Tuesday, February 28, 2017

So protect yourself from keyloggers

Keylogger, in American “Key Loggers”, are a particularly nasty species among the viruses and Trojans. The small tools nest in the system and record all your inputs. This makes it easy to record access names, passwords, online PINs, and TANs. But this is not all: The tools make recordings of your desktop at regular intervals and thus see all the information you see. If the PC or the notebook is equipped with a webcam, this also makes regular recordings, saves the pictures or sends them to an attacker. Otherwise, Keylogger behave quietly and will not notice.


The desired monitoring


In addition to criminals, many parents use keyloggers to monitor the computers of their children - but some employers use such tools. Conventional virus scanners do not find the keylogger in many cases. In order to protect yourself, you need special tools that search the computer for exactly these attackers, alert you and even remove them.


Legal position of keyloggers


Keyloggers are also often installed in Internet cafés. Since you can not usually remove the espionage tools on these computers, our tips are generally helpful for a keylogger.


Espionage via software and hardware


Generally speaking, keyloggers are illegal. Companies may only use keyloggers if the works council has agreed. Otherwise the spying of data in the criminal code according to §202a is prohibited. Parents are allowed to install a keylogger on their own PC, and whether it is morally justifiable to monitor their own partner or family members, everyone has to decide for themselves. Keyloggers are well hidden, but they can be discovered and removed.


In addition to software keyloggers, ie viruses or additional tools, there are also hardware keyloggers on the market. These can be easily seen on closer inspection. They are inserted as an adapter between the USB port of the computer and the mouse / keyboard. If you have such an adapter, it may be such a keylogger. Remove this, or check brand and type. With some research, you can be certain.


To trick a hardware keylogger, simply use a virtual keyboard. Press the key combination [Windows] + [R] to open the Run dialog. Type osk.exe, and then click OK. This will start the Windows screen keyboard. However, this does not provide any protection against software keyloggers. With the two special tools Keylogger Detector and SpyShelter, you are targeting Keylogger.

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