starwarsfan2099 / python-keylogger

Small Python Keylogger for Windows

Python-Keylogger

Python keylogger written for learning purposes. Utilizes the ctypes, pyhook, and win32com libraries. GetForeGroundWindow is used to get the current active window on the desktop. That is then passed to GetWindowThreadProcessId to retrieve the window’s PID. The process and the resulting process handle is used to find the executable name of the process. Then the full text of the window’s title bar using GetWindowTextA is retreived. PyHook is used to bind the KeyDown event to the callback function KeyStroke. PyHook is to hook all keypresses and continue execution. Whenever a key on the keyboard, the KeyStroke function is called.

This creates and logs to a file called log.txt in the directory of execution. A windowless compiled standalone executable is also included.