How to – Safely Type in Password on Public Computers

Everyone is worried about security.Entering in Personal details on a Public Computer like cyber cafe or a friend’s computer is risky.Your written texts are vulnerable to Key Loggers and other Malicious programs.

                                                     Here’s a tip that will help you to avoid key loggers especially in Cyber Cafes.In Windows ,click on the Start Button and go to All Programs->Accesories->Accessibility-> On Screen Keyboard

 

On Screen Keyboard's path

 

On Screen Keyboard is an inbuilt program in Windows that allows you to Type by the click of mouse.All you need is to go to the website and bring the focus on the field you want to type in.Start On-Screen Keyboard and click the Letters you want to type.This will prevent your typed text from reaching Key Loggers.

 

On Screen Keyboard

 

                                                     This trick can also be used when your keyboard is broken and you are want to type something.

Enjoy ;)

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13 Responses to “How to – Safely Type in Password on Public Computers”

  1. Rockstar Sid says:

    mera kb kharab hain…aur m-use bhi… :/ :/ :/ -ld -rick which desn wk fr me

  2. Pratyush says:

    Nice and simple trick Siddharth. Will use that next time in a cafe :D .

  3. Gaurav says:

    Nice Siddharth,
    reminded me of some old Cyber Cafe days, there was this uncle who used to come to cafe , and then used to punch all the keys in a notepad and and then copy paste them into his bank account details. Hope you may have written this article at that time, he may have save a lot of pain , but you might have been quite young that time, incident is about 6-7 years ago.

  4. Siddharth says:

    @prtayu all the best ;)
    @gaurav ha ha lol
    but copying and pasting does not works as he types in also key loggers log copy and paste now ;)

  5. Slevi says:

    Keep in mind it’s not 100% failsafe ;) . Screenrecorders could be in place as well which will just record what you’re typing in on the onscreen keyboard. Especially those which get activated the moment onscreen keyboard is started up are the nastiest ones :) .

    Best is to just limit accessing password protected pages or entering credit card numbers, etc in public areas to practically none. The safest of them all.

  6. Gaurav says:

    That was 6-7 years ago, even before I did my 10th ;)

  7. Siddharth says:

    @slelvi yep I agree with you better to keep some anti keylogger software in pocket

    @gaurav lolz that time I first saw a computer or in 2000 :D

  8. Nirmal says:

    I think even on screen keyboard entries can also be tracked by Keyloggers. I read about this somewhere.

  9. Siddharth says:

    @nirmal with technology getting advancer everything seems possible ;)

  10. MOin says:

    really nice trick, can save you from lame hackers which install keyloggers in public systems, and i always open task manager first when i visit cafe :@

  11. Anurag says:

    Nice Trick…
    but not 100% secured…

    http:///www.pcdrome.com

  12. ajay says:

    this tip is really useful sid.
    thanks for sharing with us

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