The term keylogger is used to designate any computer process (software or hardware) capable of recording the sequences of keys typed on a keyboard, as well as the events triggered by them. It is a type of spyware (spyware) specialized in spying on keystrokes on thecomputer who hosts it.
A keylogger can collect and transmit your identifiers, passwords, credit card code, denomination under which you open a session… With a keylogger, recovering such information becomes child’s play.
A keylogger is not a virus since it does not modify anything in the computer, it only saves the information typed on the keyboard. He’s clearly a spy. This is most often software, but in rare cases it may be hardware in the form of a box or cable that sits between the keyboard and the computer.
the keylogger discreetly sends the data to a server remote Internet or to the e-mail address of a pirate who can use them. Usually, the data thus transmitted is encrypted so that the hacker is the only one who can read the information collected. Thus, even if you found the offending file, you would not be able to recognize its malicious nature. A keylogger may even have a “self-destruct” function so that it is impossible to trace the hacker.
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