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Keylogger help, much appreciated

My friend was on my dads desktop the other day and he wanted some "generators" so he clicked some Youtube links and did surveys and downloads that were suppose to give him the code for the "generator". Is this a keylogger or just a virus? If its a keylogger how do I fix? Please help.

April 16, 2013

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NeverAddAPlayer

[quote=faker]My friend was on my dads desktop the other day[/quote]

First of all, it's pretty obvious that you are the one that screwed up

[quote=faker]and he wanted some "generators"[/quote]

Unless made by a known program cracker, it's pretty obvious that those are malicious.

[quote=faker]so he clicked some Youtube links and did [/quote]

Why would you trust a random link, most likely with not comments or ratings?

[quote=faker]surveys and downloads that were suppose to give him the code for the "generator"[/quote]

Speaking as a person who has done a lot of surveys/offers, those do not work at all. And even if they do, you would need to purchase something for them to work.

[quote=faker]Is this a keylogger or just a virus?[/quote]

I find it almost impossible that you could have gotten any of the downloads to work, as you pointed out that they needed surveys to unlock.

[quote=faker]If its a keylogger how do I fix? Please help. [/quote]

Run virus scans.

Reply April 17, 2013
BobR

[quote=faker]How do you get rid of it?[/quote]

Run a full scan of the computer with BOTH an anti-virus scanner AND an anti-spyware scanner.
If your Dad knows what he's doing, he probably already has these programs on the computer.
Otherwise you'll need to download and install them and then scan the hard drive with them.

Either way you'd probably be better off telling him what happened and letting him know he needs to scan the computer right away.

Reply April 16, 2013 - edited
faker

How do you get rid of it?

Reply April 16, 2013 - edited