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Hello,
Hope everyone fine over here. Well ... actually i am having some difficulties to choose my final year. I want to develop a desktop application. As i am in the network security field, i want to develop a keylogger software. I am new to vb.net and i dont know c# at all. I am ready to learn any new language if required.

So, can someone tell me the level of difficulty of this project please and which language will be best to develop a keylogger. Or can someone give me an idea for any other software in the field. Thanks a lot in advance guys.

Regards,
Mike

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Member Avatar for ddanbe

Is this something you want to do for your final year project?

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To be frank ... i dont really know. I want something that deals with network security! Of course, the keylogger will be used in a good way. It will not be liked the other keyloggers .. well i am planning to record information in a database and the data can be accessed via the web in a well formatted web page.

Parents can used this software to monitor what their children are doing or boss can use this to monitor an employee.

Please help me. Again, thanks a lot.

Member Avatar for ddanbe

Do you know what I would do if I knew my boss was logging my keyboard?
I would open a Word document and from time to time I would type like hell some rubbish in it. I would advise my 30 coworkers to do the same. See how long my boss can cope with that! ;)
He can now hardly read all his mails every day...

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lol ... but i will give my boss the option to choose between mail or to view it online. He just have to choose a particular date and time... then view all the transactions which have taken place.

He will only check the system from time to time and no mail bombing. Anyway , thanks for the reply but can you suggest me a topic please. I love security things ... I am out of idea! Thanks again dude.

Member Avatar for Salem

> well i am planning to record information in a database and the data can be accessed via the web in a well formatted web page.
That has to be the most bone-headed idea going.

"I know, lets publish all my keystokes on a web page for all to see - ohh, passwords, yummy!"

If you want to do something useful, write a program which finds keylogging malware, rather than adding to the considerable amount of pond life which is already out there.

commented: agreed +10
Member Avatar for gkaykck

salem is right, try to make a program that uses heuristic algorithms to find harmful software, or maybe find and block what your boss don't like. these can be more useful for anyone

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To answer the OP's question, Keyloggers could be written in any language, although it will require some simple calls to the windows API. If you have any experience in programming I don't see how you could have any problem with such a simple thing. any of the guys here could produce a key logger application in 20 minutes complete with silent install.

But I agree completely. It's not a good idea, and we don't want to help you spy on your girlfriend. Knowing what some one types out of context isn't a good basis of anything anyway.

you want to keep people's kids safe, write an application that kills browser processes as soon as they are started, then runs a new instance of a 2nd program that is a "safe" browser specially written to only allow access to safe domains.

Do anything besides write a privacy destroying application. and yeah, its a password stealing concept, just thing of the log...
Log:
www.bankaccount.comuser@yahoo.com TAB password
that's what will happen about a thousand times a day, a NOONE deserves to know your passwords to ANYTHING.

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Thanks a lot guys. Your advices were really helpful. Finally... a lecturer proposed something interesting. A software that will monitor bandwidth, ISP speed throttle, remote control of application, filtering website URL's, generating reports and much more. What do you think guys, Is it nice for a final year project?

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Member Avatar for ddanbe

Dont be affraid if the water is too cold, just jump.

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lol ... that's what i am going to do. Btw, thanks again for your advice man. ;). Hmm ... do you think this project is OK, i mean ... do you think that the level is good for a final year project?

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Are you affraid of yourself? :icon_eek:
As I said before JUMP! It will all come good in the end as long as you believe in your own project.

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Yeah .. you are right. That's what i am going to do. Thanks a lot again dude.

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