Re: Weird events: please advise
From: igor (nuklear_at_iprimus.com.au)
Date: 06/16/04
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Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 19:24:14 +1000
I noticed same problem once
Look in your task scheduler, you may have a schedule to run a program every
5 min with similar name to live update in your windows folder. remove it
"Writehand" <sophie.jameson@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I would be seriously grateful if someone could take a look at this
> problem..
>
> A close friend of mine has just taken a job with an IT security
> company. A condition of employment is that, unless agreed beforehand,
> all work (in or out of hours) becomes the intellectual property of his
> new employer. My friend has been working on some potentially valuable
> software with me and has no intention of handing it over to his new
> boss. He therefore made the required declaration and explained that
> this single project, nearly finished, must be agreed as separate from
> his new contract with them. Fine, they say. No problem.
>
> Then, on the very first weekend after he started work, his home PC was
> hacked. He discovered his scheduler had been altered to run Windows
> update every five minutes - and this on his old home PC which runs
> Windows 98 and doesn't need an update. Weird stuff was happening.
>
> He got off-line fast. A subsequent check found *34* different spyware
> programs on his PC. When he realised he was under attack he tried to
> delete the key files but could not do so online. He could only delete
> them after he'd pulled the plug on his broadband - i.e. someone else
> was already accessing them online.
>
> I pointed out that coincidentally it is also only a week since he got
> broadband. I wonder whether his old virus settings/firewall were
> simply not good enough for a constant broadband connection with the
> extra risks it entails. So maybe that's the deal. After all, people
> who work in IT are often the worst at remembering to take precautions.
>
> But he's very, very uncomfortable. Someone at work on Friday told him
> "You aren't nearly paranoid enough." Spooky, huh?
>
> What does anyone out there think? Please answer soon, as he is
> extremely stressed about the situation and feels he may have to resign
> in the next 24 hours if he still feels so paranoid. Who wants to work
> with people who basically break into your house? An innocent "Duh"
> explanation is what I hope for - but any ideas would be very welcome.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Writehand
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