UltimateKeylog

Posted July 31, 2008 

UltimateKeylog is a damn keylogger. Like other keyloggers, UltimateKeylog does the usual spying: logging every keystroke you type, seeing what sites you visit, reading your online conversations, checking your emails with you, maybe seeing which applications you launch.

A keylogger like UltimateKeylog could be installed for legit reasons — you know, like spying on your spouse.

I mean making sure your children are safe online.

But UltimateKeylog can also put your privacy, and hence your security and financial information, at risk.

So I say, get rid of UltimateKeylog.

Dammit.

UltimateKeylog Might Be a Keylogger

WTF Is a Keylogger?

Keyloggers – short for “keystroke loggers” – are software that log every keystroke you make. Get the name? By recording your keystrokes, keyloggers don’t just record transcripts of juicy AIM conversations: keyloggers can also learn your login info, and some keyloggers intercept email, take screenshots of your activity, and note which applications you open.

Some keyloggers are installed for legit reasons: maybe a parent or employee is monitoring computer use. Other keyloggers, though, are secretly downloaded onto your PC to steal your usernames and passwords, financial information, and identity.

Legit or not, commercial software or a hacker’s work, keyloggers work secretly to invade your PC privacy, and can put your personal information at risk. Because of that, you might want to remove UltimateKeylog and any other keyloggers.

Make Keyloggers Go Away

Unfortunately, it’s pretty easy to sneak a keylogger onto your system, and these little snoops track you silently. Common sense and my keylogger prevention tips can help, but you should still scan your computer regularly for keyloggers, especially if your computer’s ever in a public space, like the living room.

That dog of yours looks sneaky.

  • Don’t Leave Your PC in Public: If you share a space with anyone, or leave your PC in public places, it’s possible for someone to slip a keylogger on your PC through your USB port.
  • Automatic Form Fillers: I love automatic form fillers because I’m lazy. I mean, into time management. Auto form fillers can keep keyloggers from intercepting your passwords. In order for this to work, though, you’ve got to create your usernames and passwords without directly typing on your keyboard. So you’ve got to use…
  • On-Screen Keyboards: You’ll see on-screen keyboards on a lot of financial websites, to prevent people from stealing passwords. On-screen – or web-based – keyboards work by you clicking your mouse to enter keys on a browser-window keyboard. However, even this isn’t fool-proof: a keylogger might take really fast screenshots of your activity and capture your password that way.
  • Run Anti-Spyware Software: Good anti-spyware software will find and remove keyloggers, both the commercial kind and the stuff of hackers.
  • Put Up a Firewall: A firewall protects you and your system from keyloggers that slip in through viruses, worms, or Trojans.
  • Run a Network Monitor: If you’ve got a network monitor sniffing around, it’ll tell you when your PC connects to the Internet. If your PC does so at suspect times, you can prevent the keylogger from contacting whoever installed it.
  • Watch Which Applications Run: Keep an eye on what software your PC is launching – which is always something you should know, whether or not you’re worried about getting spied on.

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