How Does A keylogger Works,Disadvantage & Advantage

Do you have any idea how does a keylogger work? Keylogger is a kind of software that is specially design to track everything that is happening on the computer’s keyboard. While generally made for security reasons and for back up purposes, but was known for an improper usage.

Some company’s uses this kind of application to monitor the activities of their employee’s and the uses of the Internet in their computers. But when people discover and use it in a violent way this software can be dangerous. Often hackers take advantage of the keylogger because they can easily steal other person’s personal information.

One of the advantage of the keylogger is that it can be used for back-up purposes in case of system crash, it is useful to know that you are always have a back-up of whatever you type.

There are also some disadvantages in keylogger such as tracks user activity by logging windows titles, makes unauthorized copies of outgoing and incoming email messages, and everything the user types on the computers keyboard while it is sent to the system of the third party and gaining access on the users personal information.

Ways on how to locate a keylogger on your computer:

o Open the task window by pressing ctrl+alt+Del on windows. Check some unknown tasks that are running.

o Work with the system configuration utility to locate task that are turned on when the computer is booted on the start up.

o Running the anti-virus can also help you to detect and select where the keylogger is located.

Once you have found the harmful software, it is better to remove it. Click the process and then click the “End Process” button towards the bottom right. The process you have selected should be terminated immediately. After you have stopped the keylogger, run anti-virus to check your entire computer. However, advanced keyloggers can often get through this entire process and maintain undetected.

The perfect way of knowing if the keylogger has been completely wipe out on your system is to restart your computer and check if the file name of the keylogger still exist when your computer boots up.