pc surveilance question...

[seb]

can i check when my computer was last turned on for example or if the internet was accessed?

i suppose i could check the history if they don't delete it?

any other ideas?

i have xp.

ta

seb

 

[Gus]

do a search for anything modified in the last day.
Set your power on password in the bios now before it happens to you again.

Are you worried someone found your pron.

 

[FiDoDiDo]

There are various logs for everything on your computer, forensically speaking.

If you want an easy way for some things try this:

Start -> Run -> eventvwr

This will tell you when it was turned on.

As for accessing the net then you ned to check for internet logs, such as cache and history let on the machine.

Need any help, just us a shout.

 

[seb]

cheers fella,

 

[Griff]

As already said Event Viewer (also found under Adminastrative tools) is the best option but this inly applies to Windows XP and wasn't present in the previous versions of Windows.

 

[seb]

cheers griff, no doubt i won't be able to check it for some reason on my computer at home, you know what a techno gimp i am! cheers, seb

 

[Griff]

cheers griff, no doubt i won't be able to check it for some reason on my computer at home, you know what a techno gimp i am! cheers, seb

Give me a shout on msn if you get really stuck (address in my profile)

 

[seb]

ta

 

[seb]

There are various logs for everything on your computer, forensically speaking.

If you want an easy way for some things try this:

Start -> Run -> eventvwr

This will tell you when it was turned on.

As for accessing the net then you ned to check for internet logs, such as cache and history let on the machine.

Need any help, just us a shout.

i did thta event viewer thingy and it made no sense, but it did have items for yesterday and as i wasn't here yesterday i guess someone has been using my computer!

 

[FiDoDiDo]

Yeah, if there are entries and your computer wasn't on then someone has at least turned it on.

To get some more information about each entry you need to double-click an entry.

 

[seb]

yeah did that and it makes no sense! i think i know all i need to know! ta

 

[Dave]

are there any good key stroke recorders that are free?

 

[seb]

i like that fecking idea, much more interesting than getting a password!

 

[FiDoDiDo]

You can get programs that take screenshots of your screen and email it to you can record keystorkes too if you want it too.

 

[seb]

beast... do i have to tell it what days i will be away to see what happens?

 

[FiDoDiDo]

http://www.downloadjunction.com/product/store/7134/index.html

That is free and should sit there nicely without anyone really noticing it.

 

[seb]

gangsta. it won't give me loads of spyware will it?

 

[FiDoDiDo]

gangsta. it won't give me loads of spyware will it?

Nope, it should just records certain information that you want it to.