Can you get a virus from a keyboard?

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  1. paulyjustin
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    What do you mean physically tamper with your keyboard and created a hardware keylogger?
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  3. f14tomcat
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    paulyjustin said:
    What do you mean physically tamper with your keyboard and created a hardware keylogger?
    You should take that with a grain of salt and not seriously. I know you are concerned, but that is very far fetched indeed.
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  4. Maki711
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    f14tomcat said:
    You should take that with a grain of salt and not seriously. I know you are concerned, but that is very far fetched indeed.
    I agree.
    I just listed the possibilities but in your case (OP), you are probably golden, no need to worry.
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  6. f14tomcat
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    Maki711 said:
    I agree.
    I just listed the possibilities but in your case (OP), you are probably golden, no need to worry.
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