Spyware, viruses, & security : Spyware

by Tux999 - 10/30/08 3:46 AM

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Maybe an inside job ? Yes !

by rosiemyrosie - 11/10/08 10:28 PM In reply to: Maybe an inside job? by DannyT

Few months ago my neighbors got divorced and the husband moved out. Last week while walking my dog the ex-wife was telling me how her ex is chatting up a gal on the Internet telling her a bunch of BS. She knew all the details about the on line discussions. She laughed to me about all the lies he was telling her, etc. She said she would fix him and send some e-mails to the new girl. Like a dummy I said how do you expect to do all this. Easy she said, I have all my ex's accounts,names,passwords, and I can even set in on their conversations while they are on going. All this from a lady who thought Sarah Palin would make a great president. Go figure!! Guess her ex-husband isn't too bright either for not changing his accounts,pass words, etc. Go figure !! We wouldn't do this on our bank account or investment portfolios, why do it with our on line information.

Change all your account names and passwords, see if the problem remains. Use Yahoo,HotMail, or any of the numerous free accounts.

Could be an inside job. Definitely. Good Luck.
Oberfeldwebel

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Hackers, Spyware and Knowledge

by hkhailey - 11/10/08 9:57 PM In reply to: Spyware by Tux999

You may have no spyware at all on your system.

Any really good hacker doesn't need spyware to see what you are doing or what is on your computer.

Spyware is just for people that are not good hackers.

I am not a hacker, just a fairly decent technician. Have been since 1983.

I have some friends that are, though. Not in a malicious way, but, if you run into some of them and you're exposed in any way, you might see some really amazing things dropped as hints without you even knowing that they are there.

Have you ever gone to a web page and realized that you were looking at your very own destop? Or done a Google search and the results were the directory tree of your hard drive?

Or have you ever come in to the room to see that your computer is already on and waiting for you and when you checked your email, all of your old messages are marked as "Unread"?

Did you realize that the "Internet", as you know it, was a powerful weapon long before you even knew that it existed? Possibly before you were even born?

Did you ever stop to think that, Thanks to a previous President, that very weapon was basically given to the world and now the world, especially some of our worst enemies, are learning just how to use that weapon against us, with a lot of collateral damage to individuals in other countries, too?

And "A bunch of college kids with nuthin' better to do!" get the blame. (Sure, there's a few, but...)

Did you ever stop to think, when you plugged in that Ipod, that you plugged yourself into the middle of a very real war zone? Most folks don't.

"Hey, Free Muzak!!!! Just Luv that Limewire!!! Durn, my computer sure is slow."

I hate to tell you but Al Gore did not invent the Internet in 1992. He just changed the name. There a quite a few Cold Wariors that can vouch for that. A lot are still out there, on there own time, and still defending our contry with no one even knowing it or even apreciating it.

So, If you're going to hang out in a war zone, quit playing around and get serious about your security or learn to deal with what you get.

Knowledge of the basics is the key. Not downloading every other program that comes along that someone else refers because they think it's cool.

Nuff Said,
Keith