Is it good or bad to have a keylogger?
The so-called keylogger is a kind of software which used to keep all the information you have typed on the keyboard, for instance passwords, login name, credit card numbers and so on. Do you want to know how does it perform function?
It will be very dangerous if Keyloggers is used in a malicious purpose. For example, due to the invisible and stealth mode of Keyloggers, someone use it to get personal information. However, Keyloggers is very useful for some managers to monitor their worker’s working state and activities as well as the use of computers.
The greatest merit of keylogger for the users is its restoring function when your system halts. This software will help you to remember the important information such as passwords if you install it in your PC. Every coin has two sides. There is also a defect on Keylogger. Some computer whiz can use it to steal your personal information. When the keylogger starts up unconsciously, it’s very hard for the computer owner to realize that all the secret numbers typed have been kept. Therefore it’s necessary for you to know how the keylogger works so as to avoid leakage of your personal information.
There are some skills for you to recover a keylogger in your PC.
1. Press ctrl+alt+Del in your keyboard to open the task window, then take a look at the running tasks.
2. Detect the task that runs in the starting up by using the system configuration program.
3. Searching the location of the keylogger by using the anti-virus.
Then you need to remove the keylogger by pitching on the process and hitting the button of “End Process” when you find it. Once you stop the keylogger, you still have to run the anti-virus again so as to make sure you have fully eliminated all the potential threats. It’s worth noting that some advanced keyloggers can’t be identified by anti-virus program. So the best way for you to check whether the keylogger has been removed is to reopen you PC and examine whether the keylogger still is in existence or not.