Kaspersky PURE User Guide - Kaspersky Lab

S O L V I N G T Y P I C A L T A S K SVIRTUAL KEYBOARDWhen working on your computer, the cases frequently occur when it is required to enter your personal data, or usernameand password. For instance, when registering on Internet sites, using online stores etc.There is a danger that this personal information will be intercepted using hardware keyboard interceptors or keyloggers,which are programs that register keystrokes.Virtual Keyboard prevents the interception of data entered at the keyboard.Virtual Keyboard cannot protect your personal data if the website, that required entering such data, has been hacked,since in this case the information will be obtained directly by the intruders.Many of the applications classified as spyware have the functions of making screenshots which then are transferred toan intruder for further analysis and for stealing the user's personal data. Virtual Keyboard prevents the personal databeing entered, from being intercepted with the use of screenshots.Virtual Keyboard only prevents the interception of privacy data when working with Microsoft Internet Explorer and MozillaFirefox browsers.To start using Virtual Keyboard:1. Open the main application window and in the lower part of the window click Virtual Keyboard.2. Enter the required data by pressing the buttons on the virtual keyboard. Make sure that data is entered in thecorrect field. When you press function keys (Shift, Alt, Ctrl) on the virtual keyboard, that particular mode will befixed: for example, when you press Shift all symbols will be entered in the upper case. To exit the special mode,press the same functional key again.You can switch the language for the virtual keyboard using the key combination Ctrl + right-clicking Shift, or Ctrl +rightclickingLeft Alt, depending on the settings selected.PASSWORD MANAGERPassword Manager makes it possible to store different personal data (for example, user names, passwords, addresses,phone and credit card numbers).All information is stored in encrypted form in the Password Database, access to which is protected by a MasterPassword. Password Manager sticks passwords and accounts to Microsoft Windows applications and web pages forwhich they are used. After launching a web page or application, Password Manager automatically enters the password,user name and other personal data. Thus, you need not remember all the passwords, you only need to remember onepassword.To use Password Manager to automatically fill out the authorization form, do the following:1. Open the main application window and click the Password Manager button in the lower part of the window.2. At the first startup, the Password Manager Configuration Wizard starts automatically. Let us take a closer look atthe wizard's steps:a. Create a master password to protect your password database in the Master Password window.b. Select an authorization method to access your password database in the Access control window.c. In the Timeout before blocking window, set the time after which Password Manager will be automaticallyblocked.65