What are good programs to check systems for keylogger/tsr's/etc?

[Saga]

Have a machine a close friend brought to me and claims her boyfriend installed a keylogger and now claims she's cheating. I know her very well (dated her for three and a half years some time back) and she's honestly not the type who would cheat, but then again I don't know the full situation and really don't have any intention of getting involved.

I help many clients set up machines with keyloggers for children, however my friend is great at picking up the nerdy guys regardless of how hot she is, and it's very possible he's installed some form of TSR which is not detectable with windows operating, and I have checked the common folders and file strings that I am aware of.

Are there any programs which are extremely good at checking for all forms of keyloggers, including boot-sector level TSR's? Or is this something so simple even Norton should be able to find it regardless of what it is?

 

[spyordie007]

The only way to be certain is to wipe the box and start out clean. Really.

You can run your typical set of spyware detection applications, virus scanners, etc. however these are only going to get the common (and poorly written) ones. The only way to be sure would be to wipe it. A kernel level keylogger can be near-impossible to detect, even if you know what you're looking for.

 

[Saga]

Thank you, thats basically all I wanted to know.

 

[Slacker]

Well, she could install a hardware keylogger and see what the guy is doing when he checks her computer, you would see what app or log he uses.

 

[Eltano1]

Try this from a reputable company:

http://www.f-secure.com/blacklight/

Best regards

Eltano

 

[episodic]

Originally posted by: Slacker
Well, she could install a hardware keylogger and see what the guy is doing when he checks her computer, you would see what app or log he uses.

I did the exact same once.