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		3pt14159 on June 5, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Gmail security warnings for suspected state-sponso... They should have included the words "if at all possible, format your compute and reinstall a new operating system with latest updates immediately. If someone has a keylogger on your computer it is game over anyways. (Since they can "read" the mail you send just by recording the keystrokes)

cmelbye on June 5, 2012 | [–]

I think this warning is referring to MITM hijacking attacks and things along those lines, not key loggers.

s_henry_paulson on June 6, 2012 | [–]

FYI, rootkits can survive a HD format.

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