Hi Joe,
thanks for that. You are right, it is a wireless router... and my daughter
hasn't managed to get wireless on her ipod ever since, so thats worth
considering. But the wireless is password protected, and the password is
loooong!
"Elmo" <elmogeek@xxx.invalid> wrote in message
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> msnews wrote:
>> Yes, it was Peter?
>>
>> mine and my daughters were still connected.
>> .
>> So even though I had disconnected keyboard and mouse, disabled network
>> adapter, pulled out network adapter from back of pc, it still carried on.
>> Pulled plug on my daughters pc, it still carried on. Pulled plug on my
>> pc,
>> it still carried on.. In the end, I just pulled plug on router itself,
>> so
>> no power. Then and only then, did it stop. I saved the notepad doc of
>> convo
>> in its entirety at 11.49pm on the desktop. Went back 3 hours later to
>> find
>> half the convo content missing with no moderation to date accessed,
>> modified
>> or created properties. Whats that all about..? Creepy! Granted pc was
>> left
>> on with net enabled overnight for virus scan, but with external hds
>> disconnected, interface devices disconnected how can the doc be modified.
>>
>> So my question is... it possible to suspend the timestamp on a pc, make
>> changes to docs and revert time stamp and it reflect in document
>> properties?
>>
>> any answers would be appreciated, coz right now, the kids think we have a
>> ghost in the house!
>>
>>
>> "Peter Taylor" <noemailspam@please.com.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:i3pc6c$egp$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>>> On 8/9/2010 4:16 PM, msnews wrote:
>>>> Hi all Thanks for feedback. I have run avast av, which did discover a
>>>> malware in the rootkit sytem of the server, but it was not called
>>>> backdoor.nepoe. Can a malicious program operate keyboard and mouse with
>>>> no
>>>> internet and no keyboard or mouse connected? The interaction was too
>>>> familiar feeling for it to be a trojan bot even if it did scan my ex
>>>> hds
>>>> for
>>>> info, and was able to answer questions. Some questions we were saying,
>>>> were
>>>> answered before I even typed them, creating the suspicion that we had a
>>>> mic
>>>> was on in the house or that we were being bugged! It seemed more like a
>>>> hack
>>>> really but how is this possible with know enabled network connection or
>>>> attached devices?
>>> Is the server still connected to the other computers?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Peter Taylor
>
> If it's a wireless router, that's probably how they were gaining entry.
> It has to be someone within, say.. a hundred feet of the router, if
> that's the case. Turning off your keyboard and mouse wouldn't affect
> their control of your machine.
>
> --
>
> Joe =o)