"Donna Ohl" <donna.ohl@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:ASbNk.4031$D32.757@flpi146.ffdc.sbc.com...
>I was in Beijing, and I used my Windows PC there with a freeware firewall
> and freeware anti virus and freeware malware scanners.
>
> Recently a friend said nearly all American travelers were to be warned by
> the State Department that their laptops, if left in the hotel, were almost
> certainly compromised.
>
> How could I tell if a keylogger or other spyware was inserted onto my
> laptop by the Chinese?
>

Worse case scenario, you wont. There are programs inpervious to detection,
you could always format and re-install your laptop if you are that worried
about it. Next time be a little more aware of 'free' stuff ...... theres no
such thing as free !