How to Remove Keylogger Detection

Keylogger infections observe your computer activity and obtain personal information.

Removing the malicious Keylogger infection, a computer surveillance tool, restores your computer to normal. A Keylogger infection invades your privacy by taking screenshots of your online activity, records personal information input and hides its active processes. The Family Keylogger and Perfect Keylogger are two common types of Keylogger infections. The Family Keylogger records your keystrokes, while the Perfect Keylogger tracks your Internet activity and records keystrokes and passwords. The Keylogger infection is hard to detect, but it can be removed by using tools that are native to your computer.

Instructions

End the Keylogger Process

1. Click the "Start" button. Type "taskmgr" in the "Search" or "Run" field and press "Enter."

2. Click the "Processes" tab and select "Image Name" to locate "keylogger.exe."

3. Right-click "keylogger.exe" and select "End Process."

Remove the Keylogger Files

1. Click the "Start" button.

2. Click "Search" and select "Local Hard Drives" under the "Look in" option.

3. Click "My Computer" if you are a Vista or Windows 7 user. Type the following files into the "Search" or "All or part of the file name" dialog box: keylogger.exe, krnlmod.exe, watchdll.dll and ntpsapi.dll.

4. Right-click the file(s) if they appear and click "Delete." Open the Recycle Bin and click "Empty the Recycle Bin."

References

• 2-Spyware.com: What Is a Keylogger?
• SpywareRemove: Keylogger.exe