Re: can a hacker do this?

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Date: 10/28/02 

Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 06:38:33 +0300

Kate Brown wrote:

> Probably the wrong group for this query, I apologise if so, but any
> pointers would be very welcome.
>
> We have two Toshiba laptops both with wireless cards linked to an ADSL
> router. File sharing is not enabled. Last night mine was switched off,
> his was left on, with Outlook open on a draft message. This morning his
> hard disk appears to be trashed, making horrible clicky noises and
> unable to complete running scandisk or even to run Windows in safe mode.
> I run the free ZoneAlarm, he doesn't have a firewall on his machine, but
> there's nothing in my logs to indicate any probing. It sounds like a
> mechanical breakdown to me, but could it have been a hacker?
>
> --
> Kate B
>
> PS 'elvira' is spamtrapped - please reply to 'umra' at cockaigne if you want
> to reply personally

If your on a Windows Platform and didn't disable which Windows installs by
default. then you computer is friend.

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