Re: Am I being watched/hacked?

Mark wrote:

> I use XP Pro (all latest updates) and AOL 8.0 on a USB
> broadband modem (Globalspan WAN USB Adaptor)
>
> I noticed when trying to sort out a completely different
> issue that in the registry subkey
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\RAS_AUTODIAL \ADRESSES
>
> it was logging every single ip/web address that I had
> connected to. This meant that my registry file was VAST.
>
> I deleted the entire adresses subkey and rebooted and it
> recreated it and started logging again.
>
> None of my friends who use XP Pro have had a similar
> thing happen, so does anyone know what's causing it, or
> why it's doing it??
>
> Cheers
>
> Mark
> .

RAS stands for Remote Access Server and Microsoft doesn't install this
by default. It sounds like your computer is hacked/owned by malicious
hackers. If you didn't disable the services Microsoft installs by
default, installed your application by CD-ROM only, installed a firewall
and anti-virus application before your computer went on the internet,
your computer is hacked.

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On Wed, 06 Aug 2003 10:10:25 +0400, Tracker
<"snailmail(remove)222000"@yahoo.com> wrote:

>RAS stands for Remote Access Server and Microsoft doesn't install this
>by default. It sounds like your computer is hacked/owned by malicious
>hackers

Nonsense, its installed for dial up networking ...

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On Wed, 06 Aug 2003 10:10:25 +0400, Tracker
<"snailmail(remove)222000"@yahoo.com> wrote:

>
>
>Mark wrote:
>
>> I use XP Pro (all latest updates) and AOL 8.0 on a USB
>> broadband modem (Globalspan WAN USB Adaptor)
>>
>> I noticed when trying to sort out a completely different
>> issue that in the registry subkey
>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\RAS_AUTODIAL \ADRESSES
>>
>> it was logging every single ip/web address that I had
>> connected to. This meant that my registry file was VAST.
>>
>> I deleted the entire adresses subkey and rebooted and it
>> recreated it and started logging again.
>>
>> None of my friends who use XP Pro have had a similar
>> thing happen, so does anyone know what's causing it, or
>> why it's doing it??
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Mark
>> .
>
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