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Keyloggers are spyware programs which are installed on PC’s (usually), to as take your private information including credit card details, passwords and other sensitive stuff.

You almost certainly don’t understand this however these things spread really easy… have you ever downloaded a plan from the torrent file? Or do you check out a website that showed some weird error – you will find keyloggers that exploit browser vulnerabilities and install themselves whenever you visit a specific website.

I am aware this stuff because I’ve a friend that MADE AND SOLD keyloggers. I have come across things that he is able to do with these little spy tools in fact it is amazing from one side and gets you paranoid on the reverse side.

The thing I am most concerned about is always that a standard antivirus program didn’t detect his keyloggers given that they were customized, he informed me that antivirus programs are stupid and they also work in a brute force way, they should detect a plan once and after that this information is spread trough the complete “virus database” and it is contained in the next update, next the keylogger is officially detectable, you can definitely you only modify some small irrelevant section of the CODE of the keylogger it’ll become invisible towards the antivirus AGAIN.

That is why antivirus programs detect only 80% of the keyloggers on the market, the others will be the modified people that are actually working which are that real threat for your security. And i also wouldn’t like to discuss private keyloggers which are only used by ONE or FEW machines, these won’t ever get detected.

And if you’re much like me plus you’ve got some sensitive information on your pc you need to care for its security before it’s too late. Especially if you run a business online or make online purchases.

However your spouse might have installed a keylogger in your family PC because he/she is worried that you might be cheating on her/him. People could have your Facebook, Skype and twitter passwords, they might be browsing your electronic mails, searching for interesting things.

So how do you protect yourself from this with 100% certainty?

Well the only way you could be 100% certain that about to catch being bugged is with a unique computer ONLY for the sensitive such things as making purchases, checking email, using your social accounts. The operating-system of the computer must be LINUX, since currently there are NO keyloggers for it.

This could are expensive so there are several alternatives:

1) Using Virtual Machines

- Do the not safe things on virtual machines and do quite and sensitive stuff for the main machine. The challenge using this way is that it could slow your pc so you find yourself wasting a lot of time + if you are a fan of game titles, you will have trouble running them about the virtual machine.

NOTE: Computer games are usually safe to put in if you are certain you will find the ORIGINAL version, and that you are downloading the overall game through the OFFICIAL website.

2) While using the On the watch’s screen Keyboard

This is simply not a 100% full proof method but it’s a working method that will block the majority of the keyloggers around. Some keyloggers also send screenshots when you’re typing passwords so that it might still catch your password. However is not really probable as the keylogger has to capture a screenshot on each click of the mouse (once you’ve opened the on screen keyboard tool) – although some people might keyloggers may be programed to complete just that.

3) By using a special software that is built to avoid the utilization of keyloggers on your laptop

We’ve heard that we now have special tools that are designed to change things with your computer and also to stop the keyloggers that are set up on your computer from working. I think that they can work by mixing the important thing mappings and encrypting them, then running them trough a software which in turn decrypts them.

So, protect crucial computer data and ensure you stay safe.