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| 15 Oct 2009 | #1 |
| | Keylogger question. Hey, Does anyone know if it is possible for a keylogger to survive/persist a complete hard drive wipe using DBAN? Darik's Boot And Nuke | Hard Drive Disk Wipe and Data Clearing I ran the program with DoD short wipe and 3 passes from a bootable DVD. The system only contains one drive. As many answers as possible would be great.  |
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| 16 Oct 2009 | #2 |
| | My vote would be no. Unless it is a hardware device built into the system. |
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| 16 Oct 2009 | #3 |
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Quote: Originally Posted by Dazeon  Hey, Does anyone know if it is possible for a keylogger to survive/persist a complete hard drive wipe using DBAN? Darik's Boot And Nuke | Hard Drive Disk Wipe and Data Clearing I ran the program with DoD short wipe and 3 passes from a bootable DVD. The system only contains one drive. As many answers as possible would be great. |
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| 16 Oct 2009 | #4 |
| | Hi Dazeon, do you suspect there is/was a keylogger on your computer? You can read about 'keylogers' here: Viruslist.com - Keyloggers: How they work and how to detect them (Part 1) Quote: Keyloggers can be divided into two categories: keylogging devices and keylogging software. Keyloggers which fall into the first category are usually small devices that can be fixed to the keyboard, or placed within a cable or the computer itself. The keylogging software category is made up of dedicated programs designed to track and log keystrokes. |
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| 16 Oct 2009 | #5 |
| | keylogger would not withstand disk wipe with reboot. |
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| 16 Oct 2009 | #6 |
| | ^^^ if was a software application. |
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| 17 Oct 2009 | #7 |
| | Not keyloggers. But I believe some rootkits can survive that. |
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| 17 Oct 2009 | #8 |
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Quote: Originally Posted by Ragzarok Not keyloggers. But I believe some rootkits can survive that. When you re-install Windows, the first thing Windows does is delete EVERYTHING on the selected partition (or hard drive) so that nothing is on it. Now, it installs a fresh copy. Rootkits will be wiped out during the deleting process. |
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| 17 Oct 2009 | #9 |
| | Bios rootkit is what I think they're called. Though I'm not familiar with the probability or method of being infected. |
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Quote: Originally Posted by Ragzarok Bios rootkit is what I think they're called. Though I'm not familiar with the probability or method of being infected. |
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