Keystroke Interference

Anti-Virus and Anti-Spyware programs may fail when it comes to detecting whether a keylogger resides on a PC. Network Intercept, a company headquartered in Los Angeles, California, has dedicated itself to keeping both the unsuspecting home and business user safe from malicious internet-based threats. To assist in reaching this goal, the company developed Keystroke Interference. The company touts that this anti-keylogger software renders keylogging programs ineffective.

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Ease of Use:

Network Intercept’s Keystroke Interference doesn’t try to detect or delete existing keylogging programs. Instead, the application broadcasts an indiscernible pattern of random characters for every keystroke the user makes. As a replacement for coherent words, the hacker, at the other end of the reporting system, receives only nonsensical gibberish.

Keystroke Interference installs quickly and the application loads at Windows startup. Disturbing for some, the software has no user preferences or configuration options. The only indicator of the program’s presence is a listing in the begin menu and a small icon on the system tray. When running, the program has a small memory footprint and doesn’t drain other system resources.

Surprisingly, Keystroke Interference has no user interface. Glaring is the manufacturer’s omission of an included or on-line user manual. A white paper is available on the manufacturer website. However, this paper has no information regarding the technology behind the product, system processes or functionality.

Reliability:

Keystroke Interference is successful at garbling text. Upon doing so, the software randomly adds approximately thirty-five characters throughout each string of text. Despite this attempt to encrypt, some advanced users report obtaining meaningful words and type from the computer’s memory buffers. Additionally, user-based testing demonstrated that capturing information while in transit from the browser to the world wide web interface was also achievable.

Protection:

The “Virtual Keyboard” is an innovative attribute of Keyboard Interference. This extra level of security provides protection during on-line banking and shopping. Consumers employ this virtual device by clicking the letters of a graphical on-screen keyboard. Occasional users, each day users and individuals with physical disabilities that prevent them from using a conventional keyboard may find this feature useful.

The Virtual Keyboard feature works just as the manufacturer claims. However, even the simplest keyloggers have the capability to take screen-shots of the victim’s PC and compensate for the Keystroke Interference’s innovation.

Internet Security:

The product protects typed passwords, credit card numbers, account names and other sensitive information. To some extent, the program protects against some software-based keystroke logging applications. However, pitted against strong well-developed keylogging programs, Keystroke Interference fails. In user-based tests, keyloggers from a variety of manufacturers were able to decipher Keystroke Interference’s blocking implementation.

Licensing/Upgrades/Support:

Network Intercept’s website contains no information regarding the number of licenses included with each purchase. Further, the site has no information regarding the term of a valid license, product upgrades or extended support options.

The site’s navigation does have a support button. When clicked, the customer is lead to an email ticket- based submission form. A searchable knowledgebase, FAQs, Live Chat and on-line community are also absent from the website.

Supported Operating Systems:

Windows XP Windows Vista Windows 2007

Summary:

Keyboard Interference is a less than adequate product for blocking malicious keyloggers on a PC. Omitted from this product is a user interface with customizable options, and the capability to block screen-captures. Equally priced and more robust software packages are available.

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