Questions about Keylogger detection

• First why do you think you have a keylogger?
• Is your account password protected?
  • Does anyone else know your password?
  • Does your account have administrator priviledges
• Are there other user accounts on this PC other than yours?
  • Are they all password protected?
  • Are any of these other account administrator type accounts
  • Is the Administrator user account password protected.

Good commercial keyloggers are not easy to detect or remove since they are designed to be totally hidden. Malware keyloggers are not always so well designed but some are better than others.

Many tools will detect keyloggers but they will not necessarily detect all keyloggers. The below programs will detect some of them:

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware
SUPERAntiSpyware
Spy Sweeper
Spyware Doctor

You can also user rootkit scanning programs to look for possible hidden activity but you have to manually analyze the logs to determine if there are problems or not.

And yes antivirus programs also detect certain aspects of keyloggers but again not necessarily everything.

Having an IP address from outside of your network trying to access your PC does not mean you have a keylogger. It may just mean others know of the existence of your IP address or they are hunting for active addresses. That is one of the reasons why you want a software firewall. It is also a good idea to have a hardware firewall (like most newer routers have) to put a first line of defense in place before even getting to your PC.

If you are suspecting malware problems on your PC, you should be running the below:

READ & RUN ME FIRST. Malware Removal Guide