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A Great Anti-Keylogger for Free
It's hard to imagine just how much we've come to depend on computer technology in the last few years, and how the power of that technology has continued to improve. In the mid 1980s I was a writer on a UK-based magazine called Personal Computer World. I worked with a fellow journalist called Guy Kewney, who is now best remembered for a hilarious case of mistaken identity that you can see here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5evS-ApSNQ (warning: the language in the comments which follow that clip is not for the easily offended).
Sadly, Guy Kewney (the real one) died recently, and yesterday I attended a memorial service in his honour. Which is why, on the train to the service, I found myself reading a copy of Personal Computer World from April 1986 which I'd dug out from my archive. Among the bargains on offer to readers at the time included a 20 megabyte (yes, megabyte) hard disk for $1200, a database system so advanced that it could index 1000 records in just 40 seconds, and a company offering to transmit international email at just 40 cents for 2048 characters.
How times have changed. And how much more risky our technology-heavy lives have consequently become. We store data in the cloud, we type credit card numbers into web sites, and we communicate via email. Hence the need for a proper security regime on our home and office computers to ensure that our personal data remains, well, personal.
One potentially useful addition to any security-conscious PC user's armoury is spyshelter (www.spyshelter.com/download.html). It's an anti-keylogger, and also warns if a remote system is attempting to perform a screen caputure or view your clipboard. It runs under all recent version of Windows, and the 32-bit version is completely free. There's also a premium version which offers additional features, including 64-bit support, as you can see from the chart below.
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Not sure this is the correct forum for this question but it seemed to be the most appropriate...Does the free version of Prevx Safeonline provide antikeylogger protection? Also I already have KeyScrambler (and a paid version of an antilogger) installed-would both be overkill? Thank You
I couldn't install the free version because it doesn't work with x64 Windows 7, so I installed the trial version of the commercial version.
It was not only way too intrusive, but it slowed my lightning fast PC to a crawl.
I could uninstall it fast enough.
I meant, I couldn't uninstall it fast enough.
Definitely not work installing.
Cool app
Good, interesting and fun review article, r.schifreen.
Hello
I was interested in trying this product however Avira stopped the download saying the it was not safe to proceed. Possibly a false alarm, anyone experience this issue?
Cheers
Wdhpr
It's an FP triggered no doubt by the nature of the file itself.
Best anti keylogger and free, tested it's effeciency it's amazing! Block custom keyloggers and commercial actually all I tested (over 20)
Thanks
Does this protect webcams, like with Yahoo Messenger too? Does it conflict with WinPatrol?
Yes protect, donno about conflict coz never used mentioned prog
On first run, uninstalled Microsoft Security Essentials and my firewall.
I would not let me reinstall either. Bummer
well..non sense what you wrote it's behaviour blocker do not touch files or moreover deleting them
Please be very wary of this programme....my Internet connection has been constantly open since I installed it, and the processor been working like mad even at idle....It's obviously some sort of spyware, masquerading as anti spyware! It even shares it's logo with NATO, or extremely similar at least! Subliminal there? Of course, if you see nothing wrong with the state spying on you pls carry on......;-)
buahah, please think twice what are you going to write, it's not very intelligent hating.
Although we always welcome information of this type, it's of little use to anyone without at least the details from your network monitor and the ports being used to connect out. Without this then these connections cannot be analyzed, verified or even attributed directly to SpyShelter. I have a direct contact with the vendor and would be more than happy to take this up with them, but much more detail is required first.
sry man, wish i cd be more specific...'cept i got seriously beaten up/ chemical labotomy few years back for campaigning on these type of issues and my brain isn't as good as it used to be! I am also seriously out of date...i know it must have been that as it was the only thing i installed recently! I'm on a wireless dongle now....and it's not my BB network i'm connecting to, i'm technically homeless/ unofficially still in prison...i wnt u bore you my story but there is soemthing serious suspicious about this s/w! I know for a fact that I'm still being spied on regardless, but i dnt believe in making it any easier for these *****!
You're probably more technically minded than i ever was...but with so many back doors in windows s/w now it is impossible to find them all....
The information on the program (in the coloured box above, with version information) says "System Protection HIPS"; will that conflict with the HIPS in WinPatrol, or can I run both?
Also, are there free aps like this to also protect my webcam? The free version of this says it can't do that.
Stephen Nichols' Snoopfree Privacy Shield (also free) has been around for Windows XP for over 5 years, and alerts me whenever ANY application tries to
1. Read the screen
2. Hook the keyboard
3. Read a window owned by a different app
Spyware can't work without doing at least one of the above.
