It is important to understand that software key logger is a stealth surveillance application, which is used to keep record of user activities on the computer in various ways like keyboard logging, screen logging, mouse logging and voice logging completely undetected to ANY user because it is designed to capture what is done on a PC. It has gained so much power in their execution and have become a serious threat to the privacy and security of a computer.
Windows hooks which is a point in the system message-handling mechanism where an application can install a subroutine to monitor the message traffic in the system and process certain types of messages before they reach the target window procedure, plays a major role in the development of software key loggers.
We can guard our privacy by anti-hook mechanism as discussed in today's PR, which has been devised for the sure shot detection of both known and unknown key loggers, currently in use or being developed at the present moment. Anti-hook technique is based on the fact that each processes is either hidden or on display uses hooks APIs for the purpose of hooking.
So if we become able to scan all the processes and static executables and DLLs and detect the suspicious processes or files, which uses hooks, then these applications can get the complete detail about that particular file or process & can also terminate its execution or existence to secure the system.
The build in new anti-hooking capability which un-hooks unwanted malware from trying to steal your personal & confidential information, will be over and above what any current AV co's offers, be it McAfee or Symantec or Kaspersky, or is it possible that these features will be integrated with open API's in place to all top AV co's, time will tell. These feature can easily expand beyond AV domain and hook it up with Telecom, PCI, Financial app and much more.
But for curious minds, some of past Kay's interviews, may offer some clue.
Windows hooks which is a point in the system message-handling mechanism where an application can install a subroutine to monitor the message traffic in the system and process certain types of messages before they reach the target window procedure, plays a major role in the development of software key loggers.
We can guard our privacy by anti-hook mechanism as discussed in today's PR, which has been devised for the sure shot detection of both known and unknown key loggers, currently in use or being developed at the present moment. Anti-hook technique is based on the fact that each processes is either hidden or on display uses hooks APIs for the purpose of hooking.
So if we become able to scan all the processes and static executables and DLLs and detect the suspicious processes or files, which uses hooks, then these applications can get the complete detail about that particular file or process & can also terminate its execution or existence to secure the system.
The build in new anti-hooking capability which un-hooks unwanted malware from trying to steal your personal & confidential information, will be over and above what any current AV co's offers, be it McAfee or Symantec or Kaspersky, or is it possible that these features will be integrated with open API's in place to all top AV co's, time will tell. These feature can easily expand beyond AV domain and hook it up with Telecom, PCI, Financial app and much more.
But for curious minds, some of past Kay's interviews, may offer some clue.
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