[dba-Tech] keylogger ?

What version ?
Right now it's gone. I read the list of files from McAfee et al and removed
every bit I could find. Next time it turns up I can look for a version
number. The files I removed were dated 30/12/2004 16:33 and I'm guessing
that reflects the arrival date. Last time must have been about Christmas
Eve.

Kids are 10 and 7 and quite capable of such a deliberate ploy. But we have
talked about it and they are as clueless as I am about it's origin.
Regards
Mike Tope

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stuart McLachlan" <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg>
To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues"
<dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2005 11:26 PM
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] keylogger ?


On 1 Jan 2005 at 22:16, Mike Tope wrote:

> Thanks John.
> No "parental oversight" spyware has been deliberately installed here. We
> keep the pc in the living room but after that it's just trust.
>
> I think Spybot recognised the keylogger the first time, and claimed to
have
> to have fixed it but I had to delete the files myself. This time, maybe
> because it wasn't running, Spybot didn't see it at all.
>
> What I have in mind now is a scheduled daily and on-startup batch file
that
> looks for the executable and deletes it - or screams if it can't delete it
> because it's in use. But that wouldn't be as good as finding out how it
gets
> in and blocking it there.
>
> Their website is proud of the keylogger's remote and silent installation
> method but it boils down to piggy-backing on another program's
> installation - and everyone here denies installing anything lately. Makes
me
> wonder if this isn't a general random probe and may be a specific attack.
> But it's the unregistered version claiming to have 3 days for evaluation
> that shows up, and surely that's too stupid.
>

What version of the program is it. If you look at the News panel on their
website, the version number will give you a good indication of how old it
is (and by inference, roughly when the trial version was installed).

How old are your kids? What are the chances of one of them deliberately
downloading and installing the keylogger (just to see what everyone else is
doing on the PC <g>)?

-- 
Stuart


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