Tag: Keylogger

More tricks to evade keyloggers on public PCs

The revised Vesik method involves typing nonsense characters into a password input box when using a public PC and then rearranging some of the letters to form your actual password with the mouse. If the PC contains a hardware keylogger or is infected with a software keylogger, rearranging a password in this way will usually suffice to obscure your credentials. Most hackers will concentrate on the 99% of users who type in their passwords at Internet cafés in the usual way.

One proposal sent in by many, many, many readers was a variation on a single theme. Namely, keep your sign-in information on a USB flash drive or memory stick, then copy and paste the info into the appropriate fields when you’re required to use a public PC or other unsecured computer.

Unfortunately, many keyloggers capture any information you place into the Windows Clipboard. I tested the copy-and-paste technique using the All In One Keylogger from RelyTec. (For more info, see the vendor’s site.) The program easily captured the sign-in IDs and passwords entered, whether I used the standard menu options (Edit, Copy and Edit, Paste) or the keyboard shortcuts Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V.
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Lock Out The Keyloggers

A keylogger, as you probably know, is a type of spyware program that infects your PC and sits quietly in the background, recording every keystroke you make. The idea is sooner or later you’ll type in login and passwords, and these will be sent back, via your Internet connection, to fraudsters, who will use the information to raid your bank account.

Before you get too worried, provided your PC’s security is kept up to date, you use decent AV and firewall programs, and avoid dodgy porn and file sharing websites, the chances of getting caught are quite small, but it doesn’t hurt to take extra precautions. A freeware program called Keyscrambler should make it Read More»

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