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have i been keylogged?

what would happen if i click a keylogger link but don't type anything and just close the link?
would i still end up being keylogged?
sorry if this sounds really stupid, never been keylogged before so i dont know what happens and i'm getting paranoid

August 24, 2013

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Zephorax

@mp003 : alright, thank you very much, i'll try malwarebytes

Reply August 24, 2013
mp003

[quote=Zephorax]@mp003: ohh, i see
how do i know if something shouldn't be running?[/quote]

well, for instance, if google chrome was running, you would get chrome.exes popping up in your processes tab.. It's honestly hard to tell if you've been keylogged and the windows task manager is probably the first step to finding if you have been keylogged(generally, most of the time, keyloggers don't pop up in windows task manager because it's easy as pie to change what appears and what doesn't).
Just do what i told you. Download Malwarebytes, restart your computer in safe mode, run a full scan and see if anything pops up, but i wouldn't bet on it.

also,@sofy some people don't understand sarcasm.

Reply August 24, 2013 - edited
sofy

@mp003: Lol i didnt said its the best anti virus
i said its the best one i tried , if you think its a virus just dont use it OK?

Reply August 24, 2013 - edited
Zephorax

@mp003: ohh, i see
how do i know if something shouldn't be running?
if i click the file location thing, if it says the date i clicked on the link, would that be a potential keylogger?

Reply August 24, 2013 - edited
mp003

[quote=sofy]@mp003: lol? Norton is anti-virus not virus
i used it for a year and its the best anti-virus i ever used[/quote]

I know it's an anti-virus(sarcasm?) just because you've used it for a year doesn't make it any better of an anti-virus. imo norton is worse than a virus. One that lets malware crap all your computer.

Reply August 24, 2013 - edited
sofy

@mp003: lol? Norton is anti-virus not virus
i used it for a year and its the best anti-virus i ever used

Reply August 24, 2013 - edited
mp003

[quote=Zephorax]@sofy : oh dang, that sucks
i'm running norton right now but i'm not sure it'll be enough :'(

guys, i see all these windows mesh live files in my control panel -> programs area and they're all in different languages
is that what you all mean by 'foreign files'?[/quote]

Norton is a virus itself >_<

Download Malwarebytes.
Run it in safe mode (press F8 when your booting up your computer.) and see if it detects anything.

btw,I meant press Alt+Ctrl+Delete. Click on Task manager then on processes tab and see if you have anything that shouldn't be running.

Safest option is a system restore if you are paranoid.

Reply August 24, 2013 - edited
sofy

@Zephorax: im not sure there so many kinds of keyloggs

Reply August 24, 2013 - edited
Zephorax

@sofy : oh dang, that sucks
i'm running norton right now but i'm not sure it'll be enough :'(

guys, i see all these windows mesh live files in my control panel -> programs area and they're all in different languages
is that what you all mean by 'foreign files'?

Reply August 24, 2013 - edited
sofy

i had keylogger befor
got hacked me and my friend
but running Norton Anti-virus delet it

Reply August 24, 2013 - edited
Zephorax

[quote=Juxos]Are you talking about keylogging or phishing[/quote]

what's the difference?
:o

Reply August 24, 2013 - edited
Juxos

Are you talking about keylogging or phishing

Reply August 24, 2013 - edited
dr4g0ns1ay3r

@Zephorax It just encrypt your key input into the computer which the keylogger tries to read but gets random symbols.

Reply August 24, 2013 - edited
AZNkEViNOs

Keyscrambler basically locate the keylogging files. just run ur anti virus and make sure u see nothing foreign. and dont click on everything that basiler put.

Reply August 24, 2013 - edited
mp003

Open your task manager, click on the processes tab. Look for .exes in your processes that are foreign, just to make sure you don't have a keylogger.
Run a program like Malwarebytes(run in safe mode).
if you do have a keylogger, there's no guarantee that malwarebytes would fix it, a system restore would do fine tho.

Reply August 24, 2013 - edited
Zephorax

[quote=dr4g0ns1ay3r]if you are suspected being keylogged, do not log into anything. Run some malware checker. Download keyscrambler and activate it while you scan your computer. If you do not wanna do or lazy to do this, just system restore.[/quote]

thanks
what does keyscambler do? :o

Reply August 24, 2013 - edited
dr4g0ns1ay3r

if you are suspected being keylogged, do not log into anything. Run some malware checker. Download keyscrambler and activate it while you scan your computer. If you do not wanna do or lazy to do this, just system restore.

Reply August 24, 2013 - edited
Zephorax

still looking for serious replies.

Reply August 24, 2013 - edited