Keylogger

Whether we like it or not, all malware "evolves" very quickly; new schemes are being developed, and new software which online criminals create and utilize becomes more and more malicious and selective. New keyloggers as well as keylogger-containing viruses and Trojans, appear all the time; the losses these programs may cause to a business are enormous. That is why in some businesses there is an acute need for separate anti-keylogging protection.

As for individual users, they are even more vulnerable. Keyloggers are used - by themselves or as a part of a virus or a Trojan - much more widely than PC users think; it is an open secret that the lion's share of identity theft that happens online is because of keylogging spyware. Legitimate monitoring programs for parental control or workplace surveillance also contain a keylogging module - and sometimes can be used for spy purposes, too.

What is more - keylogging software is relatively simple and not too difficult to compile. Even an average programmer can make a simple keylogger in a couple of working days. More sophisticated one will take longer to make, of course, but not too long. If a keylogger can be installed remotely without the victim's knowledge, it gives the cybercriminal great possibility to steal any information he pleases. Moral issues is not the thing we are going to talk about, but if there is an opportunity, there always will be one to use it.

That is why it is so important to apply special anti-keylogging protection. Who needs it? We can easily deduce the answer:

• Everybody whose data are really valuable and who will suffer great losses if they are stolen.
• Everybody who deals with other people's confidential information.
• Everybody whose work requires keeping information in secrecy.
• And anybody else, who simply doesn't like the idea of his or her information (even if it isn't a top secret) leaking anywhere.