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Can using the on-screen keyboard to enter passwords protect me from keyloggers?

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Can using the on-screen keyboard to enter passwords protect me from keyloggers?

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Using the default ‘on screen keyboard’ (herein “V-K”) may not be as beneficial as once thought, because of pixel location recording tactics. A standard ‘QWERTY’ keyboard will always have ASCII characters in the same relative position, making pointer location moderately easy. A technique to thwart this would be to make your own keyboard layout, with a V-K ‘creator’. Several are available, but a dandy freebie is “Click-n-Type” (see below) which has resident as well as portable versions. You’ll need the standard installer ( http://www.lakefolks.org/cnt/CNTzip.exe ); the ‘create your own’ package ( http://www.polital.com/cntd/ ) or the user created versions ( http://www.lakefolks.org/cnt/keyboards.h… ) Install the principal package, then either of the next customize packs, then establish severa

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