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Topic: keyloggers, running dsl inside windows

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earthtone

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Posted: May 06 2006,03:38

If i enter a password into FireFox opened in DSL which is running inside of windows -- will my keystrokes be invisible to a keylogger which may be infecting windows?

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Posted: May 06 2006,04:04

A keylogger can operate independantly of the OS. I have one that goes in line with the keyboard cord. It will log when the keys are pushed, and if the pc is in hybernation, It will still log keystrokes.

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Posted: May 06 2006,05:54

One potential solution I've seen is to use a virtual keyboard to type your passwords.

I'm not sure if it's bulletproof security, but it sure is difficult to log keystrokes when you don't type any.

There's a xvkbd extension in the repository, have at.

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pr0f3550r

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Posted: May 06 2006,10:30

I've checked on the Qemu forum and the qemu-devel mailing list and I've found nothing.

Presumably, if the keylogger is running on the host Os, and whatever you type in Qemu never goes into the clipboard (but I could be wrong!), I assume that you should be reasonably safe.

On some websites you can find a test for the 'clipboard bug' and then try by yourself. I tried and it found nothing.

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Posted: May 07 2006,15:07

Most keyloggers work at a lower level than applications, and oftern they are hardware-based so they are os-independant. If you're typing on the keyboard, the hardware-based ones will log your keystrokes regardless of your actions.

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