From the course: Windows Performance Toolkit: Spyware Detection
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From the course: Windows Performance Toolkit: Spyware Detection
Overview
- [Narrator] Keyloggers are a common form of viral spyware. They capture literally every thing you type on your system. You will see this keylogger in action. You will see it literally get scanned by antivirus programs like AVAST and be cleared as okay. You will see the automatic email that contains the recorded keystrokes in plain text, and you will be shown the source code of the keylogger. Even if you browse the internet on a virtual private network, commonly referred to as VPN, this keylogger will still record every keystroke you type, and send an email containing an encrypted log file and plain text to the hacker for them to extract the information about you. They can see all the websites you've visited for that day, that week, the entire month. They can find out your habits through social engineering. This is obviously a huge invasion of privacy, and what you see in this course is purely for educational purposes, so you can help protect yourself. With that said, I do not condone…
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