Re: Need advice about hacking and security

From: m.e. nicholas (1@2.3)
Date: 10/28/02 

From: m.e. nicholas <1@2.3>
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 13:59:24 GMT

In article <83724cbc.0210280109.db1dc12@posting.google.com>,
dlor60@hotmail.com says...
> If anyone can please give me some insight about some computer issues,
> I would appreciate it.
>
> Since I've had my used computer for about 2 years, I've had my privacy
> violated to the extreme. All of my email accounts - Hotmail, Yahoo,
> my Outlook, my personal files have been tampered with. The sites
> where I frequent, some sock puppet apparently take personal info from
> personal emails and post them in their messages. I receive offensive
> purported porno 'opt-in' emails that I did not subscribe to - even
> within a few hours of creating a brand new email account. I also get
> taunted by a psycho cyberstalker who puts her name in the 'subject' or
> email address of porno junkmail to make it appear to be unsolicited
> spam.
>
> I frequently get these prompts "...computer shut down by the remote
> computer," "Password or access denied by the remote computer" or if
> I'm using a program I'll get kicked out accompanied by the message
> that says something to the effect of it "being used by 'another
> user'."
>
> What can I do about all of this? I have 3 suspicions as to who is
> behind this crap and all have their motives, but I would like to know
> what are the legal ramifications?
>

If you are genuinely considering investigating anything...
archive everything you can on your computer before you attempt
repairs.

Then. Have a real computer specialist install monitoring software
to track the incoming crap and re-configeur your machine for the
level of privacy you desire.

(*hint*) don't use a real email address in a usenet post. They
are easily "harvested".

Sounds like you have a trojan installed. get it tracked back to
an IP address before you remove it. Doubt you'll get to the
US Supreme Court with the beef but you will be able to knock out
a couple of Internet accounts on some scum-magnets.

hth

men