Most banks in Europe offer a new service on their internet pages. When a user has to enter his login data he has the option to enter the password using a keypad that is displayed on the screen using a java applet. The user then clicks on the numbers and they appear in the password field. This is done to prevent the keylogging of the password.
The Anti-Keylogger does the same thing, only difference is, that its a tool that is started like every other windows program. After the tool is started you simply use the displayed keys to enter your passwords or other data on websites or even local programs.
Protection Details
MyPlanetSoft Anti-Keylogger (AKLog) will protect you against all system wide keyloggers. Almost all commercial keyloggers fall into this category.
AKLog will not protect you against:
- hardware keyloggers – theoretically if someone can access your computer, s/he can change the hardware of the computer so it can radio transmit remotely the keys you type
- keyboard drivers keyloggers – it is possible for someone to change your system keyboard driver with a custom one and log the keys
- keyloggers written specially for a given application – these keyloggers make use of knowledge of how a given application works and work only with that particular application
Its a nice little freeware tool that you can download at myplanetsoft.com.
Update: The program has not been updated for a while. Viable alternatives include the free version of SpyShelter which can protect the system from keyloggers, screen capturing and clipboard capturing malware, Anti-keylogger Free which protects against five types of keyloggers, and Keylogger Detector that tries to detect keyloggers that are installed or running on the system.
You can also install free security programs that include anti-keylogging apps. This includes the excellent Anti-Malware Free by Malywarebytes and SuperAntiSpyware Free.
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