Hello…could avast internet security protect computer from keylogger software?
Yes, it can.
wow that’s awesome…how about keylogger hardware?
Last I checked the is no software solution for that, Avast! or otherwise.
I think the same.
Just happened to catch this… I concur. Correct me if I’m wrong, not sure I’ve ever heard of Keylogger “Hardware”. Keylogger “Software” can often be stored on removable hardware, i.e., flash drives and via a USB port. I would think that if it’s a program stored on a flash drive, avast wouldn’t be able to catch it because it’s not scanning the USB ports. Unless the program was installed onto the computer or on something such as a CD or floppy, in one of the drives, it’s not going to be detected by any AV. Please correct me if I’m wrong. I often hear this at work and have been curious about whether that was viable.
For instance: http://www.keyghost.com/
Of course avast will detect it if it is running. Otherwise, it won’t be active and it’s a file like any other.
Any (good) antivirus will detect it.
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Thanks for clarifying that Tech. And providing that link. Wasn’t aware that they’ve now managed to disguise these as adapters and now keyboards… However, in a twist of irony and unbeknownst to you I think you just helped provide a solution to my 16 year old problem. ;D
Right, respectively. Avast is one of the better AV’s around, no argument there. Nice endorsement btw 
In this situation I think it’s clearly defined that Avast can do many things. However, examining the back of your desktop for you, isn’t one of them. And I just grew a little bit more paranoid lol. :-\
thanks for your comment. i interested to know how avast protect our computer from keylogger software. Is avast block the software (prevent the software for run) or secure every character that we type?
Tech,
Thank you. 
I have a free subscrition to Zemana, it has never found a real keylogger.
It’s nice to know that all along avast! has been protecting from keyloggers.
Maybe that’s why Zemana never found any when I install it. 8)
Well keyloggers require more than just an AV to detect them as there are legit keyloggers and the problem is one of determining intent, has it been placed maliciously or legitimately and AVs have trouble determining intent. So an AV only may well not detect all keyloggers.
One thing that a malicious keylogger will be trying to do is to connect to the internet to upload the data that it has logged and it is here where the second line of defence, your firewall comes in. So a firewall should be monitoring connections looking for unauthorised outbound connections.
So the AIS should give better protection against keyloggers as the firewall element should also be monitoring outbound traffic…
So, are you try to tell us that avast can’t protect from keylogger?
If a keylogger is running it’s most likely running at start up,
so WinPatrol should alert me, of course it would be up to
me to make the the determination as to what it is.
I think any (good) antivirus should detect keyloggers.
If it was installed with intention, the user should do exceptions into the antivirus.
If it was installed by a malware, it should be removed.
I think avast is NOT calling PUP (potential unwanted programs) the keyloggers. They’re being detected as malware. But I could be wrong. I just tested one keylogger some time ago and it was detected by avast as malware. Doing the exceptions, it worked.
I found that avast did not detected keylogger software from www.refog.com
Bad.
Why is it bad not to detect a legit keylogger, there are many that use them for legitimate purposes.
Many of which are parents monitoring their children activity on-line.
I guess the kids wouldn’t want that in the system, but they aren’t the ones purchasing the system nor installing the keylogger. Yes there are pro-active parental control applications, but many prefer to know what is being done on-line rather than simply blocking some sites/activities.
Because it can’t be separated from the installed from the malware. Keyloggers need to be detected in my opinion.
Sad. There are tons of better parental controls.
Good parental controls have logs…
- There is no legit keylogger, imo…!!
- Seems there went something wrong in the education then. Parents spying on their kids…??
- Most kids are much smarter than the parents…
asyn
3. Most kids are much smarter than the parents...
All kids think they are smarter than their parents till they grow up & have kids of their own,
then they wish they were as smart as their mother and father. ;D