   Amecisco Invisible KeyLogger Stealth v1.2 for Windows 95/98 README

Introduction:

Invisible KeyLogger Stealth v1.2 keeps a record of every keystroke entered
from the keyboard. If you have to leave your computer unattended and want 
to make sure that no one tampers with it, installing IKS will be the perfect 
solution. You can also use IKS to monitor your children's PC use and to 
provide a backup copies of everything that you type.

The heart of IKS is a high-performance virtual device driver which runs
silently at the lowest level of Windows 95/98 operating system. The running 
program will not show up in Ctrl-Alt-Delete Close Program dialog box or 
anywhere else. So you will never find it's there except for the growing 
binary keystroke log file with your input of keystrokes. All keystrokes are 
recorded, including the famous alt-ctrl-del and keystrokes in a DOS box or 
whatever.

In addition to a flexible and friendly keystroke log viewer, IKS is
extremely configurable. The only file that is required for keystroke
recording to take place is the file "vikxd.vxd". This file can be renamed 
to increase stealth. The binary log file can also be renamed and redirected
to any directory path. 

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Limitations of Demo Version:

The Demo Version is for evaluation purposes only. It does not record 
letters from 'o' to 'z'. 

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How to install with our automatic installer:

1) Run the "iksv12.exe" file and install the program to a directory.
2) Reboot your computer, Invisible KeyLogger Stealth will be started 
   automatically.
3) On your desktop, you will find a shortcut "Datview for IKS". This is the
   shortcut icon to IKS binary keystroke log translator. Run it after you
   typed in some keystrokes and the translator will generate a text file
   for you.

Note: To improve performance, IKS has a built-in 50-keystroke memory buffer.
IKS only dumps keystrokes to disk when the memory buffer is full or the
keyboard is idle for about 3 minutes with keystrokes in the buffer.
So you may not see all the keystrokes you just typed in immediately.

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How to install manually without using the automatic installer:
(You can skip this section if you don't care about manual installation.)

1) There are two files you should know about:
    vikxd.vxd   --- the virtual device driver that logs all keystrokes
    datview.exe --- the translator to generate the text file from binary log

2) Let's suppose that you want iks to log to c:\kitkat\kitkat1.dat, here is 
   what you can do:
     a) Copy vikxd.vxd to c:\windows\system; 
     b) Edit c:\windows\system.ini, in [386Enh] section, add two entries 
        "device=vikxd.vxd" and "VikxdLog=c:\kitkat\kitkat1.dat". So it looks
        like:
	......
	[386Enh]
	device=vikxd.vxd
	VikxdLog=c:\kitkat\kitkat1.dat
	......
     c) Reboot.

        That's it! You don't have to copy datview.exe to your hard drive.
        Datview.exe is a translator used to convert the binary log to text
        format. You can even run it later from a floppy if you like.
	If you don't want to copy vikxd.vxd to your windows\system, you can
        put it anywhere, as long as you specify its correct path in
        "device=" entry, such as "device=c:\kitkat\vikxd.vxd". 

Note:   (1) "VikxdLog" is case-sensitive. Make sure you get it right.
        (2) Make sure you use the correct filename and directory path. If 
	    you have doubt, please use short name, such as 
	    c:\progra~1\kitkat\kitkat1.dat, instead of long name, such as 
	    c:\program files\kitkat\kitkat1.dat.
 
WARNING: Modifying system.ini incorrectly could cause system being unable
to boot, so be sure to back the file up before you proceed!


Some examples of valid settings are as follows:

1)	[386Enh]
	......
	device=vikxd.vxd
	VikxdLog=c:\kitkat\kitkat.dat
	......
You copy vikxd.vxd to \windows\system, and logs to "c:\kitkat\kitkat.dat". 
The directory c:\kitkat must exist.

2)	[386Enh]
	......
	device=c:\kitkat\vikxd.vxd
	VikxdLog=c:\kitkat\kitkat.dat
	......
You copy vikxd.vxd to c:\kitkat directory.

3)	[386Enh]
	......
	device=myvxd.vxd
	VikxdLog=c:\kitkat\whoknows.abc
	......
You rename vikxd.vxd to myvxd.vxd and copy it to \windows\system.
Logs to file "c:\kitkat\whoknows.abc".

4)	[386Enh]
	......
	device=myvxd.vxd
	......
You rename vikxd.vxd to myvxd.vxd and copy it to \windows\system.
By not specifying a path, the program uses default log file setting,
"c:\iks.dat".
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Attention:

IKS starts itself at the very early stage of Windows 95/98 initialization.
The log may contain confidential information, such as your Windows login 
password, and every email message and document you typed. Be careful
with your log!

The binary log file is constructed in such a way that only the translator
can interpret it. Someone with a Hex editor will only see a bunch of
garbage-like characters. So copy the datview.exe to a floppy and delete the
one that's on the hard drive if you have a shared workstation!

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How to Contact Us:

We can be reached via World Wide Web at: 
	http://www.amecisco.com    or    http://www.keylogger.com
Email: sales@amecisco.com

We maintain a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page on our website which
should answer most of your questions.

Please send all suggestions, bug reports, success stories, or whatever
else appropriate to: support@amecisco.com
