Network spies!
- Thread starter sunshine3
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Ooops - having read the forum descriptions more carefully, I thought I'd posted it in the wrong place first time around, hence the double post - sorry.
And yes - I have reason, I'm also self-employed and my work is of a confidential nature, so I have good reason for trying to ensure that my files and usage are protected, in order to comply with data-protection and to ensure the privacy of my clients - and of course I don't appreciate being spied on!
And yes - I have reason, I'm also self-employed and my work is of a confidential nature, so I have good reason for trying to ensure that my files and usage are protected, in order to comply with data-protection and to ensure the privacy of my clients - and of course I don't appreciate being spied on!
Deviousmind
Member
Does he have hands on access to your pc? if so change your password and admin password,
Next if its on a wireless network change that password also
run your virus spyware and malware software
lastly check at the back of your pc to see if anything is strange or shouldnt be there
Next if its on a wireless network change that password also
run your virus spyware and malware software
lastly check at the back of your pc to see if anything is strange or shouldnt be there
Thanks - my PC is securely password protected so he can't get hands on access to it, but he is the administrator of the wireless network on which the family's PCs run, so I can't change the admin password or the wireless password - am I right on that?
Virus and malware all OK and nothing suspicious in the back of my PC, but would I be safer removing myself from the network and using my own separate broadband?
Thanks!
Virus and malware all OK and nothing suspicious in the back of my PC, but would I be safer removing myself from the network and using my own separate broadband?
Thanks!
Deviousmind
Member
If you have the cd to set up wireless with your router you could go through the process of making a new network with different name and password
or just new password
or just new password
Aastii
VIP Member
you be safe to do that, yes, just don't give him the network info.
If you already have the broadband and both yourself and he are on the same network but he should not be, if you have access to the router direcetly connected to it, not wireless, first use google to find the default username and password for your router. Just google (for example)
and one of the first results will be it, and it will be obvious it is it, because you will be sent to a forum, where someone will say thanks, it worked, or you will be taken to the netgear site (or whichever company manufactures your router). Once you have the default username and password, get a pin and turn the router off. There should be a reset button on the back. Put the pin in the small hole to reset the router settings.
With your computer hard wired to the router and the router reset, press the windows key on your keyboard (the one with the windows flag) + r and run should come up. Type in cmd and there will be a black window with flashing underscore. Type in:
And all of your network adapters will be displayed. Look for one with the name either ethernet, or one with DNS server. It will have an adress in the format 192.168.#.# where are # is a number betweeen 1 and 255. Usually it is only ever 0 or 1, but is easier than trial and error. Once you have that, type it into your web browser, so firefox, or internet explorer, or whatever you are using. You will be prompted for a username and password. Type in the ones you found before, and you will be in your router settings.
Here you can change your network name and password, so do so, but don't give him the information
Method9
Member
I know this is a computer forum and you came here for computer advice, not life advice. It's just that--depending on circumstances--even if you have your own broadband, it might not be difficult for someone who you share a dwelling with that you might consider a threat to manipulate your computer/network to spy on you.
Does your ex have direct access to your PC? This would make a big difference. If so, a keystroke logger could be installed inline with the wire on your keyboard. You'd have to routinely check for a small, adapter-looking thing right where the keyboard plugs into the PC.
If you have a wireless network, the admin password to the router can be reset simply by walking up to it, unplugging it, and plugging it back in again.
If he does have direct access, I'd suggest migrating to a laptop with some kind of built in broadband/Wimax that you can lock up when not in use.