be careful where you download adobe reader

My mother downloaded adobe reader from a website that looked like adobe but wasnt adobe. it download adobe reader as well as installed a virus / malware called antikeylogger. What this program did was make all letters and numbers on your keyboard type a random number and cycle through it 1-9 on every key. so if you pressed the same key 5 times you would get 5 different number results. The only key that didnt seem effected was the backspace and return key. I managed to track it down as one of the newest programs installed on her computer.

It was a bit tricky to uninstall because it required a 5 digit pin to uninstall and the all the keys were cycling numbers. I managed to type it cycling and using the delete key.

Now her keyboard is finally functioning normal. I read on the net its official name is something backdoor. I am currently installing kaspersky to make sure its totally gone.

I am sure this was installed with adobe software but I dont know from where she got it. so be careful guys.

she didnt have adobe reader installed. she wanted to print out a tax form so she went on the net and downloaded adobe reader from the net. however she thinks it was adobe website however i think she was spoofed. either way the antikeylogger app that caused the problem was installed with adobe reader.

I cant say exactly what the website address was but im sure it wasnt adobe official. they are pretty careful.