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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Jack Schofield

Stop, Key Thief!

Spyware Terminator says it has identified Key Thief but unfortunately it doesn't remove this threat despite saying that it has done so. I have run Spybot S&D, AVG AntiSpyware, Ad-Aware and Spyware Doctor and none of these has identified Key Thief. Tony Thomson

Key Thief is a keylogger but you can download it from idigitaltech.com as a legitimate security program, so some programs may choose not to identify it as malware. It's a grey area. However, you can look for Key Thief by searching for files such as startkey.exe, keyserv.exe, skey.exe, srvcks.exe, ikeyhk2.dll and keythf2.ini, and for the name, Idigital Technologies, preferably in Safe Mode. If you can't find anything on the hard drive and Runsrvcks isn't in the registry, it could be a "false positive". You could try asking other users about Key Thief at forum.spywareterminator.com, or run 2Spyware's automated removal tool. You could also try installing the trial version of Key Thief yourself, then uninstall it. Usually, most programs can tell if they're already installed.

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