PDM.keylogger

[DragonFan]

i just got a keylogger titled PDM.Keylogger from a game called Duke Nukem Forever as the game is legit as it works but somehow Steam i was using for the game i don't know if anyone can identify this as my anti-virus detected it somehow and i read that it is a false Positive

[tashi]

Hi DragonFan,

Could you clarify please, not quite understanding. :)


i just got a keylogger titled PDM.Keylogger from a game called Duke Nukem Forever


as the game is legit as it works but somehow Steam i was using for the game i don't know if anyone can identify this as my anti-virus detected it somehow and i read that it is a false Positive

[DragonFan]

Hi DragonFan,

Could you clarify please, not quite understanding. :)

well first i installed the Gaming Platform Steam which came on the CD of Duke Nukem Forever at first when i played the game it simply detected the Dukeforever.exe file as it's only part of a game that i got for christmas late last year my spybot program did not detect it but my Kaspersky Pure AntiVirus did what should i do

[tashi]

Hello DragonFan,

As your Kaspersky anti virus program detected the .exe consider posting at their forums. :)

http://forum.kaspersky.com/

[DragonFan]

Hello DragonFan,

As your Kaspersky anti virus program detected the .exe consider posting at their forums. :)

http://forum.kaspersky.com/

i do have some more links to possible truth on the file like from here
http://forums.gearboxsoftware.com/showthread.php?t=82175
and this link too
http://forums.duke4.net/topic/2837-pdmkeylogger-found-in-current-eduke32exe/

[jfalstaff]

I'm going to dredge this back up since I have Kaspersky and I think I have the reason behind it.

I'm doing some C++ programming to unify keyboard, mouse and game controllers into a simple event driven interface, so I'm bypassing directinput and using raw input instead. It interfaces more closely to the HID/USB subsystem and as a result, every time I start a debug session, it trips Kaspersky's PDM.Keylogger warning.

So, you don't have a keylogger, rather your game is using raw input rather than directinput.

However, always see what is tripping the warning. If it's an app you don't recognize, be very wary.