AFSCME 3357-HOF'S BLOG

The Kinkos Scam

In the news not long ago was a story about a guy who stole people's passwords with a keystroke capture program when they used the public computers at Kinkos in New York. This really hit home with me because I have entered passwords on public library computers before and I wondered if that could happen. Yup.



The program he used was Amesico Invisible Keylogger Stealth




Luckily there is at least one countermeasure, a program called Spycop

http://www.spycop.com/

I haven't used this product, but it is good to be aware that it exists. Note, if you believe someone is spying on your computer usage at work, spycop should work under those circumstances as well.