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Post by t-bob on Apr 16, 2012 11:53:26 GMT -5
I think that I'm being monitored. How can I confirm this?
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Post by Dub on Apr 16, 2012 12:02:16 GMT -5
I think that I'm being monitored. How can I confirm this? You're using a Mac, right? You can see all the IP connections and easily control who may or may not have access. Are you familiar with Unix? |
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Post by t-bob on Apr 16, 2012 12:04:33 GMT -5
I'm using both a PC and an iPad. Not familiar with Unix - computer dunce here.
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Post by Dub on Apr 16, 2012 12:11:13 GMT -5
PCs are more problematic. Rick and or Bruce may have detailed information in this area. It's been a few years now since I've fired up my Windows machine so I'll have to look it up.
I expect there is a free and high-quality Windows utility that will monitor all packets in and out of your system and help you control who has access. If your firewall is turned on you should be able to prevent any login from the Internet. If the suspected intrusion is via some trojan, you'll have to hunt it down and kill it. That can be time consuming.
I'm tied up today but maybe can look for stuff tomorrow.
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Post by Russell Letson on Apr 16, 2012 12:12:36 GMT -5
Monitored at home rather than at work? Do you have a firewall running? Up-to-date anti-virus/spyware? Have you run Microsoft's nasty-software-removal tool? I suppose there are keystroke grabbers (keyloggers) and other snoopers sophisticated enough to evade the usual defenses, but I wonder who would install them. Hackers who want to turn your machine into a zombie and/or those who hope to snag your banking passwords, credit-card info and such mostly, I would think. But general monitoring would be of interest to a PI (as in divorce or custody cases) or one's employer (being a dick). On (second) edit: I Googled "computer remote monitoring hacking" and found a bunch of hits, some of which I refuse to follow up on since they seem to be how-to sites that I would cross the digital street to avoid. But there's this Wikihow page: www.wikihow.com/Detect-a-Remote-Access-to-My-Computer |
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Post by Dub on Apr 16, 2012 12:17:08 GMT -5
...or one's employer (being a dick). Yeah but that would only be the case if one's employer had shown any previous sign of being a dick. ;D |
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Post by Marshall on Apr 16, 2012 12:27:08 GMT -5
Moon the little camera above the screen and see if it turns up on the internet.
. . . , You have any distinguishing tattoos?
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Post by dradtke on Apr 16, 2012 13:12:20 GMT -5
How do I know if someone is accessing my computer?
They're sitting at your desk typing on your keyboard?
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Post by brucemacneill on Apr 16, 2012 13:34:11 GMT -5
www.sysinternals.com has lots of PC utilities for monitoring most everything. OTOH, you sort of have to know how to use them and how the system works. I don't know what your level of knowledge is. What makes you think you're being hacked?
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Post by t-bob on Apr 16, 2012 15:37:39 GMT -5
www.sysinternals.com has lots of PC utilities for monitoring most everything. OTOH, you sort of have to know how to use them and how the system works. I don't know what your level of knowledge is. What makes you think you're being hacked? I not gonna answer that specifically for obvious reasons. Some suspicious stuff going on in my life right now. |
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Post by Supertramp78 on Apr 16, 2012 16:20:35 GMT -5
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Post by brucemacneill on Apr 16, 2012 16:40:01 GMT -5
www.sysinternals.com has lots of PC utilities for monitoring most everything. OTOH, you sort of have to know how to use them and how the system works. I don't know what your level of knowledge is. What makes you think you're being hacked? I not gonna answer that specifically for obvious reasons. Some suspicious stuff going on in my life right now. Well, if you go to sysinternals site and get Process explorer, you can look at all the processes running in the machine and if they are talking on line you can see what they're connected to. It's a pain but you might recognize a machine name or address. OTOH, if you're just getting strange Spam mail that seems to be related to things you've searched for, that's just Google marketing and really nothing you can do about it. That's why I'd need a clue to what raised your suspicions. |
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