Kaspersky detected keylogger in zsnes

justinrpg · Post by **justinrpg** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 12:18 am

kaspersky detected a keylogger in ZSNES is this a false positive? no other program i used detected that AVG, Defender Pro, Bit defender i used didn't

Kaspersky is supposed to be the best, but the same happened with a couple of other programs too that others said clean

Killa B · Post by **Killa B** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 12:22 am

justinrpg wrote:Kaspersky detected a keylogger in ZSNES is this a false positive?

No, there's really a keylogger in zsnes.

Post by **Agozer** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 12:46 am

The keylogger was put there just to fuck with the people over at Kapersky, yeah.

Rashidi · Post by **Rashidi** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 4:27 am

well, as long as said program doesn't tried to report "whatever its logs" somewhere over the internetz, i wouldn't concern myself about it.

just curiousity, what routine(s) in zsnes codes that kaspersky interprets as keylogger?

adventure_of_link · Post by **adventure_of_link** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 7:15 am

Isn't the zmv creator like a keylogger?

Post by **grinvader** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 7:46 pm

Well, kaspersky would have to be real good to detect that since it's not run automatically at launch and it goes through 3 different array layers (one of them os-dependant) to do the ZMV.

byuu · Post by **byuu** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 12:30 am

It's being detected as a keylogger because ZSNES uses ManyMouse. ManyMouse uses an API called RawInput to uniquely identify and control different mice individually.

I use the same RawInput API, but without ManyMouse (gives me the same ability with keyboards as well), and I'm also detected as a keylogger because of it.

Executive summary: Kaspersky is snake-oil, FUD-based shit. The developers think there's no legitimate reason to uniquely identify more than one keyboard or mouse, so it just flags any app that does as a keylogger.

Y~K · Post by **Y~K** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 12:01 pm

byuu wrote:It's being detected as a keylogger because ZSNES uses ManyMouse. ManyMouse uses an API called RawInput to uniquely identify and control different mice individually.

I use the same RawInput API, but without ManyMouse (gives me the same ability with keyboards as well), and I'm also detected as a keylogger because of it.

Executive summary: Kaspersky is snake-oil, FUD-based shit. The developers think there's no legitimate reason to uniquely identify more than one keyboard or mouse, so it just flags any app that does as a keylogger.

Better safe than sorry. That's why Kaspersky is awesome.

Personally I have set the whole Emulators folder (and its sub folders) to ignore key logger threats, which is very easy to configure in Kaspersky.

Squall_Leonhart · Post by **Squall_Leonhart** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 2:12 pm

Any application which hooks input by bypassing DirectInput reports as a keylogger, that includes most emulators....

millerbell · Post by **millerbell** » Thu Aug 22, 2013 10:26 am

Y~K wrote:
byuu wrote:It's being detected as a keylogger because ZSNES uses ManyMouse. ManyMouse uses an API called RawInput to uniquely identify and control different mice individually.

I use the same RawInput API, but without ManyMouse (gives me the same ability with keyboards as well), and I'm also detected as a keylogger because of it.

Executive summary: Kaspersky is snake-oil, FUD-based shit. The developers think there's no legitimate reason to uniquely identify more than one keyboard or mouse, so it just flags any app that does as a keylogger.
Better safe than sorry. That's why Kaspersky is awesome.

Personally I have set the whole Emulators folder (and its sub folders) to ignore key logger threats, which is very easy to configure in Kaspersky.

A keylogger, also known as keystroke logging, is a program installed on your computer unbeknownst to you that logs all key strokes typed into your computer which is then viewed by a third party. Keyloggers are also capable of taking screen captures.
And most importantly, learn the basics about what is the keylogger software.

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