Software firewalls effective against keystroke loggers?

I'm a little worried about unauthorized keystroke loggers
getting my account ids and passwords when I log into web
sites. Does anyone know to what extent a software firewall like
ZoneAlarm protects against unauthorized keystroke loggers?

It seems to me that when such a logger attempts to contact it's
home base to send back the keystroke data, the software
firewall will detect the attempt. I know that this assumes
that the firewall is properly configured and that the user
pays attention to the ZoneAlarm popup message. But if
these conditions are true then it seems like the firewall
will catch the logger.

Thanks.

Re: Software firewalls effective against keystroke loggers?

Billy Smith wrote:

> [...] Does anyone know to what extent a software firewall like
> ZoneAlarm protects against unauthorized keystroke loggers?

Personal firewall cannot protect against malware that is sufficiently evil.

Wolfgang

Re: Software firewalls effective against keystroke loggers?

Not to mention hardware strokers!

Wolfgang Kueter wrote:
> Billy Smith wrote:
>
>> [...] Does anyone know to what extent a software firewall like
>> ZoneAlarm protects against unauthorized keystroke loggers?
>
> Personal firewall cannot protect against malware that is sufficiently evil.
>
> Wolfgang

Re: Software firewalls effective against keystroke loggers?

What is a hardware stroker and how could it defeat a software firewall?

Thanks.

"Gary" wrote in message
news:45A54218.1050308@capecod.net...
> Not to mention hardware strokers!
>
> Wolfgang Kueter wrote:
>> Billy Smith wrote:
>>
>>> [...] Does anyone know to what extent a software firewall like
>>> ZoneAlarm protects against unauthorized keystroke loggers?
>>
>> Personal firewall cannot protect against malware that is sufficiently
>> evil.
>>
>> Wolfgang

Re: Software firewalls effective against keystroke loggers?

On 11-Jan-2007, "Billy Smith" wrote:

> What is a hardware stroker and how could it defeat a software firewall?

There are small 'dongles' that you can plug into your computer, and then
plug the keyboard into that, so it can record everything without any
software being able to see it. No registry entries or hidden files on the
comp for software firewall/anti-virus/anti-spyware programs to see/find.

--
I am not a complete idiot.
Parts are missing.

Re: Software firewalls effective against keystroke loggers?

If you are into security, you need to physically check your puter
every once is awhile. The world is getting crazier by the second!



ArtDent wrote:
> On 11-Jan-2007, "Billy Smith" wrote:
>
>> What is a hardware stroker and how could it defeat a software firewall?
>
> There are small 'dongles' that you can plug into your computer, and then
> plug the keyboard into that, so it can record everything without any
> software being able to see it. No registry entries or hidden files on the
> comp for software firewall/anti-virus/anti-spyware programs to see/find.
>