Comments on: Keyloggers and how to avoid them

By: dogooder riche

dogooder riche — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:56:46 +0000

nice tips for the newbies, but to keep it safe in an old fashioned way remember to change your passwords often.

By: gokkasten

gokkasten — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:23:17 +0000

Most keyloggers are detected by anti-virus no problem, but it#s the newer keyloggers out there that are not yet detected that worries me!

By: michaelscottturner

michaelscottturner — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 22:46:48 +0000

Excellent article it has helped me keep this PC clean of them. I did use something you didnt mention however, Spybot Search and Destroy which found things the others didnt :)

Thank you!

By: Maxim

Maxim — Sat, 02 May 2009 18:05:51 +0000

Good article. I think you shouldn't use public and strange computers to commit payments. Do it only from trusted PC, where installed antivirus with actual virus bases and reliable firewall.

By: Bull3t

Bull3t — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 21:11:02 +0000

@sterdaydp:
I normally carry two flash USB stick around with me (one 16gb and one 512mb), the smaller one carries my portable programs, such as Firefox and the other holds all my stuff. It's quite important to use a portable browser on public PCs so that you don't accidentally tick the "remember me" box on a sensitive website.

@Swieber:
An on-screen keyboard is one of the best ways to stay safe on a public computer, just watch out for people looking over your shoulder.

By: Swieber

Swieber — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 20:43:50 +0000

On public and strange computers i use onscreen keyboard to avoid trouble: Start>Run… and type "osk".

By: sterdaydp

sterdaydp — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:51:51 +0000

I agree that the free version of AVG is great. I also use the paid version of TrojanHunter which catches things none of the others do. As for public computers, I am off on a vacation later this summer and I plan to try out the 'portable' version of firefox

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 01:13:40 +0000

I am a fan of stopzilla personally. Mainly because it does more than just keylog, adware, and spyware scanning. It is a pretty clean piece of software that actually looks nice. Only draw back is it cost like $25 but atleast I can sleep comfortably at night knowing my keys arent being sent online while im sleeping!

By: Myron Tay

Myron Tay — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 10:07:08 +0000

Never heard of keyloggers but I've been using AVG. Norton with all its resource hogging and pop ups seem to slow down my computer more than any virus ever did – annoying really.

By: Health

Health — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 22:19:18 +0000

Key loggers can present a huge problem for security. I work in the industry and there could potentially be a lot of information stolen. You made some good tips to protect yourself. It is a good reminder that we need to be aware of these potential problems.