Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 17:28:58 +0200 From: Philip Lykke Carlsen <plcplc@gmail.com> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Strange keyboard (viral?) behaviour Message-ID: <200606131728.59050.plcplc@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <448ECF5A.9090501@computer.org> References: <200606121849.45538.plcplc@gmail.com> <200606122117.29276.plcplc@gmail.com> <448ECF5A.9090501@computer.org>
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tirsdag 13 juni 2006 16:44 skrev Eric Schuele: > On 06/12/06 14:17, Philip Lykke Carlsen wrote: > > mandag 12 juni 2006 20:48 skrev du: > >> Philip Lykke Carlsen wrote: > >>> Hm. A little more research seems to have narrowed it down a bit. > >>> > >>> Apparently the text come from my sisters windows pc and is transmitted > >>> realtime to my freebsd machine, peculiar as it may sound. but at least > >>> now I have the means to look at the problem more carefully. > >>> > >>> But I am still at a loss as to explain how it continued typing even > >>> after I unplugged the network card (it's a laptop..), and how it was > >>> able to continue even in singleuser mode before the network had been > >>> properly set up (let alone plugged in at all). > >> > >> Wireless keyboard on your sister's machine and your laptop just happens > >> to have a compatible receiver built-in? > >> > >> David > > > > Hm. now that you mention it, that does seem probable. > > > > And sure enough.. looking closer, the typing stops when I unplug the usb > > wireless mouse/keyboard reciever.. it's just.. it has never happened > > before now.. and we've been using this setup for ages.. and I never had > > quite this success in keyboard transmitting range.. 10 meters at least > > and through at least four solid brick and steel walls.. > > hm.. i guess disabling usb-keyboards via devfs.rules or by removing the > > support from the kernel would solve the problem. > > > > But thanks very much. > > very much indeed :-D > > > > hm.. I wonder why I didn't at least consider the possibility of it being > > the wireless keyboard.. > > I'm curious.... > Originally you said it was playing back YOUR previous GAIM conversation. > Then above you mention "real time text" from your sister's pc. If it > is the former... your sister's pc may have a keylogger on it, no? And > may require some investigation. > Well, that is, I thought so. Because the text being replayed looked very much like the conversation my sister had had when she borrowed my GAIM a week ago. A little detail that I neglected to tell about . Heh, that just proves how very low the diversity in her conversations is :p So.. no keylogger in the end.. just the damned keyboard muxer.. > Either way, now (with wireless keyboard)... the keylogger only needs to > be near your machine, not installed on it. :S > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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