I can allow or deny any of the above and it will always be blocked, unless I tell SnoopFree to forget what it has learned for any specific app in its program list on the Access Control tab. Then I'll be prompted if any one of these actions occurs again. I can also use SnoopFree to destroy the file attempting the action, if I'm sure it's unwanted.
Snoopfree is only for Windows XP and although the Products page announces v1.0.5 is here, the home page refers to the latest version - v1.0.7 and that's what you get when you download PSHLD100.ZIP, although the property page reports 1.0.0.0 (I know it's v1.07 because the string SnoopFree Privacy Shield 1.0.7 is embedded in the executable itself)
http://www.snoopfree.com/howitworks.htm
http://www.snoopfree.com/help_file/Basics.htm
http://www.snoopfree.com/help_file/Breaches.htm
http://www.snoopfree.com/faq.htm
Came up as infected with Sus/Dropper-A in 2 x online scans.
Softpedia.com guarantees that SnoopFree Privacy Shield 1.07 is free of "malware, including spyware, viruses, trojans and backdoors". The download link for this at Softpedia is actually from snoopfree.com, which causes me to question how Softpedia management can even think of being able to provide this anti-malware guarantee. It could for when it tested the download, but what if the downloaded file has changed at the vendor's website? I suppose it's safe, but nevertheless have this question crossing my mind.
I use KeyScrambler Personal. Isn't that the same thing?
it's similar but SpyShelter protect from keyloggers kernel mode keyloggers and also screen and clipboard loggers, premium (paid) has more features...
Downloaded and installed this one without incident on an older laptop with XP-SP3, Bullguard Security Suite and Immunet Protect cloud antivirus.
Have had no crashes or freezes since the install, and it seems to have done its job quite well so far without using a lot of resources.
If I have one complaint, it's that SpyShelter seems to report on EVERY activity it detects, even those it knows are safe to run, and after a while that gets to be really annoying. It would be nice to have an option limiting alerts to real security risks only.
Here's a freeware solution that works quite well. Nothing is resident &it won't cause conflicts:
http://download.cnet.com/Anti-Keylogger-Virtual-Keyboard/3000-2144_4-75157374.html
Keep in mind that (contrary to popular opinion) MOST virtual keyboards do NOT protect you from keyloggers. This one will.
Here's a program from Zemana to test the above virtual keyboard. It passes flawlessly. http://www.zemanausa.com/keylogger_test.cfm
Crashed my computer. I got blue screen, my computer couldn't boot up any more. Blue screen reported Spyshelter driver failure. I had to do system restore. I am running XP OS SP3 and I am using Eset smart security 4.
maybe this opinion based on version 3.xx 4.xx worked solid stable on my 2 OSes
when using more than one security app, always may be compatibility problems this is normal, why don't you want to send this BSOD info ?
Here it is:
BSOD
A problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage
to your computer.
The problem seems to be caused by the following file: SpyShelter.sys
KERNEL_MODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED
If this is the first time you've seen this stop error screen,
restart your computer. If this screen appears again, follow
these steps:
Check to make sure any new hardware or software is properly installed.
If this is a new installation, ask your hardware or software manufacturer
for any Windows updates you might need.
If problems continue, disable or remove any newly installed hardware
or software. Disable BIOS memory options such as caching or shadowing.
If you need to use safe mode to remove or disable components, restart
your computer, press F8 to select Advanced Startup Options, and then
select Safe Mode.
Technical Information:
*** STOP: 0x1000008e (0xc000001d, 0x88e05cd0, 0xba157374, 0x00000000)
*** SpyShelter.sys - Address 0xa7f5049c base at 0xa7f4c000 DateStamp 0x4c1e022d
Bluescreenview info:
Dump File : Mini062610-02.dmp
Crash Time : 26.6.2010 17:01:17
Bug Check String : KERNEL_MODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED
Bug Check Code : 0x1000008e
Parameter 1 : 0xc000001d
Parameter 2 : 0x88e05cd0
Parameter 3 : 0xba157374
Parameter 4 : 0x00000000
Caused By Driver : SpyShelter.sys
Caused By Address : SpyShelter.sys+449c
File Description :
Product Name :
Company :
File Version :
Processor : 32-bit
Computer Name :
Full Path : C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\Mini062610-02.dmp
Processors Count : 1
Major Version : 15
Minor Version : 2600
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I guess you using more than one security/HIPS program together with SS because I never got any BSOD with 4.xx
Yes, I am also using WinPatrol. You should probably use one program (SS or Winpatrol) because they don't get along.
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