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Windows Forum / Windows XP / Windows Messenger / February 2004privacy on network... ?
I have a colleague who is having some home trouble.... She chats with people on messenger on her home PC. But it is on a network with her husband's PC in his room. Problem is it appears he is able to see her key strokes on his PC and this has caused huge trouble..... What can she do ?  SignatureHoward9 >-----Original Message----- > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >What can she do ? anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com wrote.::. >> > >-----Original Message----- > > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > > >What can she do ? not a relevant issue in this case. SignatureHoward9 Greetings Howard, Sounds like a keylogger has been installed on her PC. Assuming it wasn't something the husband made himself, a virus scanner like Norton Antivirus will probably detect and remove it: http://nct.symantecstore.com/fulfill/0001.105#nav ____________________________________________ Jonathan Kay Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger Associate Expert http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/ Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com > I have a colleague who is having some home trouble.... > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > What can she do ? msnewsreplies@jonathankay.com wrote.::. >> > Greetings Howard, > > Sounds like a keylogger has been installed on her PC. Assuming it wasn't something the > husband made himself, a virus scanner like Norton Antivirus will probably detect and remove > it: > http://nct.symantecstore.com/fulfill/0001.105#nav He can apparently watch on 'his' PC what happens in Messenger on 'her' PC..... I believe that he is the admin on the network so is there anything she can do to shield this ? Would ICQ help ? SignatureHoward9 Hi Howard9, Sounds like something like Subseven or Back Orifice (Google these for more info) if he's "watching". Regardless, any virus scanner written and updated this century should be able to find most of these types of tools. Another issue could be that he has some sort of packet scanner (assuming they're on the same network) and is essentially "looking" at the network traffic as it goes by. Not much that could be done in this case without any third-party software as almost all consumer-grade instant messaging public networks and clients send/receive conversations without encrypting them. There are some encryption add-ons for most instant messenger applications (although I have yet to see one for MSN Messenger 6.x), but both her and whomever she's talking to will need the software installed. For example these: http://www.johnytech.com/product.asp?Id=14 http://www.secway.fr/products/simplite_msn/home.php ____________________________________________ Jonathan Kay Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger Associate Expert http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/ Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com > msnewsreplies@jonathankay.com wrote.::. >> >> Greetings Howard, [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Would ICQ help ? msnewsreplies@jonathankay.com wrote.::. >> > Hi Howard9, > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > http://www.johnytech.com/product.asp?Id=14 > http://www.secway.fr/products/simplite_msn/home.php A brilliant reply Jonathan. I'll look at those.. SignatureHoward9 Hi Howard, Glad to be of assistance =) ____________________________________________ Jonathan Kay Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger Associate Expert http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/ Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com > msnewsreplies@jonathankay.com wrote.::. >> >> Hi Howard9, [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > A brilliant reply Jonathan. I'll look at those.. |
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