Introduction
Strong passwords are important, but even the best password won’t keep you safe from keyloggers that’s designed to secretly record your keystrokes.
Hi today we'll discuss about keyloggers, software or hardware designed to capture key strokes or simply to get passwords. But now a days keyloggers not just capture key strokes but do much more than excepted. Different key loggers have different functions depending upon the producer of those s/w or h/w.
A keylogger is a device that is installed on your computer and is used to record passwords, keystrokes and other important information. These are the most common tools used by hackers and can be very dangerous if you have important information on your computer that you need to protect. There are several programs that you can use to protect your computer and prevent keyloggers from stealing your information.
Keyloggers are of two types :
- software keylogger
- hardware keylogger
The hard ware keylogger is installed in the computer's mother board manually to capture key strokes, not much entertained by the hackers.
The most common is software keylogger, these softwares are installed remotely. A keylogger can be downloaded from internet for free but paid ones are also available. A keylogger can take screen shots after a fixed interval of time say 2 min and send it to the hacker, it can save every og in/out information and yeah it sure capture your facebook/gmail/etc passwords, your messages and mails. So its not good to have one such s/w in your PC.
How to avoid it.
- Use on-screen keyboard while typing passwords.
- Always turn on your fire-wall.
- Use a good paid anti-virus for your PC, as most of the keyloggers are detectable.
- Never download anything which is not secure.
- Do not avoid warning message from the browser while downloading.
- Keep changing your password every month or two.
- Be conscious while doing anything on net.
- and Enjoy!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Hello, I am Piyush Ranjan, a computer engineering student from India. I love coding and talking on technology. Most of the time I am glued to my laptop watching movies, listening songs, blogging or coding.
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