Many users want to see anti-keylogging protection in action and like those users, I want to see it too! So I download the free Anti-Keylogger Tester by firewallleaktester.com and as you can see at the left image, without KeyScrambler or if I turned off the protection by KeyScrambler Pro, everything I type have been intercepted. Imagine a malicious and even commercial keyloggers can do to you and your credentials if we do not have anti-keylogging protection!
I enabled the protection of KeyScrambler Pro and as you can see in the image at the right, there is no captured keystroke. I tried using Internet Explorer, Opera, Firefox, Password Plus by Dataviz.com, Windows Live Messenger and I get the same result while running the test using the Anti-Keylogger. Simply put, KeyScrambler Pro will really protect all your inputs in IE, Firefox, and Flock, and nearly 80 other browsers and applications.
KeyScrambler requires no internet connection unless you let it check for updates and when it verified your registration information the first time. It does not communicate to the internet or it is not phoning home. It is simply doing its job by encrypting what we type on covered programs. Below are some of the covered programs by KeyScrambler Professional:
- Web Browsers
- E-mail Clients
- Instant Messengers/VoIP clients
- Password Managers
- Online Games
- Zip Programs
- Text Editors
The edition on this review is KeyScrambler Professional with a price tag, $29.99. The price is affordable and acceptable as the covered programs is the widely-used applications (from browsers, e-mail clients, instant messengers, VoIP, online games, text editors, compression programs and even the popular password managers).
QFX Software is also offering a free and Premium editions of KeyScrambler. The free edition will only protect few applications while Premium edition will protect over 100 programs, including business-oriented programs like accounting, tax, office, encryption, file managers and Windows Logon and UAC in Vista and I’m sure they are working on protecting also the UAC on the upcoming Windows 7 that is currently in its beta stage!
KeyScrambler Professional and Premium edition include free 1 year of update and if you are existing Pro user, you can upgrade to Premium edition by paying $12.99 only.
Anti-malware and firewall protection programs are enough to protect us from known malware and intruders but those protections are not enough to protect our privacy and credentials against keyloggers. The tricks by bad guys attempting to steal information are becoming increasingly aggressive which means we need to be aggressive too! Remember that not all anti-malware program can catch every type of malicious software and then there are security vendors that will remove detection to known spyware who is maybe intercepting on what you type! If you frequent forums, you've seen post from users that their bank account information or e-mail accounts have been stolen or someone is now using their email address posing as the owner. Using KeyScrambler together with trustworthy anti-malware and firewall will add extra layer of protection against malicious and known keyloggers. KeyScrambler will scramble whatever you type so information that is sent online will not be stolen. No one can steal your credentials if you are using KeyScrambler.