KeyScrambler Personal 2.1.0.6

• Popularity:

  #2 in Privacy Software (out of 603 products)

• Editor's Rating:

  3.0 stars

• Average User Rating:

  3.5 stars (out of 116 votes) Rate it!

• Downloads:

  208,331

• Requirements:

  Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista

• Limitations:

  No limitations

• Date Added:

  July 07, 2008

• Previous Versions:

  Select a version KeyScrambler Personal 2.2 KeyScrambler Personal 2.1.0.6 KeyScrambler Personal 2.1.0 KeyScrambler Personal 2.0.0.1 KeyScrambler Personal 1.3.3 KeyScrambler Personal 1.3.2 KeyScrambler Personal 1.3.1 KeyScrambler Personal 1.2.3 KeyScrambler Personal 1.2.2 KeyScrambler Personal 1.2.1 KeyScrambler Personal 1.2 KeyScrambler Personal 1.1.9 KeyScrambler Personal 1.1.8 KeyScrambler Personal 1.1.7 KeyScrambler Personal 1.1.6 KeyScrambler Personal 1.1.5 KeyScrambler Personal 1.1.4 KeyScrambler Personal 1.1.2 KeyScrambler Personal 1.0.2

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Publisher's description of KeyScrambler Personal 2.1.0.6

KeyScrambler Personal is a free plug-in for your Web browser that protects everything you type from keyloggers. It defeats keyloggers by encrypting your keystrokes at the keyboard driver level, deep within the operating system. When the encrypted keystrokes reach your browser, KeyScrambler then decrypts them so you see exactly the keys you've typed. Keyloggers can only record the encrypted keys, which are completely indecipherable. Unlike anti-virus and anti-spyware programs that depend on recognition to remove keyloggers that they know about, KeyScrambler will protect you from both known and unknown keyloggers. What's more, KeyScrambler provides protection without getting in your way. You don't have anything to learn about the program and you don't have to do anything differently, but with KeyScrambler your important personal information will be a whole lot safer.

Version 2.1.0.6 is a bug fixing release.

Editor's review of KeyScrambler Personal 2.1.0.6

• 3.0 stars

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This browser add-on protects your usernames and passwords from keyloggers, but its quirks limit its effectiveness. KeyScrambler Personal's small dialog box interface is invoked from a tray icon. This utility encrypts keystrokes at the kernel level. It's automatically invoked when it detects typing in select browser username and password input boxes. As you type your password, the program displays the random characters that a keylogger would detect, but the correct characters are entered. A hot key easily starts and kills the encryption, and the registered version encrypts other security fields such as credit card numbers.

Though advertised for Internet Explorer and Firefox, our testers gave up using the add-on in Firefox 2. The tray icon would not display unless IE was started. The floating display often disappeared during typing. Under Firefox, standard username input boxes wouldn't invoke KeyScrambler Personal. IE suffered from none of these problems. If you fear a keylogger is after your username and password and you use IE as your sole browser, this freeware encrypter will prove handy. Otherwise, look for a more robust utility.

User reviews of KeyScrambler Personal 2.1.0.6

• Average user rating: 3.6 stars out of 116 votes
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• 5 stars

  Version: KeyScrambler Personal 2.1.0.6

  "Simple Peace Of Mind"

  by ritchie58 on July 20, 2008

  Pros: If your unlucky enough to get infected with a keylogger malware application the bad guys still will not be able to record your key strokes if you have this great browser extension installed. Easy to configure, just set it and forget it. It will only run when you access your browser. A fantastic piece of freeware!

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• 3 stars

  Version: KeyScrambler Personal 2.1.0.6

  "Great security program"

  by skorpyan7 on July 24, 2008

  Pros: I really like what KeyScrambler does. I'm very security conscious, so being able to encrypt my keystrokes makes me that much more comfortable when typing in personal info (or anything for that matter) on the web. There's no complicated procedure for running this program. Once it's installed and turned on, it works automatically. Every time I type, it starts encrypting my keystrokes. This is one of the programs I install on all my computers and laptop.

  Cons: The only negative I've found is that it doesn't work all the time. It works on most websites and it works the majority of the time, but every now and then I'll run into a site where it won't work, and actually stops my input from being typed. In these rare instances, I just have to turn the program off until I've finished with that site, and turn it back on when I've moved on to another site. But these instances are rare and a minor inconvenience when compared to the benefits of KeyScrambler.

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• 5 stars

  Version: KeyScrambler Personal 2.1.0.6

  "it is the best yet"

  by bbillybbones on July 15, 2008

  Pros: I use it for a number of things I do on the internet, and I find that I need it immensely

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• 5 stars

  Version: KeyScrambler Personal 2.1.0.6

  "Easy as pie!"

  by teacherecho on July 7, 2008

  Pros: You install it and tell it which browsers (it works on Firefox) and then it pops up when you are typing and disappears when you are just reading or browsing. I like it much better than what I used to use.

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