For those who don’t know what a key logger is and how they work to exploit your private let me tell you, A keylogger is a program that runs in the background, recording all the keystrokes. Once keystrokes are logged, they are hidden in the machine for later retrieval, or shipped raw to the attacker. The attacker then peruses them carefully in the hopes of either finding passwords, credit cards number or possibly other useful information that could be used to compromise the system or be used in a social engineering attack. For example, a keylogger will reveal the contents of all e-mail composed by the user. Keylogger is commonly included in rootkits.

A keylogger normally consists of two files: a DLL which does all the work and an EXE which loads the DLL and sets the hook. Therefore when you deploy the hooker on a system, two such files must be present in the same directory. If You having a powerful antivirus such as Kaspersky or Norton the possibility for your computer to be keylogger free are 95% but are You willing to take a chane of 5% for your valuable data and credit card information, and secondly if you are using a public computer such as the old system in cyber cafes the risk rises to around 90%. Dont be afraid there are two tips so that you can browse  without a fear of key loggers The first way to defend yoour self from key loggers is using an on screen keyboard. On-Screen Keyboard lets you type and interact with your computer using an alternative input device like a mouse, rather than the physical keyboard. On-Screen Keyboard displays a visual keyboard with all of the standard keys. You can select keys using the mouse or another pointing device, a small groups of keys, or just one key, depending on how you set up On-Screen Keyboard.

Using an on screen keyboard you are actually fooling the backgound running keylogger process. Inspite of you logging in with your zur password you are not actually typing it but you are using your mouse click to add your data.

You can download the portable version of the on scree keyboard and carry to any where in your pockets using a pendrive may it be Your work place or cyber cafe computer.

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The second method I am about to state now may suck but I think its worth your valuable details. Have you ever heard about the line ” A QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER A LAZY DOG “  it contains all the letters so  when  ever you are on a public computer the first thing you have to do is to open a notepad file and write the above sentence with number 0 to 9  and copy paste each letter  when ever you have to input your password

If you are using your personal system I  prefer using lastpass as an online password and other valuable details vault. When ever you visit the page where you need to input your password the last pass plugin automatically does the job for you for further details on lass pass continue HERE

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