Keylogger/malware?

[munkle]

So I recently had my debit card number stolen and the only thing I used it at was gas pumps and entered it once into paypal. So I reformatted my pc just in case I had a keylogger/malware. So the other day I signed into an email account that hasn't been used in over 6 years and has never received email and has never been used or entered on any site.

After just signing into that email after 6 years of never touching it or it ever being used it started getting spam a couple days later.

I scanned my data drives and entire system with MSE but nothing came up so I'm not sure how this email account would start to get spam unless I had a keylogger/malware somewhere.

 

[Direfox]

I had some issues also that leads me to believe I have had a keylogger on my system. I have done several deep scans with MSE and nothing shows. If someone has a good way of checking for keyloggers I would be interested. A couple of my google hits when I searched about it said there are keyloggers that can't be detected.

 

[mattjw916]

Wipe system and reinstall then change all your passwords using a different trusted machine.

That's the only way to be sure other than running a sniffer on the network looking for the logger's output to be sent.

 

[Gilthanis]

Also, make sure there are no exclusions in the scanning software.

 

[munkle]

Wipe system and reinstall then change all your passwords using a different trusted machine.

That's the only way to be sure other than running a sniffer on the network looking for the logger's output to be sent.

I did that (except I changed all my passwords on the reformated pc right after reformat) and it was after the reformat that I logged into that email that started to get spam, they only thing I can think of is that my data drives have the keylogger/malware since I didn't reformat those only the os drive. Problem is I need to use this pc so I have to get rid of what ever it is finding this stuff out.

Is there an av/antispyware that is good at finding keyloggers because MSE didn't find anything and there are no exclusions set.

 

[Gilthanis]

The real question is, are you gonna keep switching malware suites until one finally says it found something? There are things as false positives, so you are really just asking a question with an obvious answer. Try a few other well known scanners and if they come up clean, then it is unlikely you are infected. Otherwise, wipe all your drives and start fresh. You mentioned the unused 6 year old email account. Try setting up a new yahoo or hotmail account and wait. You get spam in those even if they are never actually used. Also, do you use IM software. I get more spam when my IM is actively used.

My favorite Malware removal programs: MCE (as a free option) or Norton for paid services, Malwarebytes, Spybot S&D, and TrendMicro's HouseCall software. Sometimes CCleaner is used when I can't manually get rid of something.