A hardware keylogger is an external electronic devices that record keystrokes. The hardware keylogger is connected to your keyboard cable. The keyboard cable is connected through the hardware keylogger to the CPU of your computer. The hardware keylogger is difficult to detect even on close observation.

Hardware keylogger possesses an internal non-volatile memory, where all recorded data is stored. This data can only be retrieved by entering a password. The data collected consists of keystrokes typed on the computer to which the hardware keylogger is connected.

The keystrokes could include email addresses, websites visited, chat conversations and even passwords and secret text. Along with the hardware keylogger comes the software which you need to install. This doesn’t take much time at all. In fact, connecting your hardware keylogger to your standard keyboard takes only a few seconds.

The procedure for connecting the hardware keylogger is pretty simple. All you need to do is find your computers’s Ps2 connector, while you unplug your computer’s keyboard cable. Then, you connect the hardware keylogger to the Ps2 slot, and connect the keyboard cable to the keylogger. The keylogger must be kept at record mode to begin retrieving data.

Source: MsnKeylogger.com

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