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Ever wonder how people can steal information from computers without the victim's knowledge? There are ways to do that, one of them is to use a "keylogger". Keyloggers (or key loggers whatever you prefer) are a piece of software that once installed on a computer will remain active in the background, undetected, it will also record everything that happens on that computer.

Then the information it grabbed is sent to someone else across the network, or retrieved by the person who installed the software. They are called keyloggers because their main function is to record key strokes, they can actually record everything that someone types in a keyboard and store that information in a text file for later use. However more advanced keyloggers can do other stuff like record browser history, visited pages, instant messages, etc.

The amazing thing is that all this happens without the computer's owner noticing anything. The keylogger runs in the background, it doesn't show any windows or icons while it's running so its as if it was invisible. Instead of installing a keylogger from a file or from a CD drive there is a better and faster way to do it using a keylogger usb (more on this later).

Just imagine this: with a good keylogger you can record someone else's msn messages, any passwords that wore typed, usernames for accessing websites, codes and passwords used to activate programs, or to access online services, and any keystrokes that happened while the keylogger was running.

Of course you should never install a keylogger or any other computer spy software on someone else's computer without their permission. You could also install it on your own computer as a way to retrieve your own stuff in case you need to.

How to install and use a keylogger?

For this example I'll use the iBot Keylogger (see picture above), it's actual name is "Stealth iBot Computer Spy" and this is one of those advanced keyloggers that I was talking about, it can do stuff like record keystrokes, record visited sites, typed passwords, and record text that was typed in instant messaging programs like msn (it doesn't matter which program was used, it records whatever is being typed on the keyboard). I think I read somewhere that it also captures screenshots which makes it even more cool!

This type of keylogger is very easy to use, you just need to 1) insert the keylogger to a free usb port, 2) wait a few seconds and then remove the keylogger from the usb port, 3) whenever you want to retrieve the information just insert the keylogger usb again. Nice! (You must have installation rights on the computer for the software to work).

This usb keylogger can be used in desktops and laptops. It really doesn't matter as long as the computer has a usb port. This is way better than using CDs or floppy disks because all computers have those usb connections. Netbooks don't have CD drives but they do have usb  connectors. ;)

This advanced keylogger usb is for sale here: iBot Keylogger. And the store also has products to prevent your data from being stolen in their computer security and Anti-Spyware section.

PS: The iBot spy uses "Tracking Bots" to track the information… I have no idea what that means. But as long as those bots do the job, they could be called Little Fairies or something and it would be fine by me.