladonna79 - 8/4/08 6:46 AM In reply to: I'd worry about the tapping on the windows too by Jordan SkylarI have a 130 lb Rottweiler. However, he is a big baby. He won't bark unless it is a mail truck or someone is walking in front of our property.
The police are useless. They told me that there wasn't a law being broken. It is just an irritation. They won't even take a report for cyber stalking
Get a lawyer
by mwooge - 8/9/08 7:36 PM In reply to: POlice by belladonna79If it's important, consult a lawyer.
It is really very difficult for a hacker to get into a computer, assuming you have your computer set up right. I suspect someone guessed or deduced your password, or perhaps got you to activate a virus, or you used the same password on an unsecure (and dishonest) web site. Have you gone to a trusted web site by clicking a link on an email?
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