Comments on: Can you recommend a free keystroke recorder?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 18:55:00 +0000

I think I have a recorder on me pc. What do I do?

By: Aibek

Aibek — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 07:30:00 +0000

Regarding the issues with AntiVirus/AntiMalware software, you should be able to add the keylogger to the exceptions list so that your security program doesn’t block it.

On another note, I agree with Oron (comment below) and don’t think that keylogger will really help in your situation. Refer to recommendations Oron provided.

By: Oron Joffe

Oron Joffe — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 23:33:00 +0000

In addition to the excellent points made above, not that a keylogger won’t always be of much help in the scenarios you describe, since it only records keystrokes, not mouse clicks or other navigational events. While it may help when retyping emails, for example, it would not help much with web forms (you’d need to spend time figuring out what went where, instead of simply refilling the form).
If you find that your connection goes offline too often, here are a few other options:
- If you use GMail, use Firefox or Chrome and have Gears installed, which will allow you to work either online or offline.
- If you are typing a long piece of text, use notepad or a local word processor, then copy and paste into your online application (I do this frequently).
- If the problem is really serious, use local programs (.e.g Office, Thunderbird etc) for most of your work. It’s not written anywhere that you *must* use an unreliable system!

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 00:01:00 +0000

Here are some results I found through a quick Google Search
http://www.refog.com/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pykeylogger/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/basickeylogger/

However chances are your AntiVirus/AntiMalware software will start complaining or delete them in the first place.
Or in other words: If it doesn’t you should think about getting another security software for your own safety!

You should also know that you put yourself at risk by allowing and using a keylogger on your system! A keylogger will monitor pretty much every keystroke, email address, username and password you put in. This data can be stolen from it’s logging destination or if it’s more recent via it’s memory footprint. Also someone might figure a way out to “highjack” the keylogger you allowed to run for his/her own purpose.