umm i have my reasons lets just say that. i do regularly download music and such. but im sure that the person that sent me the keylogger knows me and lives near me. i am in college right now. nobody really has had direct access to my pc. You know i could be wrong but i have strong feelings and part of the reason for my questions is to figure out if my feelings are warranted. if i do have something iwould really like to know who put it on my computer. i am running windows xp pro. i guess i am the adminstrator as i am the only user. no firewall that i know of. also i did do a search but none of my questions were specifically answered. thanks for all the help, i appreciate it