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How to Remove Keylogger From a PC Your Handy Support Guide
A keylogger is essentially a dangerous computer program intended to record every mouse movement and keystroke movement made by a user on the keyboard. Thus recorded data is saved or sent over the internet by the keylogger program to an already known remote host. Such a program runs silently in the PCs background and uses a hardware device or software application that the user is completely unaware of. Some of the keylogger programs are highly advanced to capture all the computer activities and even take screenshots of whatever the information is on the screen. Further, these programs automatically start themselves as soon as the PC is turned on without requiring a users input at all.
How Dangerous can a keylogger be?
A keylogger can be extremely dangerous as it logs all your key input movements on the keyboard. You might be doing Net banking to send/receive payments or forwarding confidential attachments to your office; all the personal or confidential information would be secretly passed over to the intended attacker who would further misuse it for stealing money from your bank account or leaking the confidential information out to other sources.
Before we go through the instructions to remove keylogger files, we need to understand what kind of files they are and how to identify them. A keylogger file can bear any extensions such as “.exe”, “.dll”, “.Pif”, and “.scr” etc. The.exe files are the commonest type of files used to communicate keylogger programs. The .scr files are the most difficult files to detect than the .exe files.
Fix-it-all Solution
Below are the easy steps that should help you resolve the keylogger issues:
Ensure that your PC is all up and running.
Right click anywhere on your desktops taskbar, go to Task Manager.
You can also press and hold Ctrl, Alt, and Delete keys together on the keyboard to get to the Task Manager window.
When the Task Manager window appears, click on the Processes tab on the top.
A list of all the running or hidden programs would be populated, identify the possible keylogger programs, if possible write it down and close the window.
Then click on Start, go to Control Panel.
A window containing multiple programs would be up in front, then click on Add/Remove Programs.
Select the already identified program, click on Change/Remove or just Remove whatever option is there and follow the instructions to uninstall the program.
Go back to the Task Manager window and right click on the identified program.
From the list of options, click on Open Containing Folder and delete all the files associated with the identified programs identity or name.
Locate your hard drive (C:) with the help of Windows search tool.
Search for all the files that resemble the same name as the keylogger program and remove all of them from the hard drive and the programs folder, make sure that you delete all the files of keylogger as they bear multiple identities.
Ensure that the deletion process has completed and then restart your PC in order to let the changes take effect.
When the PC is all up and running again, go to the Start menu and then click on Run.
In the Run window, key in regedit and press OK.
The window will bring up all the registry entries of your PC, select the registry entries associated with the keylogger program and delete. (Most Imp: Before you go deleting the registry entries, you need to ensure that you have a backup of your entire registry directory. Deleting the important registry files would either prevent your PC from functioning properly or lead to a system crash.)
After cleaning the registry directory, restart your PC.
When again the PC is all up and running; recheck your Task Manager, startup configurations, and registry files in order to ensure that the keylogger program is completely removed from your PC.
The whole procedure demands the thorough knowledge of settings and registry files etc. in addition to patience. Though, it was the easiest process to resolve the keylogger program, if you still find yourself stuck with it then better contact a certified technical help and save your valuable time. There are a number of third-party service providers out there that provide online technical support services.
Comodo Security Products Ranked Number 1 From Matousec Proactive Security Survey
Matousec doesnt just test security software, they interrogate them using the most unforgiving collection of leak tests in the industry today. Unfortunately, this doesnt end well for many products, with a few of the big name solutions failing the most basic tests. Which is why it makes us especially proud to have come top of the pile recently. However, were even more excited that the public seems to like the products too. Matousec conducted two surveys, asking their website visitors Which is your favorite antivirus family? and Which is your favorite Proactive security family?. Comodo won both polls, beating out 86 and 106 competitors respectively.
Every day we receive emails from friends and colleagues about dangerous viruses that are developing at an extremely fast-pace, most of these emails are considered hoaxes. Viruses capable of crippling computers have been increasing in numbers dramatically and these threats are designed to scatter from one system to another fairly rapidly.
Some viruses change the security settings on your PC allowing hackers and cyber criminals the ability to intrude and steal your personal information. There are thousands of bugs that can cause these and many other problems. To protect one’s PC from all of these potential viruses, people often choose some form of security software without actually taking into consideration its ability to protect their computer. Just downloading and installing security software is not enough to defend against malwares and viruses, you also have to keep the software updated among a slew of other obligations required in helping to protect your PC.
