Keylogger Virus?

The_Cons · Jan 11, 2011

Hi there!

I've been having a strange issue lately.

When playing video games, I sometimes lose control of my character for a short period of time, and it performs seemingly random actions.

I thought I may have had a virus, so I installed the latest zonealarm extreme security suite, and scanned my system. Nothing was found.

Later, I was browsing and noticed that an e-mail that my girlfriend had been typing on my computer started to type itself, complete with pauses used during typing.

I'm now assuming that there is a keylogger of some sort in my system, but I'm unsure as to whether or not it is actually a virus. I believe that I am sometimes typing the shortcut to "play back" the macro/keylog that was made while I'm playing video games. It always happens at an unexpected time, therefore it is difficult to tell what the shortcut actually is.

I also find it unlikely that it is a virus, due to the fact that I am able to trigger the playback on my end. Would a virus be coded that poorly? Perhaps.

I'm running windows XP SP3.

When it happens in the video game, I immediately switch to word processing software, and am able to read the exact same e-mail each time.

Does anyone have any idea what I can do to correct this?

Kestrel13! · Jan 11, 2011

Very strange. But... to rule out malware you will have to follow through with the below.

If I see no malware, I shall be sending you to another area of the forum.

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The_Cons · Jan 11, 2011

Issue resolved: She accidentally programmed an on-the-fly macro with my mouse... Oh the humanity.

Kestrel13! · Jan 12, 2011

LOL Glad you're sorted.

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