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seventhseal

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You bros need to really think about the risks here. If this sucker is hacking into computers, accessing private files and stealing IPs, then what the hell are you doing? Accessing someone's files on a home or work computer is one thing, but the real risk is when they visit you and leave something behind.
Just wait until this idiot leaves a gift for you, like kiddie porn or bomb-making information and a map of downtown Washington D.C., then drops a dime to CSIS.I guarantee that your life will never be the same.

Do not access a compromised board with a workplace or home computer. Just my 2 cents.

Also, just a theory, but it's always wise to look at who benefits from a given situation, so don't take my head off here. It occurred to me that wiping out the competition before setting up in a new city would be a serious benefit. Now I don't know anything about the players here and the idea is that this person is male, so I certainly could be way off here but sometimes an onlooker can see what participants can't.

Again, just my 2 cents worth, and probably worth same.
 

Magnus Unus

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seventhseal said:
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Do not access a compromised board with a workplace or home computer. Just my 2 cents.

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Again, just my 2 cents worth, and probably worth same.
And you know this how? It seems what you lack in knowledge you make up in drama. vB is used by 80% of all forums out there and has the advantage of countless hours of testing through hackers (real ones).
 

j1tanamera

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Sounds way tooo Conspiracy Theory for me.... I think that with a good firewall/router/ anti-spyware software, should make one pretty much hacker proof.... but it certainly pays to have safeguards.
 

Magnus Unus

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j1tanamera said:
Sounds way tooo Conspiracy Theory for me.... I think that with a good firewall/router/ anti-spyware software, should make one pretty much hacker proof.... but it certainly pays to have safeguards.
In theory, you are correct, but every FW/Router, specially the ones intended for the consumers has its flaws and exploits. Same goes for software FW. Script kiddies are not going to spend the efforts, so having the above is a good idea. The real hackers are going to spend a lot of time and efforts to hack into a system, but it has to be worth it for them (bragging rights or financial). They are not after the home users, they are after the high profile web sites and are into phishing for CC numbers etc, etc.

Seventhseal is drawing a conclusion based on comments from other members that have run into some stalking and other types of harassment. Yet, nothing in those discussions points to a "compromised" board.
 

Fotura

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Hi seventhseal,

Agreed there are sick people out there. There are also legitimate companies that design and sell "surveilance" software like this. Note that I said legitimate that doesn't mean ethical.

When I was learning about TCP/IP, all of the research I found made for the basis of getting around security. Learning about ports, dropping cookies, etc. In fact, the first project I did was to design a small chat program. From that, it was easy enough to hide it and drop it onto someone's machine. Then I could send messages to them that would pop-up.

Not a hard thing to do and was simple enough for a beginner project. The key to stopping something like this and the one in Carlotta's article is prevention. In either case, a software firewall should have alerted the user or prevented the program from going out. Unfortunately most people ignore the warning messages and allow the program access to the network.

An anti-virus program should have caught it before it could be opened.

A router would not have stopped the program from going out but it may have stopped him from getting in depending on how the program was programmed.

There is no fool-proof method to safeguard yourself but common sense is a good start. Your parents told you never to take candy from a stranger, we need to tell everyone now to not open files from strangers. Especially strangers you can't even see.

Take care.
 

Verb

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I think mycomputer is being hacked as we speak right now....


Honestly...


My msn is always saying that I am signed out cause another location is signing in!

I changed my password and it happens a few weeks later!
 

Fotura

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Hi Verb,

If you are using a hotmail account to log into MSN then contact Hotmail. There was a problem a couple of years ago that allowed someone to hack into your account and get your password.

The code to do that was floating around for the longest time until Microsoft fixed it. It may be happening again though with another leak.

If you are not using a hotmail account then contact your ISP. They will be able to help you. This is a security problem that they all take very seriously.

Good luck.
 
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