gHacks Technology News | Latest Tech News, Software And Tutorials » keyscrambler http://www.ghacks.net A technology news blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:52:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Defeat Keyloggers with Keyscrambler for Firefoxhttp://www.ghacks.net/2006/12/28/defeat-keyloggers-with-keyscambler-for-firefox/ http://www.ghacks.net/2006/12/28/defeat-keyloggers-with-keyscambler-for-firefox/#comments Thu, 28 Dec 2006 17:32:35 +0000 Martin Brinkmann http://www.ghacks.net/2006/12/28/defeat-keyloggers-with-keyscambler-for-firefox/ Keyloggers are a serious threat for everyone who is using the internet for sensitive applications such as online banking or shopping. The biggest thread in my opinion comes from trojans and viruses that log all keystrokes once activated. Other possibilities include local installations of keyloggers and successful hacking attempts.

Keyscrambler for Firefox is a add-on that encrypts the keystrokes and decrypts them in the browser. This ensures that the keyloggers can only log the encrypted keystrokes which protects the original data. Every time you enter data in a sensitive area a overlay is displayed which displays the encrypted keystrokes. The data is of course encrypted and entered correctly in the form to ensure that you can use the service as usual.

This add-on seems to be only working with Windows because it installs some additional files during the installation of the add-on which open a normal windows installation dialog. I did not experience the troubles that some of the comments described at the Mozilla website. The add-on is running fluently without complications.

Update: KeyScrambler has been discontinued. The Keylogger Beater add-on for the Firefox web browser is an alternative.

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