What is a keylogger?

Question

What is a keylogger, and how can you get rid of it?

Answer 1

A keylogger is a computer program that logs each keystroke a user types on a keyboard and saves this data into a file or transfers it via the Internet to a predetermined remote host. It also can capture screenshots of user activity, log passwords, record online chat conversations or take different actions in order to find out what a user is doing. A keylogger poses the most dangerous threat to user privacy.

A keylogger can be also a small physical device that usually is placed between the keyboard’s plug and the computer’s keyboard port. A hardware keylogger records all keystrokes and saves them into own memory. Such a device doesn’t rely on a particular software or driver and therefore works under different environments. However, it doesn’t take screenshots and can be easily found during a thorough computer inspection.

how to remove it

Most keyloggers work in the same manner as the computer viruses and therefore can be found and removed with the help of effective antivirus products like Symantec Norton AntiVirus, Kaspersky Anti-Virus, McAfee VirusScan, eTrust EZ Antivirus, Panda Titanium Antivirus, AVG Anti-Virus. Some advanced spyware removers, which are able to scan the system in a similar way antivirus software does and have extensive parasite signature databases can also detect and remove keyloggers and related components.

Answer 2

A keylogger records all the keystrokes you've typed into your computer. They can exist as either malicious software or hardware that goes between your keyboard and your computer.

You can use programs like AVG to scan your hard drive, but if the virus/spyware infection is deeply rooted into your computer, you'll have to do a complete reinstall of the OS since most anti-virus/spyware can rarely remove 100% of the infections.

Answer 3

It is  software or hardware that captures every keystroke made on the computer.

Hardware:  Physically remove the hardware.

Software:  "Most" keyloggers can be removed by the spyware detecting programs.  Scan with several.

Answer 4

a keylogger is something that keeps a log of everything you do on your computer by keystrokes........everything you type, has been recorded.   i would get rid of it with spyware terminator

Answer 5

a keylogger is something that tracks everthing you type on your keyboard,use spyware terminator

Answer 6

A keylogger is some malicious bit of software that records every key you press on the keyboard. Hackers sometimes use one to get passwords and such. To protect yourself, just make sure you have some good internet security software. Trend Micro or Kaspersky, for example.

Windows is more susceptible than Linux and Mac, by the way.

Answer 7

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keystroke_l...