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How to know if my system has a key logger or screengrabber software

How can I know of my PC has malicious key logger or screengrabber software running?
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There no simple answer to this question.  A good virus scanner will detect most things.  There are a number of tools from MalwareBytes that you can download - anti-malware and anti-exploit would be a good start.
Beyond that, try the utility HiJackThis which will list out everything that's running on the computer as a driver, startup program, etc.  The problem with this is simply that it'll list out so much, and it'll need an expert to determine what a lot of it is.

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we have antivirus but  it doesnt tell me if there is a key-logger or screengrabber in memory (and HiJackThis overwhelms with info too technical so we can now).
The MalwareBytes tools are probably more useful - use the Chameleon version if you think your system is already infected.

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besides cleaning, we really want to identify them.

How does MalwareBytes tells me this? (have Windows 8 Pro PC)
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Do you have a particular reason for thinking that your PC is infected?  Are you seeing something that makes you think this?  Or is it just a general enquiry?

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sorry for the delay, had problems with the emails from EE alerting me of answers were not coming in (fixed).

Thanx for the info on Malwarebytes, Roguekiller, adwcleaner, and JRT, but what we would like to know is how to identify the actual apps or program loaded ion memory pertaining to a key logger or screengrabber software.

We are not looking for a cleaner, rather if EE can help us identify them in our PC memory or task-manager.
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So yo mean that there are no exact names or know key logger names recognize by just seeing the program running?
(I guess what we want is to know possible program names that are these malicious key-logger apps)
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So the key-loggers are not a specific software but malicious code that our PC gets (or gets planted) when infected by visiting a site or using infected USB, etc? In other words, 'key-logger' or 'screengrabber' are not actual software you buy or download?
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To answer you last question, keyloggers are normally considered "spyware" that will record thing like your passwords so they can be sent to a hacker. However, there are also legitimate key logging programs out there that a business may put on their computer for one reason or another.

If you are in an office, someone who is a network specialist might be able to look at the traffic coming from your computer and tell you if there is anything unusual.

Like everyone else, I highly recommend scanning with malware bytes if you think something is happening.
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What we were looking for actual names or behaviors so we could identify when one of these culprit were in memory.   Nevertheless, based in the valuable EE info supplied us, we have concluded that this is not the case with key-logger or screengrabbers; these codes are note apps but appended or embedded malicious coding within an apps downloaded or a site visited.

Based on this, and the info/links provided, we have a lot of research to do.

We will proceed to close  question.
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Thank you very much, this is in the direction of what we were looking for; possible names for keyloggers.