On 30 Aug 2003 06:42:28 -0700, in <alt.privacy.spyware>,
kidsparty2004@yahoo.com (Mr. Prez) wrote:
>
> Recently, when I enter keystrokes on my computer keyboard, there is a
> new <delay> of up to ten to twelve stokes, where nothing
> appears...then, all of a sudden, the entire word I typed appears at
> once. This is not only annoying, but makes me wonder if my computer
> is being "monitored".
[snip]

Possible. But the more likely explanation is that your CPU is saturated.

> I have the latest antivirus stuff;
[snip]

And that is very probably part of the reason why, especially if you've
enabled all the auto-everything protect-me-from-myself "features", most
which are usually unnecessary.

> ...is there any
> way for me to uncover or uninstall this?
[snip]

"Uncover or uninstall" *what*, exactly?

Have you run a full system scan with AdAware and/or Spybot Search & Destroy?
That's SOP Step #1 in cases like this.

--

Jay T. Blocksom
--------------------------------
Appropriate Technology, Inc.
usenet01[at]appropriate-tech.net


"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
-- Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759.

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