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keylogger issue

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jokerx225

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Hey guys I was wondering if you can help me with a situation I'm having.
I just recently moved in with my dad and we are on the same network. My dad is very very nosy and likes to see everything I do and check all my stuff. I hate it I'm 19 years old I don't need to go through this again. Well I'm pretty sure there is a keylogger on my computer cause I found one bout 1 month ago so I reformsted but I need a program or something to block him and to find all the keyloggers if that's possible. Thank you
 
jokerx225 said:
Hey guys I was wondering if you can help me with a situation I'm having.
I just recently moved in with my dad and we are on the same network. My dad is very very nosy and likes to see everything I do and check all my stuff. I hate it I'm 19 years old I don't need to go through this again. Well I'm pretty sure there is a keylogger on my computer cause I found one bout 1 month ago so I reformsted but I need a program or something to block him and to find all the keyloggers if that's possible. Thank you
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Working under a lot of assumptions here but if you're 19 and your dad installed a keylogger on your computer, I'm pretty sure he's violating some laws. Then again, if he paid for the computer and you're just using it, that's a different story.

You could always try reformatting and putting a password that only you know on both the BIOS and all user accounts. Then of course make sure you always lock the computer before leaving it unattended. This certainly isn't a foolproof solution by any means, but it's a start. I don't really know how tech-savvy your dad is. You might also want to be sure not to run any executables given to you by him as a lot of keyloggers can be setup to piggyback on another program's installation.

It might be a good idea to install a firewall and block anything you don't know for a fact is yours. Some keyloggers will upload or share data using explorer's built-in FTP.
 
I wouldn't come out swinging with him on it, but i would ask him if he put monitoring software on your PC.

If he denies it, then say something like, "Good, because that'd be crossing some lines." Then i would reformat and put on passwords, if he asks you why you did it, say you think something got installed on your computer without you knowing, so you are locking it down.

If he admits it, you guys need to talk, simply because if he thinks there's something you shouldn't be doing with your computer, he needs to tell you about it before hand so you guys can come to an understanding about privacy and boundries. Because if you start trying to one up each other, it's going to become a pissing match and no one wins.

If you are under 18, it's gonna tough, because if you living with him, he pretty much runs the show.
 
If its your PC then then yeah i would format and set up some better security. After i showed him that i found a key logger and asked him if he knew how it got there.

If its his PC and you are just using it (no matter how old you are) its still his PC and you need to understand that you should not do anything on a computer that you dont want the entire workd to see if that PC does not belong to you or on your own private network.
 
There are arguments on both sides of this.

My recommendation is to rebuild the machine and install Deep Freeze or something like that. Good luck getting a keylogger to install then ;)
 
Keyloggers are also pretty common infections these days, how are you detecting this?
 
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