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Hello,

I am confused between the differences between a key logger and key listener in Java....i looked online but I couldn't find a straight-up answer.

Thanks in advance!

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You may search the Google for keylogger virus, and key listener...

They are somewhat similar in functionality (capture user's key stroke), but they have different purposes in use.

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Member Avatar for harinath_2007

Keylogger is a software which will captures all your keystrokes and activity you do on the computer. Whereas KeyListener is a interface in java which you should implement in your java code if you want to capture key strokes.


Making keylogger in java is NOT possible.

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There is no "Keylogger" interface in Java. So the thread title does not make sense.

Anyway, to add to what harinath said, You cannot make a keylogger using java. It lacks the low level operating hooks needed to do it.

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Hello,

I am confused between the differences between a key logger and key listener in Java....i looked online but I couldn't find a straight-up answer.

Thanks in advance!

If I am not mistaken, a key logger is a program you have to create that uses the key listener as a tool to "Listen" for when keys are pressed. Maybe there is a key logger command I don't know of though... Does this help at all? This may be helpful: http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/awt/event/KeyListener.html

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