Could it be that my father installed a keylogger on my laptop?

So is it difficult to install a keylogger or can everyone just do it? And if he has installed what can I find and delete it? Can you delete everything that the keylogger has recorded up to jz?

In theory everyone can do it, but you need a little PC knowledge. But you can easily control.

How can i control this? Because I'm not the administrator either

Unlikely.

The heuristic of your virus scanner would most likely recognize a keylogger and raise the alarm.

But my father is the administrator on the laptop and not me. Can the administrator set this up for other users?

To adjust? WHAT to set?

That's fine.

Since such programs that record keyboard entries hidden by the computer user for them are illegal all over the world, since they would also intercept entered passwords, they are recognized by every computer security software, and both reported, as well as deactivated and deleted. If you want to install something like this, you also have to disable Windows Defender. Since Windows connects to Microsoft online just because of the activation, a removal of the Defender is also recognized, and an update is made so that a keylogger is rediscovered.

This is because there's a tremendous economic power behind the fact that such programs can't simply be installed everywhere, because such a keylogger would make every computer vulnerable, since any access control would be pointless, and any company secret would be completely open.

So I hardly believe that "normal" parents can do it if they are not at least CCC members.

And how do you notice that something was set?

A keylogger

But my father told me that he had a keylogger on my laptop and I don't know if it's really true or if he's just lying so I don't do anything he doesn't want

Because such programs that record keyboard entries hidden by computer users for these are illegal anywhere in the world

No, they are absolutely not. I can use as many keyloggers on my computer as I'm funny, and also with permission on other people's PCs.

they are recognized by every computer security software

Perhaps the larger, better known providers. I once wrote one that worked pretty well and was not recognized under MacOS.

If you want to install something like this, you also have to disable Windows Defender.

So click on "Switch off" in the settings.

. Since Windows connects to Microsoft online just because of the activation, a removal of the Defender is also recognized, and an update is made so that a keylogger is rediscovered.

That is also not correct. Microsoft has no services that reactivate the Defender when you turn it off.

This is because there's a tremendous economic power behind the fact that such programs can't simply be installed everywhere, because such a keylogger would make every computer vulnerable, since any access control would be pointless, and any company secret would be completely open.

That is why one prevents that every type of software running on the computer of the company can play.

Software controls are never perfect. I recently shot one of my completely ok project at work because he wanted to see some malware in there.

So I hardly believe that "normal" parents can do it if they are not at least CCC members.

You don't have to write the software yourself, just press install.

Can it be that my virus scanner software did not find the keylogger?

It can be.

So there are several accounts on my laptop and one account belongs to my father and that is the administrator. I also have my own account but I'm not an administrator. Can my father set up a keylogger for my account? And can't I do anything about it? And can my father view the data from the keylogger if he doesn't go to the laptop. Because my father never uses my laptop, because only I and my brother use it.

Yes, he can have it installed, and yes he can also see it from the outside.

You can start a live system for a bit of anonymity, because nothing logs in software. You can find out how to do this on YT.

Thanks for the tip!

I just ran a virus scan and found 3 malicious software and removed it. Could it be that I removed the keylogger or is it not working as an administrator?

I wouldn't rely on it.

If he tells you that, the chance that this is not true is extremely high. He must have only heard that there might be such a thing, and it was at a time when protective technology, on the other hand, was not yet as developed as is often used today.