MicrosoftWindowsWindows 10
Keylogging is a shortened form of keystroke logging.
Keystroke refers to recording the keys pressed on the keyboard of a computer.
Although not always, this technique is usually used for malicious purposes.
The software used for the recording of keystrokes is called keylogger or keystroke logger.
This is why it is important to know about keyloggers and how to block keyloggers from your Operating System.
Lets look into the types of keyloggers before moving further.
Form-grabbing keyloggers are the most common ones because of their web-based nature.
In this article, we will be specifically talking about the last category form-grabbing keyloggers.
Makeuseof gives afew good pointsfor preventing keyloggers and keep your system safe.
KeyScrambler
KeyScrambleris a wonderful free anti-keylogging software that can be used for protecting against web-based keyloggers.
Most of the Internet security suites are not free and are prone to taking huge system resources while operating.
KeyScrambler resource usage is almost negligible.
I have been using KeyScrambler for a few days and have yet to fall into any performance problems.
There are two executables running in the Process Manager.
Both of them take about three to four MB of memory with almost no processor usage.
Setting up KeyScrambler for protection
KeyScrambler can be downloaded fromhere.
The installation procedure is quite simple and follows the standard app installation procedure on Windows.
I like the way KeyScrambler handles the screen space.
The overlay window displays the encrypted version of the text being typed by the keyboard.
If a keylogger is active, it will get the encrypted form of keyboard key presses.
Right-clicking on the system tray icon will allow you to enable or shut down the KeyScrambler functionality.
you could also change the overlay window in Options under the Display tab.
KeyScrambler encrypts the keystrokes on a driver level, it becomes almost impossible for keyloggers to bypass KeyScrambler.
The overlay window will show you the encrypted text while you are typing.
The keyloggers will get the encrypted text which will be unreadable for anyone.
I have been using KeyScrambler for some days and have been completely satisfied with it.
It is unobtrusive and works seamlessly with all browsers.
The only issue I had was using KeyScrambler along with KeePass, a password manager.
It is available for Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari.
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