Security
A program that records what you type is running on this PC
Keys Wallet & Watch brought you here because its checkup found one of the programs below running. The app keeps working; this page explains what was found and what you can do about it.
Why the warning?
A keylogger records every key you press. A monitoring program usually does that and more: screenshots, the websites you visit, what you copy. A password manager can't protect you from that. The vault stays locked on disk, but the moment you show a password, copy it or type it on a website, a program watching the keyboard and screen can read it.
That is why the app warns rather than locks. It can't tell whether you installed the program yourself, whether an employer did with your knowledge, or whether someone put it there without telling you. You can.
What to do
- If you installed it, or know who did and agreed to it, nothing is broken. Keep in mind that anything you reveal in Keys Wallet & Watch while it runs is being recorded. Set the app to ask for your password every time (Settings, Security) if you'd rather it reminded you.
- If this is a work computer, your employer may monitor it. Check your workplace's policy, and keep personal passwords in a vault on a PC you own.
- If you don't know how it got there, treat your passwords as seen. Open Windows Security, run a full scan, and look in Settings → Apps → Installed apps for the product named below. Uninstall it, restart, then change the passwords you used while it was running, starting with email.
- If you suspect a partner, family member or someone close to you installed it, be careful about removing it straight away: the person who installed it may notice. Organisations such as the Coalition Against Stalkerware (opens in a new tab) explain how to plan safely first, and a local domestic-abuse service can help. Use a different device for those conversations.
Keys Wallet & Watch recognises these programs by the name of the running file. Most of them can hide from the Task Manager, and several let the installer rename the file, so "no warning" does not mean "nothing is there".
The programs the app knows
What was found
The warning in the app names the program and its file. Find it here.
Ardamax Keylogger
Sold for secret monitoring · runs as akl.exe, akv.exe
A keylogger sold for 'invisible' use. It records keystrokes, takes screenshots and can send the logs by email or to a server.
REFOG Keylogger (also sold as REFOG Personal Monitor, Employee Monitor, KGB Keylogger and Mipko)
Sold for secret monitoring · runs as mpk.exe, mpkl64.exe, mpkview.exe, mpkinst.exe
Records everything typed, websites visited, programs used and screenshots, and hides itself from the Task Manager.
Spyrix Keylogger (Spyrix Free Keylogger, Personal Monitor, Employee Monitoring)
Sold for employee monitoring · runs as spkl.exe, spmm.exe
Keystroke and screenshot recording with an online dashboard. The paid editions run hidden.
Spytech SpyAgent
Sold for secret monitoring · runs as sysdiag.exe
A long-running 'computer monitoring' product that logs keystrokes, chats, websites and screenshots and is designed not to show up in the Task Manager.
Spytech SpyAnywhere
Sold for secret monitoring · runs as spyagent.exe
Spytech's remote-control companion: someone can watch and operate this PC from elsewhere.
Revealer Keylogger
Sold for secret monitoring · runs as rvlkl.exe, rkfree.exe
Records keystrokes and screenshots; the paid edition is invisible and emails the logs.
Actual Keylogger
Sold for secret monitoring · runs as akprog.exe
Logs keystrokes, clipboard contents, programs and websites, with a hidden mode.
Perfect Keylogger
Sold for secret monitoring · runs as bpk.exe
An older but still common keylogger that hides from the Task Manager and the Start menu and sends logs by email or FTP.
FlexiSPY for Windows
Sold for secret monitoring · runs as svcapplookup.exe
Stalkerware installed under a Windows-sounding folder name. It records keystrokes, passwords, screenshots and activity and reports them to whoever installed it.
Free Keylogger (IwantSoft)
Sold for secret monitoring · runs as emsvc.exe
Records keystrokes, clipboard, websites and screenshots in the background.
Best Free Keylogger
Sold for secret monitoring · runs as syscrb.exe
Records keystrokes, chats, websites and screenshots and runs hidden.
SoftActivity Monitor (Activity Monitor)
Sold for employee monitoring · runs as amsvc.exe, swsys.exe
Employee-monitoring software with a 'stealth mode': keystrokes, screenshots and web activity are sent to a central server.
Kickidler
Sold for employee monitoring · runs as grabberagent.exe, grabbersubagent.exe
Employee monitoring with live screen viewing and keystroke recording; it can run in a hidden mode.
StaffCop
Sold for employee monitoring · runs as ltvsrv.exe, ntcontrolsvc.exe
Employee monitoring that records keystrokes, screenshots, files and messages for an administrator.
SniperSpy
Sold for secret monitoring · runs as envtask.exe
A discontinued remote spying product that still turns up on older PCs. It records keystrokes and lets someone watch the screen remotely.
Free Key Logger (Virtuoza)
Sold for secret monitoring · runs as freekeylogger.exe
A simple keylogger that writes everything typed to a log file.
What the app does not do
Keys Wallet & Watch does not scan for malware, does not remove anything, and does not send the names of running programs anywhere. The checkup runs on your PC and shows you what it saw. Windows Security, or the antivirus you use, is the tool for removing a program you didn't want.
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