the only reason i put xoftspy report up here was quick and simple to do at the time.
i must say avast is tops as it alerted me before anything else did.
all i can say about xoftspy is it has been reliable for along time and i also use zone alarm to scan for these, and compair adaware se also to see if it is a legit problem.
in this case it was all true.
Assuming you have Win XP, the best FREE program to
check for the presence of keyloggers is most likely “Ewido”
available from www.ewido.net .
Exactly HOW did you solve your Kazaa LimeWire Companion
“problem” ?
Since you seem to download programs you have NOT
throughly investigated before doing so, perhaps you should
install “RootkitRevealer” from : www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/rootkitrevealer.html
to see if there are any hidden rootkits in your machine !?
DavidR is exaclty right about doing the research before you download.
You might want to consider including the following criteria in your pre-download reasearch:
Download only from known, respected sites
Look for sites that show the number of downloads and user ratings
Download only those programs that have been used and are given positive reviews by an acceptable number of users (you will have to set your own acceptability limit here).
My feeling is that if, for example, 10,000+ users have downloaded a program, most reviewers like it, and none are reporting it as malware its probably safe. Of course, I might be missing some very good software with this approach but if a program is good enough it will eventually reach my threshold.
You can also check against spywareguide. Visit the site and check the name against their scum- and rogueware list. If you find it there stay a thousand miles from it, because it is bad for you and for your computer as such.