QUESTION Kaspersky is reporting that an ‘action similar to a PDM.Keylogger has been detected’. A virus scan finds nothing, but Detected Threats reports: ‘Type Path Name Criticality F C:\Program Files\Apoint\Apmsgfwd.exe Medium’. David Hey
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