Just thought I'd like to share this...
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Originally Posted by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keystroke_logging
1) Local Machine software Keyloggers are software programs that are designed to work on the target computer’s operating system. From a technical perspective there are three categories:
* Kernel based: This method is most difficult both to write, and combat. Such keyloggers reside at the kernel level and are thus practically invisible. They almost always subvert the OS kernel and gain unauthorized access to the hardware which makes them very powerful. A keylogger using this method can act as a keyboard driver for example, and thus gain access to any information typed on the keyboard as it goes to the Operating System
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Originally Posted by http://www.actualspy.com/articles/keyloggers.html
A keyloggers might be as simple as an exe and a dll that are placed on a machine and invoked at boot via an entry in the registry..
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also...
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Originally Posted by http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1829
Kernel/driver keyloggers. This type of keylogger is at the kernel level and receives data directly from the input device (typically, a keyboard). It replaces the core software for interpreting keystrokes. It can be programmed to be virtually undetectable by taking advantage of the fact that it is executed on boot, before any user-level applications start. Since the program runs at the kernel level, one disadvantage to this approach it that it fails to capture autocomplete passwords, as this information is passed in the application layer.
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Emphasis mine.
Note that the rar includes a file to replace the software driver, a registry entry and according to the readme also requires a reboot the "trainer" to work...
(plus, the readme doesn't even mention what slot etc. to put your skills in... just press scroll lock and it works by magic?
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