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Keyloggers are sneaky little programs that can record everything you type, including usernames, passwords, credit card numbers, and other sensitive information. Although antivirus software is often able to detect and eliminate such programs once you're infected, they're not foolproof. KeyScrambler Personal promises to encrypt your keystrokes at the level of your keyboard driver and decrypt them when they reach your browser so they're visible to you. Sounds good in theory, but does it work? We can't guarantee that it's perfect, but we can say that it worked just fine when we tried it.
Obviously, if we wanted to see if KeyScrambler Personal could guard against keyloggers, we'd have to install a keylogger on our machine. We did, made sure it was logging our keystrokes, and then installed KeyScrambler Personal. The program appeared as an icon in our system tray; right-clicking on it brought up an options menu, which let us set a hot key for enabling and disabling the program and specify how we wanted the program to display when in use. We set about typing in Firefox, one of KeyScrambler Personal's supported browsers, and a small box appeared that displayed the scrambled version of the text we typed. When we opened our keylogger to see what it had captured, there was all our scrambled text in place of what we'd actually typed. It's important to remember that KeyScrambler Personal doesn't encrypt everything you do; we were still able to view the Web sites we'd visited and search engine results. But text that we'd actually typed, such as in e-mails and in-browser chats, was indeed encrypted. An online Help file gives a thorough overview of the program's use. Overall, KeyScrambler Personal was easy to use and it seemed to be effective. It's worth checking out if you want to keep what you type safe from prying eyes.
KeyScrambler Personal installs and uninstalls without issues.
Publisher's Description
From QFX Software:
KeyScrambler Personal is a free program for your web browser that protects everything you type from keyloggers. It defeats keyloggers by encrypting your keystrokes at the keyboard driver level, deep within the operating system. When the encrypted keystrokes reach your browser, KeyScrambler then decrypts them so you see exactly the keys you've typed. Keyloggers can only record the encrypted keys, which are completely indecipherable. Unlike anti-virus and anti-spyware programs that depend on recognition to remove keyloggers that they know about, KeyScrambler will protect you from both known and unknown keyloggers. What's more, KeyScrambler provides protection without getting in your way. You don't have anything to learn about the program and you don't have to do anything differently, but with KeyScrambler your important personal information will be a whole lot safer.
What's new in this version: Version 3.1 fixes a number of issues and enables support for Asian language input.
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Current version:
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"Resting easy..."
Version: KeyScrambler Personal 3.1
Pros
Installs and operates seamlessly - except just lately have been getting some kind of encryption error, but then I just restart it. Love this program!
Cons
Aside from error mentioned above, absolutely none...
Summary
Wish all protection programs were this easy - and free!
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"Brilliant!"
Version: KeyScrambler Personal 3.1
Pros
I rarely write a review but this little program really merits at least a THANK YOU.
In this version (3.1) to now be able to see a little pop-up tab showing you that it's doing it's job while you type is very reassuring. (Not sure though if Screen Loggers could take advantage of the fact that the encrypted key strokes are being revealed on screen?)Cons
Apart from my small question above - nothing against this super little prog that only uses about 2,000k of memory resources!
Summary
Go for it - why not add another layer to your security!
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"It works - and works well."
Version: KeyScrambler Personal 3.1
Pros
Used it for years and feel good with it.
Regular updates, too.Cons
I use to have a complaint or two but they've all been addressed.
Summary
Install and try KeyScrambler - it works. Today you need all of the protection you can get.
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"BSOD after applying update"
Version: KeyScrambler Personal 3.1
Pros
none. Would not work after applying update
Cons
BSOD after applying update, had to uninstall.
Summary
I've been using Keyscrambler for years, and this is the first time it has failed me. I tried it twice and both times the update caused my computer to fail to start.
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"Seems to do what it was designed to."
Version: KeyScrambler Personal 3.1
Pros
Doesn't seem to slow anything down.
Cons
Some sites won't accept actual input, displaying the scrambled text.
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