CoDefender Posted by Edwin antony | at 6:41 AM

Among the viruses, worms, Trojans, and other nasty things lurking on the Internet are keyloggers, pernicious little bits of code that record everything you type. Whether you're trying to protect passwords and credit card numbers or the contents of sensitive e-mails, CoDefender is a welcome weapon in the Web security arsenal.

The premise behind CoDefender is simple; it encrypts and scrambles everything you type, leaving keyloggers with a bunch of gibberish instead of a record of your keyboard use. Although the program foils the attempts of keyloggers, it doesn't interfere at all with what you're actually typing; we tried it with Firefox and hardly noticed that it was running, aside from a small window that appeared and showed the scrambled version of what we were typing. The window also alerts you when you switch to an unprotected program; the free version of the program only protects Firefox and Internet Explorer, but the standard version, of which users can get a free 30-day trial, offers protection for a wide variety of applications, including Microsoft Office products. Users simply choose which programs they want to protect and CoDefender adds them to its list. The program is always easily accessible in the system tray, allowing users to quickly adjust settings if needed. The built-in Help file is well-written and thorough. Overall, we found CoDefender to be both versatile and easy to use, and we think it's a great defense against keyloggers.

CoDefender is free to try. The program installs and uninstalls without issues. We recommend this program to all users.

General:

• PublisherEncassa
• Publisher web sitehttp://www.encassa.com
• Release dateJune 24, 2009
• Date addedJuly 08, 2009

Category:

• CategorySecurity Software
• SubcategoryEncryption Software

System requirements:

• Operating systemsWindows Vista, Windows XP
• Additional requirementsNot available

Download information:

• File size5.45MB
• File nameCoDefenderSetup.exe

Pricing:

• License modelFree to try
• LimitationsLimited functionality
• PriceNot available