Re: Security-Compromised NT System [what can they see?]

From: whoever (whoever@wherever.com)
Date: 02/24/02

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    From: "whoever" <whoever@wherever.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2002 15:48:38 -0600

    How about this advice? Do your personal *** on your own system, and leave
    the company's for work only.

    "SN" <throne8@mail.com> wrote in message
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    > Hey all you Windows/NT gurus out there. Can you shed some light on
    > this issue for me.
    >
    > I work on a company provided Windows NT4.0 computer that I didn't
    > install the OS and the Administrator password [was] known by more than
    > one person, although the computer is primarily to be used by me only
    > as a development machine. It just so happens that I sometimes do
    > fairly personal thing on this computer, e.g. read my web based email,
    > etc. Since the computer is compromised. Can they also see what I am
    > reading in my emails? (assuming these people don't have access to the
    > company routers/firewalls which would have been easy to see all the
    > webpage that I watched). They only have access to my computer, and I
    > assume they have planted Trojan horses and stuffs.
    >
    > Am I safe to secure my files using PGP conventional encryption, ie. no
    > keys lying around anywhere on the computer. However when I encrypt
    > the important files I have to type in the password using the keyboard.
    > Can they install a program to watch what I typed when I keyed in my
    > password [passphrase] when I conventionally encrypt a sensitive file
    > using PGP??
    >
    > How do I implement counter-measures, any softwares that will let me
    > know if my keypress are being logged? Unfortunately I am not allowed
    > to reinstall Windows NT on this system, I once brought in softwares to
    > reinstall but the enemy had the management ordered me to stop. Until
    > I find a new job (I am working on this), I need some kind of
    > counter-measures. Any advice? THanks in advance.