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Offline greyowl

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Keyloggers?
« on: February 25, 2017, 11:28:03 PM »
Does Avast Free protect against keyloggers? 
If so, are any particular settings required?
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Re: Keyloggers?
« Reply #1 on: February 25, 2017, 11:29:23 PM »
Does Avast Free protect against keyloggers? 
If so, are any particular settings required?
Yes, enable PUP scanning.
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Re: Keyloggers?
« Reply #2 on: February 25, 2017, 11:33:51 PM »
Thank you
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Re: Keyloggers?
« Reply #3 on: February 25, 2017, 11:34:53 PM »
You're welcome.
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Re: Keyloggers?
« Reply #4 on: February 25, 2017, 11:37:24 PM »
Does Avast Free protect against keyloggers? 
If so, are any particular settings required?
Yes, enable PUP scanning.
That depends on the keylogger, if it is the malicious type it will always be detetced


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Re: Keyloggers?
« Reply #5 on: February 25, 2017, 11:39:56 PM »
This is a great relief  :)
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