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Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Topic started by: thefuzzyllama on April 19, 2014, 01:38:15 AM

Title: Does Avast! Free Detect Keyloggers?
Post by: thefuzzyllama on April 19, 2014, 01:38:15 AM: Hello! Well I have been paranoid for awhile that I might have a Keylogger on my laptop. I Accidentally clicked a link and it brought me to a very inappropriate website! Ever since then I have been paranoid. I did Avast scans on my laptop and it said "No Threat Found" does that mean there's no Keylogger? So anyway does Avast! Free Detect and remove keylogger/trojans?
Please reply back I am very Paranoid :(
Title: Re: Does Avast! Free Detect Keyloggers?
Post by: Secondmineboy on April 19, 2014, 01:42:02 AM: Yes, it detects Keyloggers via signatures.
Title: Re: Does Avast! Free Detect Keyloggers?
Post by: Alikhan on April 19, 2014, 01:45:36 AM: avast! detects all types of malware.

Definition of malware : Malware includes computer viruses, ransomware, worms, trojan horses, rootkits, keyloggers, dialers, spyware, adware, malicious BHOs, rogue security software, and other malicious programs; the majority of active malware threats are usually worms or trojans rather than viruses.

Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malware
Title: Re: Does Avast! Free Detect Keyloggers?
Post by: Pondus on April 19, 2014, 01:47:23 AM: recomended extra scanner for the paranoid Malwarebytes www.malwarebytes.org

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Title: Re: Does Avast! Free Detect Keyloggers?
Post by: thefuzzyllama on April 19, 2014, 01:58:35 AM: Okay thank you very much y'all :)
Title: Re: Does Avast! Free Detect Keyloggers?
Post by: DavidR on April 19, 2014, 02:32:59 AM: Keyloggers can also be legit (a PUP = Potentially Unwanted Program), so you may want to enable scanning for PUPs in the scan that you are doing. Open the settings for the particular scan that you are doing
Title: Re: Does Avast! Free Detect Keyloggers?
Post by: thefuzzyllama on April 19, 2014, 02:07:42 PM: Will do :)
Thank you all very much! :D
Title: Re: Does Avast! Free Detect Keyloggers?
Post by: DavidR on April 19, 2014, 02:28:43 PM: You're welcome.
Title: Re: Does Avast! Free Detect Keyloggers?
Post by: thefuzzyllama on April 19, 2014, 08:31:35 PM: I did the scan with the PUP check marked and it said "No Threat Found" Does that mean that there's no keylogger? :o
I'm very sorry If I sound annoying I just get paranoid over the craziest things ever.
And thank you :)
Title: Re: Does Avast! Free Detect Keyloggers?
Post by: thug4real on April 19, 2014, 08:41:08 PM: Quote from: thefuzzyllama on April 19, 2014, 08:31:35 PM
I did the scan with the PUP check marked and it said "No Threat Found" Does that mean that there's no keylogger? :o
I'm very sorry If I sound annoying I just get paranoid over the craziest things ever.
And thank you :)
Yes
But if you still feel unsecure, you can try a scan with malwarebytes free.
Title: Re: Does Avast! Free Detect Keyloggers?
Post by: thefuzzyllama on April 19, 2014, 09:05:57 PM: Okay thank you very much. :)
Title: Re: Does Avast! Free Detect Keyloggers?
Post by: thug4real on April 19, 2014, 10:23:22 PM: Quote from: thefuzzyllama on April 19, 2014, 09:05:57 PM
Okay thank you very much. :)
You welcome :)