Fight USB Keylogger Viruses

I just read a blog post about this Keylogger Virus in some blog, and It is so horrifying that this malicious virus not only infects your pc but it deletes all emails in your Yahoo! mail after you logged in to your Yahoo! Messenger. it is really scary!

I encountered already this virus and I'm glad that all of us are aware of the USB viruses spreading around and we immediately deleted it.

Here are some tips if you don't have any updated antivirus software
also I already given this tip in my previous blog posts and everyone is doing the same routine.

1. never double click a usb drive if you are not sure
2. right click on it and explore the files
3. click the menu of that folder, click tools, and folder options
4. enable view all hidden files and other system files
5. if you spotted some hidden files being exposed, some of them are in .vbf file, and an executable file like SVCIHOST.EXE, thats one of the culprit. all you have to do is delete it.
6.sometimes this virus spreads all in your USB root folder, so if you dont have any virus scanners, you will be going to delete it manually, one by one.
7. then after doing it and everything is clean, try checking it again by unplugging it.
8. restart your pc and check your root directory C:\ drive if it is infected too.
9. next time, download and get a anti virus software to block this pest viruses.

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Unknown said…
Unfortunately anti-viruses do not protect your PC from keyloggers as keyloggers are not viruses. They can installed on your computer via trojans, that ARE viruses and anti-viruses can protect you from trojans, but not from keyloggers. The software you need called anti-keyloggers. I recommend this one:http://www.anti-keyloggers.com/ as it uses methods of heuristic analysis, not signatures, this it is capable to protect your PC even from unknown keylogging applications. Hope my post will help you in the 'Keyloggers war':)