Handy Keylogger 4.0 [build 023] Review
Advantages:Multi-OS supportGrouping of the intercepted information into categoriesPleasant to look at, user friendly interfaceGraphics clipboard monitoring
Disadvantages:Weak URL interceptionOne side interception in messengersNot enough stealthiness levelZero file activity monitoring
Today we are reviewing Handy Keylogger 4.1[build 023] created by
WideStep Security Software.
So, we double-click the installation file, read the warning about the anti-viruses and anti-spyware tools that should be disabled during the time of installation, read and accept EULA, create the ‘unhide keyword’ and click ‘Install’ button. Few seconds later we click ‘Finish’ and see the screen explaining us how to use our ‘unhide keyword’. After that we create a new password for Handy Keylogger, confirm it and finally see its interface.
The interface of Handy Keylogger combines simplicity and goodliness – the main window has 4 tabs, namely ‘Preferences’, ‘View logs’, ‘Clear logs’ and ‘About’, the content of which is fully consistent with their names. The log files are opened in the default browser and also really pleasant to look at – each event has its own timestamp, name of the application it happened in, the path to this application, corresponding PC and user names. What is also really comfortable is that the information is also grouped into 4 categories ‘Keystrokes’, ‘Snapshots’, ‘Clipboard’ and ‘Web-activity’, thus allowing the user to quickly look through only the type of activity he is interested in.
Among the positive moments of the program we can also highlight the ability of log-files sending to a pre-specified e-mail, multi-OS support (the program works under all the platforms listed in our comparison table except Windows Vista) and the ability to intercept the graphic content of the clipboard. It is also really good that despite the fact that the Handy Keylogger is not the most powerful monitoring solution of
WideStep Security Software it also has the basic means of visual surveillance (3 out of 6 functions are implemented).
Unfortunately among the pluses there are minuses in functionality of Handy Keylogger, they are: weak URL interception (URLs intercepted only in Internet Explorer), zero file-activity monitoring and only one-side chat conversations interception.
As for the ‘Filtering options’ section the situation is pretty much the same, it is impossible to configure the program to monitor a list of pre-specified users or programs and there is no monitoring scheduler in it. At the same time the program functions like ‘Maximum log-file size’, ‘Automated clearance of log-file’ and even the ‘Several days report building’ functions implemented.
Summing up we can say that Handy Keylogger is a very easy-to-use keylogger that will be a very good choice in case you value simplicity and user-friendliness.
Description from developers
Handy Keylogger 4.0 is a new version of award-winning keylogger which gives you full control over your PC, and is totally undetectable to other users. With Handy Keylogger it is possible to start stealth monitoring in several clicks after your free download is complete. Handy keylogger mainly features and does a very good job with four types of logs: key strokes log, clipboard log, screenshots and websites visited.
