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Lumpjaw

Greetings,

I have a reason to believe my work computer has been compromised, i.e.
stealth software installed. Does anyone know of a good mechanisim to detect
hidden spy programs outside of adaware and spybot. Any suggestions would be
greatly appreciated. Thanks.


-lumpjaw
 
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"Lumpjaw" <onemail@email.com> wrote in message news:efKns7avHHA.3952@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
Greetings,

I have a reason to believe my work computer has been compromised, i.e.
stealth software installed. Does anyone know of a good mechanisim to detect
hidden spy programs outside of adaware and spybot. Any suggestions would be
greatly appreciated. Thanks.


-lumpjaw
 
You might want to familiarize yourself with this:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/Security/RootkitRevealer.mspx


"Lumpjaw" <onemail@email.com> wrote in message
news:efKns7avHHA.3952@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Greetings,
>
> I have a reason to believe my work computer has been compromised, i.e.
> stealth software installed. Does anyone know of a good mechanisim to
> detect
> hidden spy programs outside of adaware and spybot. Any suggestions would
> be
> greatly appreciated. Thanks.
>
>
> -lumpjaw
>
 
"Lumpjaw" <onemail@email.com> wrote
> Greetings,
>
> I have a reason to believe my work computer has been compromised, i.e.
> stealth software installed. Does anyone know of a good mechanisim to
> detect
> hidden spy programs outside of adaware and spybot. Any suggestions would
> be
> greatly appreciated. Thanks.

If you believe it's been compromised then flatten it and rebuild. See this
link:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/columns/secmgmt/sm0504.mspx

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Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]
 
And allways assuming you have the authoristaion to 'tamper' with your *Work
Computer*

"Lumpjaw" <onemail@email.com> wrote in message
news:efKns7avHHA.3952@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Greetings,
>
> I have a reason to believe my work computer has been compromised, i.e.
> stealth software installed. Does anyone know of a good mechanisim to
> detect
> hidden spy programs outside of adaware and spybot. Any suggestions would
> be
> greatly appreciated. Thanks.
>
>
> -lumpjaw
>
 
On 7/3/2007 4:15 PM, Lumpjaw after much thought,came up with this jewel:
> Greetings,
>
> I have a reason to believe my work computer has been compromised, i.e.
> stealth software installed. Does anyone know of a good mechanisim to detect
> hidden spy programs outside of adaware and spybot. Any suggestions would be
> greatly appreciated. Thanks.
>
>
> -lumpjaw
>
>
You need to do some light reading. Start here.
http://www.pcsupportadvisor.com/rootkits.htm

max
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Lumpjaw wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I have a reason to believe my work computer has been compromised, i.e.
> stealth software installed. Does anyone know of a good mechanisim to
> detect hidden spy programs outside of adaware and spybot. Any
> suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
>

It is prudent to believe your work computer has been "compromised."

Even if it hasn't.
 
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