Protect from Keylogger

[Yance]

Hello...could avast internet security protect computer from keylogger software?

[Lisandro]

Yes, it can.

[Yance]

wow that's awesome...how about keylogger hardware?

[Gargamel360]

Last I checked the is no software solution for that, Avast! or otherwise.

[Lisandro]

Last I checked the is no software solution for that, Avast! or otherwise.

I think the same.

[RONIN2010]

Just happened to catch this.. I concur. Correct me if I'm wrong, not sure I've ever heard of Keylogger "Hardware". Keylogger "Software" can often be stored on removable hardware, i.e., flash drives and via a USB port. I would think that if it's a program stored on a flash drive, avast wouldn't be able to catch it because it's not scanning the USB ports. Unless the program was installed onto the computer or on something such as a CD or floppy, in one of the drives, it's not going to be detected by any AV. Please correct me if I'm wrong. I often hear this at work and have been curious about whether that was viable.

[Lisandro]

Not sure I've ever heard of Keylogger "Hardware".

For instance: http://www.keyghost.com/

I would think that if it's a program stored on a flash drive, avast wouldn't be able to catch it because it's not scanning the USB ports.

Of course avast will detect it if it is running. Otherwise, it won't be active and it's a file like any other.
Any (good) antivirus will detect it.

[RONIN2010]

For instance: http://www.keyghost.com/

<== *Learns something new everyday*

Thanks for clarifying that Tech. And providing that link. Wasn't aware that they've now managed to disguise these as adapters and now keyboards.. However, in a twist of irony and unbeknownst to you I think you just helped provide a solution to my 16 year old problem.

Of course avast will detect it if it is running. Otherwise, it won't be active and it's a file like any other.
Any (good) antivirus will detect it.

Right, respectively. Avast is one of the better AV's around, no argument there. Nice endorsement btw  In this situation I think it's clearly defined that Avast can do many things. However, examining the back of your desktop for you, isn't one of them. And I just grew a little bit more paranoid lol.

[Yance]

Yes, it can.

thanks for your comment. i interested to know how avast protect our computer from keylogger software. Is avast block the software (prevent the software for run) or secure every character that we type?

[rdmaloyjr]

Yes, it can.

Tech,

Thank you.

I have a free subscrition to Zemana, it has never found a real keylogger.

It's nice to know that all along avast! has been protecting from keyloggers.

Maybe that's why Zemana never found any when I install it.

[DavidR]

Well keyloggers require more than just an AV to detect them as there are legit keyloggers and the problem is one of determining intent, has it been placed maliciously or legitimately and AVs have trouble determining intent. So an AV only may well not detect all keyloggers.

One thing that a malicious keylogger will be trying to do is to connect to the internet to upload the data that it has logged and it is here where the second line of defence, your firewall comes in. So a firewall should be monitoring connections looking for unauthorised outbound connections.

So the AIS should give better protection against keyloggers as the firewall element should also be monitoring outbound traffic...

[Yance]

Well keyloggers require more than just an AV to detect them as there are legit keyloggers and the problem is one of determining intent, has it been placed maliciously or legitimately and AVs have trouble determining intent. So an AV only may well not detect all keyloggers.

One thing that a malicious keylogger will be trying to do is to connect to the internet to upload the data that it has logged and it is here where the second line of defence, your firewall comes in. So a firewall should be monitoring connections looking for unauthorised outbound connections.

So the AIS should give better protection against keyloggers as the firewall element should also be monitoring outbound traffic...

So, are you try to tell us that avast can't protect from keylogger?

[rdmaloyjr]

If a keylogger is running it's most likely running at start up,

so WinPatrol should alert me, of course it would be up to

me to make the the determination as to what it is.

[Lisandro]

I think any (good) antivirus should detect keyloggers.
If it was installed with intention, the user should do exceptions into the antivirus.
If it was installed by a malware, it should be removed.
I think avast is NOT calling PUP (potential unwanted programs) the keyloggers. They're being detected as malware. But I could be wrong. I just tested one keylogger some time ago and it was detected by avast as malware. Doing the exceptions, it worked.

[Yance]

I found that avast did not detected keylogger software from www.refog.com