Softactivity Keylogger Not Detected--why?

heterodox
heterodox
edited October 2013 in Bitdefender windows 8 security

I have two different monitoring solutions installed on my PC: Desktop Scout and SoftActivity Keylogger 7.4.


hxxp://www.softactivity.com/spy-software.asp


Bitdefender Windows 8 Security detects Desktop Scout (as it should), but does not detect SoftActivity Keylogger, and I'd like to know why.


SoftActivity Keylogger is not detected by real-time protection, nor by the on-demand scanner, regardless of the settings used for either.


Is there some agreement Bitdefender has made not to detect certain commercial keyloggers?

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  • heterodox
    heterodox

    Please allow me to answer my own question.


    Commercial monitoring software is a tricky thing. Some companies have sued and pursued other legal means in response to their software being flagged by anti-malware software. Also, a parent/administrator/company/rogue NSA employee/non-rogue NSA employee generally has the authority and ability to install monitoring software on computers they own and/or control and/or want to pwn, and do not want this software being detected and/or removed by those being monitored.


    Hence, there is a strong need to avoid detecting a certain class of commercial monitoring software titles.


    Thank you to all who replied. Oh, wait.

  • brownl
    brownl
    Please allow me to answer my own question.


    Commercial monitoring software is a tricky thing. Some companies have sued and pursued other legal means in response to their software being flagged by anti-malware software. Also, a parent/administrator/company/rogue NSA employee/non-rogue NSA employee generally has the authority and ability to install monitoring software on computers they own and/or control and/or want to pwn, and do not want this software being detected and/or removed by those being monitored.


    Hence, there is a strong need to avoid detecting a certain class of commercial monitoring software titles.


    Thank you to all who replied. Oh, wait.


    Agree, but I don't think there is such "agreement Bitdefender" different keyloggers anti-detected ability are different. I install ankeylogger for mac( http://www.anykeylogger.com/keylogger-for-mac.html) on my mac book It was never been detected.

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