Is there anyway to find out where a keylogger originated from I did a scan and found the STARR keylogger?

Question

It was on my external hard-drive how can I find the person or company.. I removed it but Im very afraid because I dont know how much they know like personal information

Answer 1

The most important thing after discovering a keylogger installation is removing it and next changing all passwords to any accounts that you may have (if and while you may still have control of them) and contacting all credit card companies about initiating some possible fraud security on your credit cards...

If you had a lot of information for them to use, assume the worst.

Who done it? Well, this is after the fact...get your important things secured first, then worry about 'mr. whodunnit'.
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Also good to note that, if you are a teen you may take into consideration that it was possibly your parents who dropped this software onto your external drive. Only you would know if that were a possibility, but, one to consider.

Did your malware scanner also indicate that the Starr keylogger was successfully removed? This keylogger runs in total stealth mode and is password protected from removal, so I think I would try a few more scans with an anti-rootkit detector before I assumed it to be gone.

You might want to scan with this GMER Anti-rootkit-
It is one of the better ones.
http://www.gmer.net/files.php

The only real way to be sure an anti-rootkit is completely gone is to format the drive a few times to wipe it clean...


Good luck!
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Use protection,
your computer will thank you.

Answer 2

Report the incident to the local police.

You couldn't track them down, because they don't want you to.