Comments on: How to foil keyloggers http://www.defendingthekingdom.com/archives/how-to-foil-keyloggers Security and Privacy in Your Digital Life Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:59:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Ian Saxon http://www.defendingthekingdom.com/archives/how-to-foil-keyloggers/comment-page-1#comment-6383 Ian Saxon Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:49:19 +0000 http://www.defendingthekingdom.com/archives/how-to-foil-keyloggers#comment-6383 I haven't tried it. Interesting idea, although I gather it requires the trust of the kyps.net website. What if that website is designed to harvest passwords one types in? I haven’t tried it.

Interesting idea, although I gather it requires the trust of the kyps.net website. What if that website is designed to harvest passwords one types in?

]]> By: some one http://www.defendingthekingdom.com/archives/how-to-foil-keyloggers/comment-page-1#comment-6368 some one Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:01:05 +0000 http://www.defendingthekingdom.com/archives/how-to-foil-keyloggers#comment-6368 have you tried http://kyps.net for loggin in from spyware or keylogger infected computers? have you tried http://kyps.net for loggin in from spyware or keylogger infected computers?

]]> By: Ian Saxon http://www.defendingthekingdom.com/archives/how-to-foil-keyloggers/comment-page-1#comment-1063 Ian Saxon Thu, 28 Jun 2007 21:40:55 +0000 http://www.defendingthekingdom.com/archives/how-to-foil-keyloggers#comment-1063 Bryson, your description of what happened is a little fuzzy. It sounds like you entered your password onto a phishing website. Scanning your own computer does nothing to prevent this particular threat because the threat doesn't originate on your computer. The only prevention is to avoid phishing websites, which requires judgment on your part. Here are a couple ways to avoid phishing websites: 1. Don't follow links in instant messaging conversations or emails, especially if they say something like "Dear customer, we need you to follow this link to update your account information". 2. Google the name of the website you want to go to instead of typing it into the address bar of your browser. Google will often correct spelling mistakes and guide you toward the legitimate website. If you type in the wrong address into the address bar, you may go to a fraudulent website. 3. Once you're at a website where you need to enter account details (say, your bank's website), follow a few links to see if the website is full and complete. A fraudulent website will probably be designed to look legitimate for the purpose of stealing passwords, but it's unlikely that the thieves mimic the entire bank website. Hope that helps, Ian Bryson, your description of what happened is a little fuzzy. It sounds like you entered your password onto a phishing website. Scanning your own computer does nothing to prevent this particular threat because the threat doesn’t originate on your computer.

The only prevention is to avoid phishing websites, which requires judgment on your part. Here are a couple ways to avoid phishing websites:

1. Don’t follow links in instant messaging conversations or emails, especially if they say something like “Dear customer, we need you to follow this link to update your account information”.

2. Google the name of the website you want to go to instead of typing it into the address bar of your browser. Google will often correct spelling mistakes and guide you toward the legitimate website. If you type in the wrong address into the address bar, you may go to a fraudulent website.

3. Once you’re at a website where you need to enter account details (say, your bank’s website), follow a few links to see if the website is full and complete. A fraudulent website will probably be designed to look legitimate for the purpose of stealing passwords, but it’s unlikely that the thieves mimic the entire bank website.

Hope that helps,

Ian

]]> By: bryson http://www.defendingthekingdom.com/archives/how-to-foil-keyloggers/comment-page-1#comment-1047 bryson Wed, 27 Jun 2007 22:41:56 +0000 http://www.defendingthekingdom.com/archives/how-to-foil-keyloggers#comment-1047 i got key logged form a image hosting site my old"friend" sent it to me i ran everything i had norton,avg,pc tools,ad-ware and mcafree and there where not able to find the key logger how do i make a key logger like that? i got key logged form a image hosting site my old”friend” sent it to me i ran everything i had norton,avg,pc tools,ad-ware and mcafree and there where not able to find the key logger how do i make a key logger like that?

]]> By: Ian Saxon http://www.defendingthekingdom.com/archives/how-to-foil-keyloggers/comment-page-1#comment-41 Ian Saxon Thu, 23 Nov 2006 01:46:09 +0000 http://www.defendingthekingdom.com/archives/how-to-foil-keyloggers#comment-41 Hi Ezra, Glad to hear it. And really fine wordplay - I should hire you to invent metaphors for the articles on this site. Ian Hi Ezra,

Glad to hear it. And really fine wordplay – I should hire you to invent metaphors for the articles on this site.

Ian

]]> By: Ezra http://www.defendingthekingdom.com/archives/how-to-foil-keyloggers/comment-page-1#comment-40 Ezra Wed, 22 Nov 2006 15:30:06 +0000 http://www.defendingthekingdom.com/archives/how-to-foil-keyloggers#comment-40 I'll have you know that I ran Spybot for the first time in a long time today and it congratulated me for having no adware or malware. My drawbridge is up, my archers are in their parapets and god be damned if I don't have smoldering hot rocks enveloped in tar and oil to poor down on any intruders that attempt to break into my kingdom. I’ll have you know that I ran Spybot for the first time in a long time today and it congratulated me for having no adware or malware. My drawbridge is up, my archers are in their parapets and god be damned if I don’t have smoldering hot rocks enveloped in tar and oil to poor down on any intruders that attempt to break into my kingdom.

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