Re: Stolen Computer

From: redbear (redbear_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/07/05 

Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 08:17:02 -0800

I know who has it I just can not prove it. Thanks for your help.

"Tim Holman (MVP - Windows Security)" wrote:

> http://www.pcphonehome.com
>
> Tracking the user down is fairly easy. You'll get the IP address from
> pcphonehome, and you can trace this back to an ISP. You then take out a
> court order on the ISP to supply you with the details of the person using
> that IP at the time.
> 90% of the time you'll find the laptop, but more often then not, the 'new'
> end user has bought this laptop in 'good faith' from a street corner, so the
> original culprit can rarely be caught, although you do get your laptop
> back....
> Better still, make sure your laptop doesn't get pinched in the first place,
> that you have regular backups of important data, and if necessary, something
> like www.deslock.com to ensure your entire hard drive is encrypted so no-one
> can see your data..
>
> "redbear" <redbear@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:76CB5B67-FE77-4E8F-AA6D-02E1FB1D241E@microsoft.com...
> >I came in on the end of a news segment that was talking about finding
> >stolen
> > computers. They said that if the person that stole the computer connects
> > to
> > the internet they can be tracked down and I would be able to get my
> > computer
> > back. Do you know anything about this?
>
>
>

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