A keylogger is another form of malware that is specifically created to steal your passwords for malicious intent. There are a lot of keyloggers, and they are also one of the easiest forms of malware to create and they are very easy to spread. Now they are generally able to hide themselves from your detection, and this is why they are such a threat to you and your security. If you think that you have a keylogger please go to the bottom of this post and use the malware scanners and see if they find it.
In the video above I give you the basic over view of a keylogger and common ways to detect this form of malware. There are a lot of easy ways to prevent key loggers, and you can easily avoid them if you stick to sites that you know are safe, and you don't download any unknown programs. At the bottom of this post I will give you common software that you can use to scan and detect for malware. You can use any of them for free, and they are only a secondary scanner if you are looking for a free antivirus software. Go here to download Ad Aware Free Antivirus +
What Does It Do?
The name really gives it away, but a Keylogger is able to log the keys that you hit and the application that it is used in. They are used for stealing passwords or used to help remember passwords. Now you will be wondering what do you mean "helps remember passwords" this is very simple anyone can create their own keylogger, and they can use it monitor their own passwords so they do not need to rely on the browser or risk the chance of forgetting them.The worst part about Keyloggers are that they are generally un detectable by the task manager and that makes it very hard to catch them. The longer you can find it the more passwords that the person mining this information has. Now you might be able to configure your firewall or see were the information is being sent but that is a big if and the general users will not be able to find or block the connection.
How To Prevent It
You can prevent this by downloading an antivirus software and by only using trusted website that you know are safe or by using a website scanner. How ever it is hard to tell the difference between safe software and unsafe software. To make it simple don't download any unsafe software and these programs can be usually found if the program is not from a safe or well trusted company.Scanners
HitmanPro: http://www.surfright.nl/en/hitmanpro/
Panda Active Scan: http://www.pandasecurity.com/homeusers/solutions/activescan/
Malwarebytes: http://www.malwarebytes.org/
Super AntiSpyware: http://www.superantispyware.com/
Bitdefender Quick Scan: http://quickscan.bitdefender.com/
Bitdefender Quick Scan: http://quickscan.bitdefender.com/
Norton Power Eraser: http://security.symantec.com/nbrt/npe.aspx
When you use the Norton Power Eraser please be careful so that you don't delete any important files that are necessary for your computer.
