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From: J. J. Lodder on 27 Jun 2010 05:23 D.M. Procida <real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk> wrote: > Adrian C <email(a)here.invalid> wrote: > > > > How likely is this, compared to all the other things that cohere with > > > the evidence that makes him suspect a key-logger? > > > > I'm not 100% sure myself that he has a key-logger. He's an elderly chap > > probably exposed to some information published in the 'daily mail' on > > the existance of this. > > > > However, the girl that visited the computer (young 'friendly' one from > > the tennis club apparently) is clearly up to no good disseminating my > > friend's private emails to all and sundry, and causing considerable > > upset by this. > > That sounds both horrible and quite possibly illegal. No doubt quite illegal. He could (threaten to) file a complaint, Jan
From: Chris Ridd on 27 Jun 2010 06:35 On 2010-06-27 09:53:12 +0100, Adrian C said: > On 27/06/2010 07:06, Chris Ridd wrote: >>> However, the girl that visited the computer (young 'friendly' one from >>> the tennis club apparently) is clearly up to no good disseminating my >>> friend's private emails to all and sundry, and causing considerable >>> upset by this. >> >> It sounds more likely that she's altered Mail to bcc her, or something >> like that. Does he use Mail, and what sort of mail accounts (gmail, etc) >> does he have? > > He uses webmail from his ISP. The emails that have been re-sent by her > are old, not current - which means she is logging in to read and copy > them. I've gone through the actions regarding his use of passwords, and > the current one has been changed but he's (understandably) worried that > won't stop her. > > Anyway, I'm not near to him to exactly diagnose this with something > like that Little Snitch (thanks(!)), and anyway he has his grandkids > nearby who are Mac bods - so I'll let them run through this AV software > and see if anything crops up. > > If it does - they'll probably re-install the thing. > > It's a bit of a pain. Sure, though it does seem quite limited to his ISP's webmail interface, which is almost certainly down to his password being compromised. Can he ask his ISP (not via email) to tell him which IP addresses are successfully authenticating as his account? I would also seriously consider involving the police, perhaps sooner rather than later in case there's evidence that needs to be gathered. > I recommended a switch a couple of years ago to the Mac platform after > it became plain that he wasn't getting the hang of managing his own > security environment on Windows, at least keeping the OS patched and AV > updated. Now this :-( > > Let's hang fire until some results show from him. -- Chris
From: Richard Tobin on 27 Jun 2010 07:03 In article <1jkqpt1.1f7po811mnxaybN%usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk>, Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: >He has changed all his passwords hasn't he? Make sure the machine is cleaned up before changing the passwords. If a key logger is installed, changing the passwords is just a way of ensuring they *all* get captured. Supposedly pickpockets at stations love security announcements warning people to check their valuables are kept safe - everyone pats the pocket that their wallet's in... -- Richard
From: Bruce Horrocks on 27 Jun 2010 08:24 On 26/06/2010 23:51, Adrian C wrote: > I'm not 100% sure myself that he has a key-logger. He's an elderly chap > probably exposed to some information published in the 'daily mail' on > the existance of this. > > However, the girl that visited the computer (young 'friendly' one from > the tennis club apparently) is clearly up to no good disseminating my > friend's private emails to all and sundry, and causing considerable > upset by this. He should make a complaint to the police. The maximum penalty is now 10 years in prison which should make the girl think twice about not cooperating. -- Bruce Horrocks Surrey England (bruce at scorecrow dot com)
From: zoara on 27 Jun 2010 11:29
Adrian C <email(a)here.invalid> wrote: > On 27/06/2010 07:06, Chris Ridd wrote: >>> However, the girl that visited the computer (young 'friendly' one > > > from >>> the tennis club apparently) is clearly up to no good disseminating > > > my >>> friend's private emails to all and sundry, and causing considerable >>> upset by this. >> >> It sounds more likely that she's altered Mail to bcc her, or > > something >> like that. Does he use Mail, and what sort of mail accounts (gmail, > > etc) >> does he have? > > He uses webmail from his ISP. The emails that have been re-sent by her > are old, not current - which means she is logging in to read and copy > them. Might be worth checking if his old password was an obvious one. The lady in question may have simply tried his first name, last name, street name etc and got lucky... -z- -- email: nettid1 at fastmail dot fm |