How can I know if the owner has installed a keystroke logging program or password sniffer?
My Internet service was down last week (construction severed a line) and I needed to make an electronic funds transfer. It freaked me out to type in the password to my checking account on some strangers computer.
Is there any way to tell if such a program is operating?
2006-11-03 02:19:57 · 6 answers · asked by A Baby Ate My Dingo 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
Never make any electronic fund transfers or any security stuff from public places.. no way you can tell if such a programme is operating in the background, since they are designed to work in stealth mode and can be configured to hide itself.. however much you try to find it out (even if yu check out the running processes)
2006-11-03 02:23:44 · answer #1 · answered by guruji9x 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I myself have never used a computer at an internet cafe. If it is a reputable business I would not worry about it. If it got out that the company was stealing information then the business would be closed.
That does not mean that someone else could get a keylogger on the computer. My best advice is to not use a place like this for very personal information. You dont even know if there is a virus on the computer. You just dont know how safe they are.
If you need to make an EFT in the future and you are stuck in a situation like this, use an ATM or call them and have them do it.
2006-11-03 02:27:12 · answer #2 · answered by chuck g 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would not trust any computer that was not my own. If your bank provides it, use the onscreen keyboard of the website. Alot of institutions ar using as anti identity theft a in browser keypad that you click your answer into. This bypasses the keylogger as no keys are pressed. Also bypasses sniffers placed on networks as it is using SSL anyways at that point so the traffic is encrypted to begin with. If truely paranoid... Find and get Torpark and put it on a USB stick and use the encryption and proxy help of the Tor circuit to bypass that stuff.
2006-11-03 02:31:16 · answer #3 · answered by rdbn7734 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dont save the password on the public system. Make sure no-one sees you typing paswords. Ask the cafes support staff how they keep their systems clean from key recognition software(users going into the cafe and installing the information directly) and viruses.
2006-11-03 02:25:19 · answer #4 · answered by Dan M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you suspect that, it is probably installed on the computers. I would not do personal stuff using other people's computers. Ask your friends to let use the computer.
2006-11-03 02:24:17 · answer #5 · answered by Thor 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You may never know
(they can even spy your PC!)
2006-11-03 02:24:20 · answer #6 · answered by bambaacha 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