Published on March 18th, 2016 | by Guest

Top 5 Advantages of using a Keylogger Software

If you want to check the keystrokes that are typed on any keyboard, get passwords that your colleagues type in at their computers or encrypt confidential information from any device, there are certain Keylogger softwares that would do the aforementioned tasks for you. Although, keyloggers are used for hacking these days but it is not the scope of this article. We are focusing on the advantages that are offered by these softwares.

Considering a situation in which you’re the employer, Keylogger Software gives you the authority to keep a check on your employees. Many a times we witness that employees apply to other job positions from their Office Computer. In this way, they are simply ditching the confidence that their employer enshrined in them at the time of hiring.

Thus, if you are an employer and want to save yourself from this kind of brain drain, there is no better option that to use a Keylogger Software. Many of them come for free with the more advanced ones coming at a price.

Here are top 5 Advantages of using a Keylogger Software.

Differentiate between Productivity and Idleness

If the performance of your organization is going down by the day, you have the right to feel concerned. Going one step further, you could indicate your concern by going after the culprit whose performance is deteriorating that of the whole organization. In order to do that, there is no better tool then Keylogger Software.

For example, it is quite plausible that many of the employees who have developed a positive reputation in your eyes are spending their time on watching videos and browsing Social Media links. Thus, by knowing their browsing history, you’ll be in a position to penalize their bad behavior in a more authoritative way. Thus you can increase your employees’ productivity by knowing what they are doing and how to tackle to work more efficiently.

Maintaining a check on your children

For a person whose job requires extensive traveling, it is natural that he might not see the daily activities of his/her children. While in the previous decade it was difficult to track down the activities of child because they played outdoors, Computer has solved this problem as children spend most of their time sitting on their Computer table.

Thus, if you only know what kind of activities your children are engaging themselves in while being on the Internet, it would be relatively easier for you to effortlessly track down their habits. After tracking their habits through Keylogger Software, it would be much easier for you to prevent them from being engaged in harmful activities on the Internet.

Moreover, if you have wanted to know how long your kids spend on the Internet, Keylogger Software can to come at your rescue. Besides, it works in an incognito mode so that your children won’t be alerted by the presence of Keylogger Software on their computer.

Most of the Keylogger software’s have no presence on the Task Manager. Also, for a person who is primarily unaware of the presence of a Keylogger Software on his/her Computer, it is virtually impossible to uninstall this software since it does not feature even on the Add/Remove Programs list.

Thus, barring a catastrophe or an unforeseeable circumstance, your children won’t have a hint that their activities are being monitored.

Monitoring the activities of a particular person

Be it a friend or a completely unknown person, you could view their activities utilizing this software. Just like a spy who has gone into unchartered territory unnoticed, these Keylogger Software give you information that could best be described as priceless.

Thus, after installing the software on their Computers, you would become aware of the websites that they visit and their social media contributions. Also, you would be able to check their emails and find out whether your obsession has a legitimate reason or not.

Storing Passwords of Social Media Profiles

You guessed it right; stealing passwords of the Social Media Profiles of any person is unethical. However, keeping ethics at bay, Keylogger Software will give you a power which most of your acquaintances could only dream of.

You could not only steal their passwords but also keep using their Social Media Accounts without them even knowing. As a result, every time they do an activity on any of the Social Media platforms, you’re only a click away from knowing what it is.

Ethical Hacking

If you were intimidated with the last heading, here is a word that would inevitably alienate your worst fears. For all the steps that we mentioned above, you could deduce one thing very easily: What if a Keylogger Software is installed on My Computer? How could I avoid that from being happening?

The answer lies in the fundamental concept of ethical hacking. For this part, you could go to the Computer of anybody that you know and identify the weakness in their Security System. By doing so, you could note down whether these weakness is present on your computer or not.

Thus, after doing ethical hacking, you could carve out the vulnerability of your Personal Computer. Afterwards, you could draw some measures accordingly that would save your personal data from being in the hands of total strangers.

Author Bio:

Bilal Ahmad is a blogger and internet marketer. He writes regularly about technology in TechMaish.com. You can follow him on @twitter.

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