Problem

I know this is very vaigue....and if you need to know more information to
solve or answer this problem please email me at
senturontemp-at-charter-dot-net. I am running XP service pack 2, up to date
trend-micro internet security -PC-Cillin- (firewall, AV), and AVG free
edition. I am fairly knowledgeable with computer security but i am
certainly no expert.

My problem is that my conversations (particularly AIM and MSN messenger) i
believe have been falling into someone else's hands. I know that by no
means is any system completely secure, but it is quite frustrating and was
curious if there was any way to determine if the 'stealing' is being done
from my computer, or from my friends (with whom the conversations took
place) who has a similar set-up as i do. More importantly i need to be able
to stop it.

I know the usual comment is to call the police, which i would do if i had
hard evidence that in fact this person has stolen conversations of mine but
i only have the remarks from my friend, which are quite obvious that they
have been taken. I know this sounds like every corny post, but i'm simply
at a loss for words and could really use some help. Any help or remarks
would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you
~Senturon

Senturon

AIM and MSN ??? You about deserve it. What I fail
to understand is why so many people use that bullshit.
You are hanging out in a slimpit. What do you expect?

johns

johns

"Senturon" <senturontemp-at-charter-dot-net> wrote in message
news:...
> I know this is very vaigue....and if you need to know more information to
> solve or answer this problem please email me at
> senturontemp-at-charter-dot-net. I am running XP service pack 2, up to
date
> trend-micro internet security -PC-Cillin- (firewall, AV), and AVG free
> edition. I am fairly knowledgeable with computer security but i am
> certainly no expert.
>
> My problem is that my conversations (particularly AIM and MSN messenger) i
> believe have been falling into someone else's hands. I know that by no
> means is any system completely secure, but it is quite frustrating and was
> curious if there was any way to determine if the 'stealing' is being done
> from my computer, or from my friends (with whom the conversations took
> place) who has a similar set-up as i do. More importantly i need to be
able
> to stop it.
>
> I know the usual comment is to call the police, which i would do if i had
> hard evidence that in fact this person has stolen conversations of mine
but
> i only have the remarks from my friend, which are quite obvious that they
> have been taken. I know this sounds like every corny post, but i'm simply
> at a loss for words and could really use some help. Any help or remarks
> would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thank you
> ~Senturon

Open up a CMD prompt, type "netstat -a". Look for established connections.
Verify what those are. Open up task manager. Look at the running
processes. Verify what those are. Type some odd combination of words into
MSN. Then do an advanced Search for them, to find those words as text in
all documents.

Why do you think someone else is reading your conversations? You do realize
that these can be logged by the MSN/AIM programs themselves? And that
anyone on the other end of the conversation has every right to save that
info?

Rick

Richard S. Westmoreland

In article <>, on Thu, 30 Sep 2004 23:28:56 -0400, "Senturon"
<senturontemp-at-charter-dot-net> wrote:

| I know this is very vaigue....and if you need to know more information to
| solve or answer this problem please email me at
| senturontemp-at-charter-dot-net. I am running XP service pack 2, up to date
| trend-micro internet security -PC-Cillin- (firewall, AV), and AVG free
| edition. I am fairly knowledgeable with computer security but i am
| certainly no expert.
|
| My problem is that my conversations (particularly AIM and MSN messenger) i
| believe have been falling into someone else's hands. I know that by no
| means is any system completely secure, but it is quite frustrating and was
| curious if there was any way to determine if the 'stealing' is being done
| from my computer, or from my friends (with whom the conversations took
| place) who has a similar set-up as i do. More importantly i need to be able
| to stop it.
|
| I know the usual comment is to call the police, which i would do if i had
| hard evidence that in fact this person has stolen conversations of mine but
| i only have the remarks from my friend, which are quite obvious that they
| have been taken. I know this sounds like every corny post, but i'm simply
| at a loss for words and could really use some help. Any help or remarks
| would be greatly appreciated.

Zonealarm <http://www.zonelabs.com> has IM security which will encrypt
MSN conversations provided both ends of the conversation have it enabled:

"Zone Labs security software protects you by applying restrictions to instant
messaging software, filtering spam, and encrypting Instant Message traffic."

MessengerPlus! <http://www.msgplus.net/> allows logs of conversations to be
encrypted:

"Messenger Plus! ... for permanent privacy, it can encrypt all your logs so that
only you can read your previous chats."

<davidp />

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David Postill

David Postill