privacy on network... ?

[Howard9]

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 ?


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Howard9

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

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

"Howard9" > wrote in message
s.com...
>
> 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 ?
>
>
> --
> Howard9

[Howard9]

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 ?


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Howard9

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

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

"Howard9" > wrote in message
s.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 ?
>
>
> --
> Howard9

[Howard9]

wrote.::. >>
> 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

A brilliant reply Jonathan. I'll look at those..


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Howard9

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

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

"Howard9" > wrote in message
s.com...
> wrote.::. >>
>> 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
>
> A brilliant reply Jonathan. I'll look at those..
>
>
> --
> Howard9