Re: privacy on network... ?

From: Jonathan Kay [MVP] (msnewsreplies_at_jonathankay.com)
Date: 02/27/04 

Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 12:23:53 -0500

Greetings Howard,

Sounds like a keylogger has been installed on her PC. Assuming it wasn't something the
husband made himself, a virus scanner like Norton Antivirus will probably detect and remove
it:
http://nct.symantecstore.com/fulfill/0001.105#nav
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Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Howard9" <not2beused@all.com> wrote in message
news:97cd883eff5c180b099e35e9e3834c51@news.teranews.com...
>
> I have a colleague who is having some home trouble....
>
> She chats with people on messenger on her home PC. But it is on a
> network with her husband's PC in his room.
>
> Problem is it appears he is able to see her key strokes on his PC and
> this has caused huge trouble.....
>
> What can she do ?
>
>
> --
> Howard9

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