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Lumpjaw
July 3rd 07, 09:15 PM
Greetings,

I have a reason to believe my work computer has been compromised, i.e.
stealth software installed. Does anyone know of a good mechanisim to detect
hidden spy programs outside of adaware and spybot. Any suggestions would be
greatly appreciated. Thanks.


-lumpjaw

Carey Frisch [MVP]
July 3rd 07, 09:26 PM
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"Lumpjaw" > wrote in message ...
Greetings,

I have a reason to believe my work computer has been compromised, i.e.
stealth software installed. Does anyone know of a good mechanisim to detect
hidden spy programs outside of adaware and spybot. Any suggestions would be
greatly appreciated. Thanks.


-lumpjaw

R. McCarty
July 3rd 07, 09:32 PM
You might want to familiarize yourself with this:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/Security/RootkitRevealer.mspx


"Lumpjaw" > wrote in message
...
> Greetings,
>
> I have a reason to believe my work computer has been compromised, i.e.
> stealth software installed. Does anyone know of a good mechanisim to
> detect
> hidden spy programs outside of adaware and spybot. Any suggestions would
> be
> greatly appreciated. Thanks.
>
>
> -lumpjaw
>

Rock
July 3rd 07, 09:44 PM
"Lumpjaw" > wrote
> Greetings,
>
> I have a reason to believe my work computer has been compromised, i.e.
> stealth software installed. Does anyone know of a good mechanisim to
> detect
> hidden spy programs outside of adaware and spybot. Any suggestions would
> be
> greatly appreciated. Thanks.

If you believe it's been compromised then flatten it and rebuild. See this
link:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/columns/secmgmt/sm0504.mspx

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Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

DL
July 3rd 07, 11:50 PM
And allways assuming you have the authoristaion to 'tamper' with your *Work
Computer*

"Lumpjaw" > wrote in message
...
> Greetings,
>
> I have a reason to believe my work computer has been compromised, i.e.
> stealth software installed. Does anyone know of a good mechanisim to
> detect
> hidden spy programs outside of adaware and spybot. Any suggestions would
> be
> greatly appreciated. Thanks.
>
>
> -lumpjaw
>

Maximus the Mad
July 4th 07, 02:58 AM
On 7/3/2007 4:15 PM, Lumpjaw after much thought,came up with this jewel:
> Greetings,
>
> I have a reason to believe my work computer has been compromised, i.e.
> stealth software installed. Does anyone know of a good mechanisim to detect
> hidden spy programs outside of adaware and spybot. Any suggestions would be
> greatly appreciated. Thanks.
>
>
> -lumpjaw
>
>
You need to do some light reading. Start here.
http://www.pcsupportadvisor.com/rootkits.htm

max
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HeyBub
July 4th 07, 03:18 PM
Lumpjaw wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I have a reason to believe my work computer has been compromised, i.e.
> stealth software installed. Does anyone know of a good mechanisim to
> detect hidden spy programs outside of adaware and spybot. Any
> suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
>

It is prudent to believe your work computer has been "compromised."

Even if it hasn't.

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