Thread: Hooks and Journal Records (GetAsyncKeyState)

Hi, I was just reading MSDN, and I understand how to use GetAsyncKeyState, but I was just wondering if someone could explain this line to me as I do not clearly understand it:

• The foreground thread belongs to another process and the desktop does not allow the hook or the journal record.

GetAsyncKeyState function

Basically it's saying that program A can't monitor the keboard of program B ...

Most likely this is a response to the huge abuse of this function in keyloggers and spyware, both illegal without the user's permission.

Thanks, that clears that up for me.