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Spyware, viruses, & security : Defeat keyboard loggers?
Keylogger
by bravexrt - 1/28/07 1:08 PM In reply to: Keyscrambler by phil66My question, as a followup, would be what are its limitations since a free version won't ever be as adequate as a paid version. I suppose you are limited to the amount of upgrade versions, as hackers continue their ever-vigilant dastardly deeds.
Still waiting for someone to tell me why.
by scottscreek0 - 2/2/07 4:56 AM In reply to: Keylogger by bravexrtI'm still waiting for someone to explain why my McAfee firewall and anti virus progams coupled to a network encrypted using WPA is not enough? I would suggest as a non-technical computer user who banks and manages his mutual funds online, that they are effective and adaquate.
Re: Still waiting for someone to tell me why.
by mrhex - 2/10/07 5:46 AM In reply to: Still waiting for someone to tell me why. by scottscreek0A firewall will help you to see outgoing/incoming connections to your computer. If the firewall is properly cofigured, then any spyware should be stopped. An up to date anti-virus does help with identifying malware. The key here is making sure that you keep your definitions up to date.
However, WPA-PSK will not protect your from malware. It will protect you from someone using a wireless packet sniffer. WPA has nothing to do with a keyboard sniffing program.
Beating Keyloggers - low tech solution
by er20194 - 7/29/09 9:30 AM In reply to: Defeat keyboard loggers? by dromelIts not the best, but when I am on a PC I don't trust (all of them.... I'm a Mac guy) and I get a user id / password prompt, I alternate between the two fields. I enter the first few characters of the user id, then mouse over to the pawword and do a few characters of that, maybe throw in a random backspace, switch back to the user id field and complete and then back to password
So if my user name / password is ABCDE and 12345 the key stroke logger would see AB12CDE345 which might be enough to throw off the simple minded .
Any thoughts on the efficacy of this approach?
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