Saturday, December 5, 2009

Key Logger

Keylogger is a software or programs that run in secret (not visible to the eye) at a particular computer to record every activity that uses a keyboard for data input medium. So each letter (caracter) or the numbers are pressed on the keyboard are automatically recorded by a keylogger or even not only recording but continued recording the results to others through the Internet.
With the keylogger on the computer would indicate to us that should be more careful because all of our actions on the keyboard will be recorded by a keylogger. No matter if you type something that is not important but what if we make transactions on the internet on the computer? of course all of our data will be recorded by a keylogger easily, such as names, passwords, pins and other related transactions.
Keylogger is often installed on computers that are used together as cafes, computer labs and others. Therefore, be careful of the computer that is often used together to avoid the things we do not want like a keylogger.
To overcome the problem keylogger should follow some simple tips below.
  • Use a keylogger detection software that you think well enough, but keep in mind that in the Internet world there is no 100% safe so do not expect too much with keylogger detection software or a specific antivirus software.
  • Change your password periodically to avoid penjiblakan password and user name for your important transactions on the Internet. Use a computer that is not used by many people such as cafes, computer labs, the workplace because it allows for placed keylogger to record our data.
  • Change your password after using these passwords on a computer that used a lot of people, but do not change your password on the same computer.
  • writing passwords for other applications and then use copy and paste that are not detected by the keylogger keylogger for recording all the action only on the keyboard but not with the movement of the mouse. But can also occur if the keylogger using screen shots to take pictures when we type in our data.

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