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Author Topic: protection from keylogging threats  (Read 2903 times)

momonan

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protection from keylogging threats
« on: February 27, 2006, 07:19 PM »
Anyone know the best way to protect against keylogging that grabs passwords?  See

http://www.nytimes.c...camp=article_popular
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Re: protection from keylogging threats
« Reply #1 on: February 28, 2006, 02:08 AM »
Anyone know the best way to protect against keylogging that grabs passwords?
The article itself gives some hints:

The monitoring programs are often hidden inside ordinary software downloads, e-mail attachments or files shared over peer-to-peer networks. They can even be embedded in Web pages, taking advantage of browser features that allow programs to run automatically.
Just don't click any attachment you get, don't download/run every .exe you find online/in P2P-networks :)

Personally, I don't see how I could lose money with that. Here, you don't need just a password for online banking, you also need a different password (from a list you have on paper) every time you transfer money online.

Maybe it could work for Paypal etc.