Startup program entry details:
KeyScrambler (keyscrambler.exe)
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Description:
KeyScrambler from QFX Software Corporation - "encrypts your keystrokes deep in the kernel, foiling keylogging attacks with scrambled, undecipherable data"
Startup information:
Registry (Start → Run → regedit)
- Key(s): HKLM\Run
- Name: KeyScrambler
- Data: C:\Program Files\KeyScrambler\keyscrambler.exe /a
MSConfig (Start → Run → msconfig → Startup)
- Startup Item (XP): keyscrambler
- Startup Item (Vista/7): KeyScrambler
- Command: C:\Program Files\KeyScrambler\keyscrambler.exe
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Windows Defender (Start → All Programs → Windows Defender → Tools → Software Explorer)
- Name: KeyScrambler
- Startup Value: C:\Program Files\KeyScrambler\keyscrambler.exe
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O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [KeyScrambler] C:\Program Files\KeyScrambler\keyscrambler.exe
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Other information:
- File location: %ProgramFiles%\KeyScrambler
- File properties "Description": KeyScrambler
- Purpose: Keylogger protection
- Program disable option: Right-click on tray icon → Options... → Start KeyScrambler When Windows Starts (Pro/Premium)
- Shortcut(s) available: Start Menu
- Vendor/Publisher: QFX Software Corporation
- Product(s): KeyScrambler
- Tested: Yes
Note:
- %ProgramFiles% - refers to the Program Files folder; typically the path is C:\Program Files
- HKLM refers to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
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