NODE 6023a48bKeystroke sniffer question
Scott <scott-b@ix.netcom.com>Sat, 1 Feb 1997 20:44:01 -0800 (PST)
How can you detect if there is a keystroke sniffer on your computer.
Is there a file name to look for?
Where do people get them?
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Scott Bellavance
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NODE c78558ccRe: Keystroke sniffer question
"Z.B." <zachb@netcom.com>Sun, 2 Feb 1997 10:15:27 -0800 (PST)
On Sat, 1 Feb 1997, Scott wrote:
> How can you detect if there is a keystroke sniffer on your computer.
>
All sniffers have to write to disk at some point. You can detect one by
checking to see how much disk space you have (DIR on MSDOS), typing a few
lines of random characters, and check your disk space again. If it's
gone down a little, then you probably have one.
> Is there a file name to look for?
Try checking in your TEMP directory...the few ones that I've seen default
to creating an invisible file in that directory.
> Where do people get them?
They either buy them or write them.
Zach Babayco
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