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keylogger
[ kee-law-ger, â-±ôŽÇČ”-±đ°ù ]
noun
- a software program or hardware device that records all keystrokes on a computer keyboard, used either overtly as a surveillance tool or covertly as spyware.
yĐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of keylogger1
Example Sentences
She reached into her pocket and pulled out the keylogger that sheâd found in her desk the first day.
âIt looks like a normal flash drive, but itâs not. Itâs actually a nasty little device called a keylogger. It copies everything someone types on a computer. Itâs basic gear for a hacker.â
If a computer is attacked by malicious software, or malware, a âkeyloggerâ may be installed for surveillance of keystrokes, including credit card data.
Itâs the only way to guarantee that thereâs not a keyloggerâwhich lets the person who installed it monitor every single thing you enter on your keyboard, including passwords, emails, etc.âor some other kind of spyware that theyâve put on there.
He described the monitoring as similar to a keylogger that records everyoneâs keystrokes.
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