Keyloggers are not always used by criminals or hackers, some company’s use a keylogger to track their employee’s activity and to monitor the use of the company’s computers and Internet by the employees. It will depend on exact company policy but whether these programs are used or not may not be public knowledge within the firm.

The best advantage of keylogger is to use it for back-up objective when your system crashes. It is perfect to have keylogger installed in your computer so you won’t forget some of your important passwords.

Keylogger also has a disadvantage; it can be used as a device to unlock your full personal information by a third party. When your computer is booted, this is where the keylogger starts up, so that it will be difficult for the user to notice that all of the keys typed are all recorded. For people who are using online cash sites, keylogger software can be alarming. So you better have knowledge on how does the keylogger work to protect yourself from people who want to steal from you.

Ways on how to detect a keylogger:

o Check your task widow if there are unusual running task, to do this you need to open the task window by pressing ctrl+alt+del on the windows.

o Using of the system configuration utility to detect task that are booted in the start up.

o Running the anti-virus can also help you to detect and select where the keylogger is located.

Once you have found the harmful software, it is better to remove it. Click the process and then click the “End Process” button towards the bottom right. The process you have selected should be terminated immediately. After you have stopped the keylogger, run anti-virus to check your entire computer. However, advanced keyloggers can often get through this entire process and maintain undetected.

To know if your computer is safe from keylogger is to restart your computer and check if the name of the keylogger is still visible when your computer starts and boots up.

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