🔖 Release v5.0

Version: v5.0

• Date: 2025-06-30

🛑 Emergency Shutdown & Backup System (Major Upgrade)

🚨 Emergency Shutdown (ESC Key Triggered)

• Introduced a powerful emergency termination mechanism that allows users to instantly shut down the monitoring process by pressing the ESC key.
• On activation, the system performs multiple critical actions in sequence:
  • Final keylog flush: Immediately writes any buffered keystrokes to file.
  • Screenshot capture: Takes a snapshot of the current screen.
  • Clipboard capture: Retrieves and logs the most recent clipboard contents.
  • Timestamped session closure: Logs total session time and marks shutdown as "EMERGENCY".
  • Terminates all active threads (like the hourly scheduler) safely to prevent lingering background processes.

📧 Emergency Email Dispatch System

• Sends an urgent email containing all collected logs (keylog, system info, clipboard, screenshot) as attachments.
• Designed to work even under unstable network conditions with reduced timeout and retry logic.
• Prioritizes Gmail SMTP with fallback to Outlook/Yahoo.
• Ensures email only sends once by tracking _email_sent state to avoid duplicates.

💾 Robust Local Backup System

• Even if internet/email fails, the program now creates timestamped backups of all data in a backups/ folder.
• Ensures data safety and post-mortem availability.
• Includes detailed error logging and backup status reporting to console.

🧹 Cleanup Enhancements

• A new cleanup_on_exit function ensures that even normal shutdowns (e.g., Ctrl+C or process kill) will trigger final email report and backup.
• Reduces data loss risk during unplanned shutdowns.

✅ Final Result:
This version ensures that no monitoring session ends without data being saved or sent — making the system significantly more reliable, resilient, and secure.