Apparatus, system, and method for protecting against keylogging malware

Abstract

An apparatus, system, and method is disclosed for protecting against key logger malware. The protection includes protection form grabbing keylogger malware. In response to detecting a form submission event from a browser associated with a user entering data into a form, confidential data is cleared to prevent it being captured by malware. Additional protection of data inputs, entered at a driver level, may be provided as an additional level of protection against hook based malware operating at a virtual keyboard level or operating system level. Data inputs received at a physical driver level may be protected as they pass through a virtual keyboard level and an operating system level. The projection against malware may be provided as a preventive measure that does not require detection of the key logger malware itself.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method for preventing software key logging executable by a microprocessor, the method comprising:
 detecting a form submission initiation call event associated with data inputs entered by a user to be submitted to a website, wherein the form submission initiation call event is an OnSubmit call event or a Before Navigate call event;   encrypting at least some of the data inputs to generate encrypted data inputs;   submitting the encrypted data inputs to an intended application;   decrypting, by a component of the intended application, the encrypted data inputs;   submitting the decrypted data inputs to a designated receiving party; and   preventing, by the anti-key logger, malware from capturing the at least some of the data inputs.