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Portable On Screen Keyboard to thwart keystroke logging

Submitted by nicholschris on May 11, 2006 - 4:02pm

I would really like to see the following portable app. I think it would be a good defense against keystroke loggers and especially useful for username and password entry on a public computer.

The app would consist of an on screen keyboard in a standard layout. Below the letters/numbers there would be a different letter or number. For example the letter A might have the number 3 under it. The user could either click on the A, or they could use the number 3 on the keyboard to get an A. Each launch would render a different secondary layout.

Maybe this keyboard trapping and translation would be too difficult for a portable app running as non-admin, but at the very least an onscreen keyboard would thwart most logging attempts.

CPU-Z

Submitted by choman on May 11, 2006 - 12:18pm

First off, I really like this stuff...

So let me get started in the forums with one of my favorite
portable apps. CPU-Z is a tiny utility that shows various
system info. So here is the link:

http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php

enjoy.

Is it possible to make a portable zip utility?

Submitted by brillbillbo on May 9, 2006 - 5:43pm

Is it possible to make a portable Zip utility such as “Portable 7-Zip”? I know that Windows XP can now open Zips, but what if you have a Rar, or some other file that Windows can’t open. What do you do then? Or how many of you have been working on someone else’s pc, that doesn’t have XP on it and needed to open a file only to fined they haven’t got WinZip either. I know I have. In those situations when you haven’t got the internet at your disposal to download WinZip, a program like that would be invaluable. Can anyone out there make one...?

Puppy Linux

Submitted by jonfry on May 9, 2006 - 5:10pm

I've read a few requests / comments in these forums regarding a lightweight and portable Linux distribution.

One such distribution, which is already packaged ready for a USB key, is Puppy Linux (http://www.puppylinux.org) with a footprint of approximately 60MB.

A video exists showing how to mount Puppy Linux on a USB key (http://rhinoweb.us/howtomountausbkey.htm).

Puppy Linux's mission statement says:

* Puppy will easily install to USB, Zip or hard drive media.
* Booting from CD, Puppy will load totally into RAM so that the CD drive is then free for other purposes.
* Booting from CD, Puppy can save everything back to the CD, no need for a hard drive.

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