Awareness-Keylogger Facts and Facets

Key logger program is normally used to record and analyze all the keystrokes that may be been entered by the user on their personal computer. Key logger can be software or hardware. Basically, the intent is spying on the work done on the personal computer. With this program, a person can monitor the use of the computer and the specific purposes for which the computer is used. The person who wishes to supervise the computer or spy on what is being done a particular computer can use the key logger program to find passwords and other high profile security details that may have been filled at any time by the computer user.

Keylogger is one of the programs that is most favored by the employers from several big and small companies. Through this program they can keep a check on their employees’ and their Internet usage. This also ensures that the compute at work is used for work purpose only and not for entertainment of any kind or personal use. It is considered to be a blessing for many employers but a curse for many employees who lose their jobs or get suspended when found watching porn or doing something unethical on the work computer.

Keylogger mechanism:
All the keystrokes need to be logged and that is all that one can say about keylogger. The words written through the keyboard on the computer are then stored confidingly by a device or software program that has been installed in the computer. The mechanism behind keylogger is as simple in recovery of the keystrokes too. One can easily record and recover or even get it transmitted automatically onto another computer or a mobile.

Sensitive details such as financial details and saved passwords are the most dangerous aspects of keylogger that if fall into wrong hands can create a horrible disaster. Many hackers use this program to filch such sensitive details and use it for their unethical work. Imagine what a disaster it is when you realize someone has the details of your Net banking account and is slowly or in one lump draining your money.

For those who are unaware, keylogger codes are normally embedded in rootkits in the form of malware or spyware. When the person using the computer types in a word that is attached to this code or clicks on a link that has keylogger program conceitedly embedded in it, the EXE file starts running. This EXE file then packs the DLL and hooks it into your computer.

There are also some keylogger programs that actually record your screens than just the keystrokes. There are also some hackers who twist the keylogger program and make it advanced so that it can record information as an actual spyware. These actual keylogger can record your keystrokes, your screen and also record the data in the form of audio or video form and transmit it to the other person through the Internet.