upsilon5 Posted February 21, 2006 Share Posted February 21, 2006 how do hackers and keyloggers access youre computer,i know they can come by e-mail, and downloading dodgy programs from certian websites but there seems to be a lot of reports of people being hacked and i just wanted to be sure. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albosky Posted February 21, 2006 Share Posted February 21, 2006 Well hacking and keylogging are quite different and come from many different angles. I'll briefly try and explain :) Keyloggers - originally designed for corporations to "keep tabs" on what their employees are doing. An Executable file must be run on the users PC to install the "server" . The server then runs silently in the backround tracking any keystrokes entered, window changes , etc.. Then a a specified amount of time (set into the server by the person doing the "tracking") A report is created then sent to the "Spy" . (usually an HTML based document sent quietly through winsock). These can be gotten from any source of file transfer, email , peer-to-peer, etc.. But the file MUST be executed on the users system before it starts its run. Hackers on the other hand , have almost no use for client and server files. The use backdoors and security exploits found in network capable pieces of software. (Operating systems, email clients, ftp, etc..) Being "hacked" so to speak , in its true form is VERY VERY rare for the average home computer user , as you dont really have anything of value to offer the hacker. And just for the record , Hackers do so to gain knowledge , not information. Hope that sort of clears up why you should ALWAYS keep your software up to date and ALWAYS have fulltime firewall and virus protection running while connected to the Internet :) I like to fart silently but deadly in movie theatersArd Choille says (11:41 PM):I wouldn't dare tell you what to do m'dear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upsilon5 Posted February 21, 2006 Author Share Posted February 21, 2006 thanks for that, :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaN Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 these days the home computers are verysecure the thing that gets home computers hacked are when the operator does something to comprimise the security. Websites on the otherhand are sitting ducks waiting for script exploiters (script kiddies) to come along. ~Dan64AuSince 27 Aug 2002 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_k0m0d0_ Posted February 25, 2006 Share Posted February 25, 2006 Nowadays there are plenty prgrams used to kill keyloggers such as Keylogger Killer, that free! ~komodo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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