Would doing this throw off a keylogger?

[hadgan]

For example, let's say my password is... *picks a random word* Pokemon. If my password is pokemon, to throw off a keylogger, could I type P in the password, then type random stuff in my browser's address bar, then type O in the password, then type random stuff in the address bar, then type K, then type random stuff in the address bar, etc.? That way instead of the hacker getting "pokemon", the hacker would think it it was something like "p37fo3fhkfasheafdhmfsouofunefn". Would that work?

[Stuart_G]

Possibly, but doing that every time i wanted to log onto runescape or something esle, would just be a pain. Id just remove it with a spyware remover.

[hadgan]

I know that but still, I'd like to have a sure answer... could someone who knows how they work tell me how the keyloggers receive information? Would it know when I start typing in a different box?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EDIT: Oh yeah, I forgot to mention: on the RS forums, someone mentioned that you can get to the login page, disconnect from the internet, type in your username and password, reconnect to the internet, then submit. Would this work? Or would it send the keystrokes to the hacker after the internet reconnects?

[limpxbizkid]

yea i pretty sure it would (sorry, not completly concrete). in fact i do the same thing when i turn off my firewall to use p2p programs and look up websites fofr school that, for the life of me, wont ever work with my firewall on (but thats another issue).

 

 

 

a while ago someone said something, somewhere (and im sure that happens all the time to) and the idea was to click between the password field and notpad and do the same thing. clicking though, because using alt+tab would/could be recorded in the keylogger.

 

 

 

so provided your not tabing to the address bar and the possible keylogger that you may or may not have doesnt record mouse clicks aswell (and im sure someones come up with a keylogger by now that does, but if they're using a basic one that doesnt), id say it'd work fine.

[battletrax]

It depends on the keylogger. Many of them search for the runescape program and only log keys while it is on top. If you get a less-powerful keylogger, that would work.

 

 

 

As for loading the page, disconnecting, typing, etc. That wouldn't work at all. Keyloggers record a set amount of keystrokes or just record for a set amount of time then just send all of the data usually as an email. It loggs whether you're online or offline.

 

 

 

If you get a good firewall, you don't have to worry about keyloggers b/c you'd have to give the keylogger permssion to connect to the internet yourself.

[Hannibal]

Instead, why don't you just make sure you don't have keyloggers in the first place?

[Karvinen]

The log would look like this:

 

 

 

user



hsjtyjketyk



name



sfgsfghdfg



pass



dsgshyett



word

 

 

 

Clicks make a new line in the log usually. And keyloggers log the keystroke event, not the actual keystroke.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just don't get keyloggers. Getting them is your own fault.

[zonda]

It depends on the key logger, most likely it would record the you clicked on the browser area or that you alt-tabbed to a notepad window or something...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It would have to be an extremly basic keylogger to get messed up by something so minor as that.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No, disconnecting won't do anything because it stores the information on your computer. So whether your online or not it is still recording stuff, then when you go online or it gets to a certain size, it will generally email it to the "hacker" for lack of a better work. (lamer? script kiddie?)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Many of them search for the runescape program and only log keys while it is on top

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No... there maybe one or two PRIVATE keyloggers programmed by people to do this, but no... kids download a keylogger from some lamer hacker site, and then set it up themselves. It is incredibly simple yet powerful. Generally a keylogger will record all keystroke, clicks, tasks, ect... vary rarely will you find one designed only to target one individual program because then it is only useful for one purpose.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

People could either download the keylogger that can get just a RS password.... (thats if they could find it first, highly doubt it. They would have to program it and 99.9% of these dorks don't know what a remark is)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Or they could download the one that gets RS passwords, conversations, credit cards, forum passwords, email passwords, messenger pass words, other online game passwords, credit cards, credit cards, pass words, credit cards, and credit cards too...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I think that answer is fairly obvious.

[Mercifull]

Runescape[Caution: ExecutableFile] 04/07/05 09:39:01



user







notepad[Caution: ExecutableFile] 04/07/05 09:39:12



sgsdfhdjgj







Runescape[Caution: ExecutableFile] 04/07/05 09:39:15



name







Runescape[Caution: ExecutableFile] 04/07/05 09:39:24











Runescape[Caution: ExecutableFile] 04/07/05 09:39:29



pass







notepad[Caution: ExecutableFile] 04/07/05 09:39:31



uiykg







Runescape[Caution: ExecutableFile] 04/07/05 09:39:36



word







Runescape[Caution: ExecutableFile] 04/07/05 09:39:40

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Something like that. the best way to stop getting keylogged is to not download one in the first place.

[den160593]

Possibly but getting rid of key loggers is the best way to throw them off. Good luck getting rid of it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

~~Den160593~~