create a keystroke logger

[Marina Levit [MVP]]

If people knew they were being monitored they would most likely find a new
place of employment.

 

[WebSnozz]

Maybe he was just a troll here to stir up emotions?

 

[Tom Spink]

I've been asked by senior management to create and deploy a keystroke
logger
application (log to a local or network folder). Active directory already
blocks the target users from opening task manager (they won't be able to
see it running) so it needs to be straight forward and just capture key
strokes
(not "F" keys or shifts, alts, ctrls, etc). Any ideas how to do this? I
need to get up something pretty quickly and have been told nothing can be
purchased. So I'm thinking a console app or something? I can use 1.1 or
2.0 if necessary. Round one can be quick and dirty and down the road we
can
make it do more. Thanks - Steve

Hi Steve,

This might help you:
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html

 

[Kevin S Gallagher]

Sorry for jumping in late but it would seem less costly to purchase a logger
already built.

 

[Gabriel Lozano-Morán]

http://blogs.msdn.com/toub/archive/2006/05/03/589423.aspx

Gabriel Lozano-Morán

 

[rowe_newsgroups]

If people knew they were being monitored they would most likely find a new

place of employment.

Or at least morale would drop among the employees, and peopel with low
morale tend to do less work in the same amount of time. The employees
would also be less inclined to put in any extra effort (like salary
employees volunteering to stay over). These things could quite easily
negate anything the employer would gain be preventing the employees
from doing personal activities at work.

Just my two cents

Thanks,

Seth Rowe

 

[C-Services Holland b.v.]

Could be for legal purposes. Evidence?

I wonder if it's even legal. As far as I know, over here it would be
illegal to install something like that without informing the user. Even
then it's shaky territory.