Which is where Internet Security from Comodo comes in. Comodo offers you multiple features in a single software. Here are some of the features that can be found in Comodo Internet Security 2013:
1. Innovative Default Deny Protection.
2. Guarantees customers with up to a $500 warranty for repair costs by an authorized Comodo representative should a PC become infected while under its protection.
3. Auto Sandbox Technology.
4. Virtual Kiosk.
5. Advanced system activity utility called Killswitch.
6. Improved Firewall and Rescue Disk tools.
Matousec.com is a personal firewall testing group which is generally known as Matousec. This group is also known by the development of their security software testing suite which generate results that can be seen online. Matousec’s testing results are usually mentioned in reports, most recently on January 18, 2013 they have launched their report, the “Proactive Security Challenge 64 Report” and also they conducted the poll regarding favorite Antivirus families and favorite Security Software families.
Proactive Security Challenge 64 Report involves the testing report of Comodo Security Premium (6.0.260739.2674) product which is the vendor of Comodo Security Solutions. It is tested in the windows 7 service pack and internet explorer 9 platform, totaling at around 110 tests that have been done. From the test, the product has reached level 11 and has received the score of 92%.
About Comodo:
Comodo is a leading internet security provider. With U.S. Headquarters in New Jersey and global resources in UK, China, India, Ukraine, and Romania, Comodo provides businesses and consumers worldwide with security services, including SSL certificates, PCI scanning, desktop security, and remote PC support. Securing online transactions for more than 200,000 businesses, and with more than 35 million desktop security software installations, including an award-winning firewall and antivirus software, Comodo is Creating Trust Online. To learn more, visit Comodo’s website: Comodo.com.
Comodo Security Products Ranked Number 1 From Matousec Proactive Security Survey
Matousec doesnt just test security software, they interrogate them using the most unforgiving collection of leak tests in the industry today. Unfortunately, this doesnt end well for many products, with a few of the big name solutions failing the most basic tests. Which is why it makes us especially proud to have come top of the pile recently. However, were even more excited that the public seems to like the products too. Matousec conducted two surveys, asking their website visitors Which is your favorite antivirus family? and Which is your favorite Proactive security family?. Comodo won both polls, beating out 86 and 106 competitors respectively.
Every day we receive emails from friends and colleagues about dangerous viruses that are developing at an extremely fast-pace, most of these emails are considered hoaxes. Viruses capable of crippling computers have been increasing in numbers dramatically and these threats are designed to scatter from one system to another fairly rapidly.
Some viruses change the security settings on your PC allowing hackers and cyber criminals the ability to intrude and steal your personal information. There are thousands of bugs that can cause these and many other problems. To protect one’s PC from all of these potential viruses, people often choose some form of security software without actually taking into consideration its ability to protect their computer. Just downloading and installing security software is not enough to defend against malwares and viruses, you also have to keep the software updated among a slew of other obligations required in helping to protect your PC.
Which is where Internet Security from Comodo comes in. Comodo offers you multiple features in a single software. Here are some of the features that can be found in Comodo Internet Security 2013:
1. Innovative Default Deny Protection.
2. Guarantees customers with up to a $500 warranty for repair costs by an authorized Comodo representative should a PC become infected while under its protection.
3. Auto Sandbox Technology.
4. Virtual Kiosk.
5. Advanced system activity utility called Killswitch.
6. Improved Firewall and Rescue Disk tools.
Matousec.com is a personal firewall testing group which is generally known as Matousec. This group is also known by the development of their security software testing suite which generate results that can be seen online. Matousec’s testing results are usually mentioned in reports, most recently on January 18, 2013 they have launched their report, the “Proactive Security Challenge 64 Report” and also they conducted the poll regarding favorite Antivirus families and favorite Security Software families.
Proactive Security Challenge 64 Report involves the testing report of Comodo Security Premium (6.0.260739.2674) product which is the vendor of Comodo Security Solutions. It is tested in the windows 7 service pack and internet explorer 9 platform, totaling at around 110 tests that have been done. From the test, the product has reached level 11 and has received the score of 92%.
About Comodo:
Comodo is a leading internet security provider. With U.S. Headquarters in New Jersey and global resources in UK, China, India, Ukraine, and Romania, Comodo provides businesses and consumers worldwide with security services, including SSL certificates, PCI scanning, desktop security, and remote PC support. Securing online transactions for more than 200,000 businesses, and with more than 35 million desktop security software installations, including an award-winning firewall and antivirus software, Comodo is Creating Trust Online. To learn more, visit Comodo’s website: Comodo.com.