Could this be a Keylogger?

[Marbig]

The guy that scammed me my account I was going to sell was talking to me on MSN. He sent me a picture/screenshot of his Paypal and we 'Shared photos'. This morning, I ran a Malwarebyte scan and found that one of the files in ProgramFiles(x86)/Windows Live/Messenger was infected. Could this be a keylogger? And how did he send it?

The image he sent me was saved in a different location and has since been removed.

 

[Brendan]

Moved to the correct section.

 

[Nyx]

I strongly doubt you can send a virus via the built-in photo sharing option on MSN. Nonetheless, running a virus scan wouldn't a bad idea. I suggest you use Spybot: Search & Destroy to run a scan. http://www.safer-networking.org/index2.html

In the future, ask the other party to upload their screenshots at imageshack.us, piclion.com or another Image hosting website.

 

[Infamous Arts]

no doubt it.

 

[Dark L3g3nd]

Just scan Malwarebytes and remove it. Could you give any more definition of infected? Such as what type of infection.(Check your Malwarebytes log)

 

[Marbig]

I've got a pic of it:

 

[Dark L3g3nd]

Ok, Just after a quick bit of research that looks to be a toolbar. Have you got any toolbars on your browser?

 

[Rioterz]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=adware.mywebsearch

Honestly, I don't want this to sound as a flame or anything.
A simple Google search would of explained everything to you, and saved you a lot of time.
From the first link, which took 10 seconds to find:

Adware.Mywebsearch, is a malicious adware application that tends to be distributed by its affiliated website.

Once a computer user visits the affiliated website, they are prompted to install an ActiveX plug-in, which will give the adware parasite permission to install onto the user’s computer.

You should always try googling before posting :\

 

[Marbig]

OK thanks for the info, and sorry for the thread =/