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What is a keystroke logger?

by Jayvee on March 13th, 2006

While users continue to turn to the Internet for their personal and financial tasks and companies continue to tout the Web’s convenience, the security threats continue to mount.

One especially nasty threat is hidden keystroke loggers. These devices can store everything a user types without the user ever knowing they’re even there. Even worse, antispyware software is often unable to detect these devices.

To learn about the different versions of keystroke loggers, and find out what you can do to protect yourself from this threat, read this article from Tech Republic.

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