Keylogger Detector
Keylogger Detector
Keylogger detectors are an important tool in the constant fight to keep working and buying online safe and secure. There are all sorts of threats to people’s data when they are online, from spyware, malware, viruses, stealing of bank details, identity theft, etc, and it is important that all are dealt with immediately.
What are Keyloggers?
One of the major issues in combating keyloggers is not everyone knows what they are or what sort of threat they pose – so they don’t know that a keylogger detector is a vital tool to helping them stay secure online.
At it’s most simple they do exactly what they say on the tin – they log keys. Specifically they log key presses on your keyboard.
There are actually a number of different types of key logger software that you need to combat. For example some are simply contained within a piece of malware code that continually requests the data from the CPU. Others are more powerful and more difficult to detect, hooking onto the keyboards API and getting the data directly form the keyboards drivers. Still others are rootkits that operate at the kernal level.
Problems
It is important to realise just how major the problems created by this software can be. Whilst it is unlikely to bring your computer crashing down it does make your being online an entirely unsafe experience.
Because the software logs every key press that you make it is constantly recording data that you don’t want it to have. It is recording every password that you put in, and sending them off to someone to use if they wish. It is recording your bank and credit card details as you shop.
It is constantly recording data and sending it to individuals who will use it for their own ends.
Keylogger Detectors
The good news is there are keylogger detectors available to buy or download. These detectors are able to hunt out any keylogger software and let you know about it, so that they can be removed.
A keylogger detector is important in addition to any antivirus and malware detector software that you may have because key loggers can be so well written that most non-specialist detectors won’t flag them as being a problem… they consider the software simply part of the computer’s operating system.
A well programmed key logger detector doesn’t have this problem and is your most important weapon in your fight to keep yourself safe from keyloggers – and so keep what you do online safe and secure.
Here is the one we recommend and use ourselves at home and in the office: