SpySweeper dected Perfect Keylogger. Now what?

[FERRANTE]

I an Webroot's SpySweeper and it found Perfect Keylogger on my
computer. It did that earlier in the week and I deleted it. Last night
because of my computer being very slow and stuff, I tried to restore
to an earlier date and it said after trying that it could not be done.
Is there a chance that by trying, the keylogger was reinstalled? How
do these get on one's machine? And how serious can it be?

Thanks,
Mark

 

[Todd H.]

I an Webroot's SpySweeper and it found Perfect Keylogger on my
computer. It did that earlier in the week and I deleted it. Last night
because of my computer being very slow and stuff, I tried to restore
to an earlier date and it said after trying that it could not be done.
Is there a chance that by trying, the keylogger was reinstalled?

Possibly. Can you re-do the scan?

How do these get on one's machine?

Unpatched web browsers, unpatched operating systems, clicking on
nefarious links unwittingly, installing "free" software that includes
nasty extras, in general "using Windows" it seems. :-\

And how serious can it be?

How does "An attacker having every password you ever type on your
computer, including those to web sites of financial institutions and
credit card and address information" grab ya?

Best Regards,