Filesharing Problem over Network
I have computer in my officework and its connected to the Internet, and my friends in the office wanted to copy one of my files. So what I did in order to have an easy copy I have to share my files over the network, of course I added a password so that no body can access it except me. But in a few hours, of sharing my files, somebody from other network ( outsiders...) copied my files. (Ive watch that using Netwatcher) And I wonder how he got acccessed my shared files in fact it is password protected. Did somebody hacked my files? Is there such a way to prevent this from accessing even I shared my files over network and password protected? I need help on this. I there any patch available on this filesharing problem? by the way Im just using Windows98SE in my office.
Re: Filesharing Problem over Network
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Originally posted here by xmover
I have computer in my officework and its connected to the Internet, and my friends in the office wanted to copy one of my files. So what I did in order to have an easy copy I have to share my files over the network, of course I added a password so that no body can access it except me. But in a few hours, of sharing my files, somebody from other network ( outsiders...) copied my files. (Ive watch that using Netwatcher) And I wonder how he got acccessed my shared files in fact it is password protected. Did somebody hacked my files? Is there such a way to prevent this from accessing even I shared my files over network and password protected? I need help on this. I there any patch available on this filesharing problem? by the way Im just using Windows98SE in my office.
As stated, it's not that hard to get around protection in Win98 - if you insist or are limited to a MS based environment in your office, you may want to consider installing at a minimum Windows 2000 Professional or go up to the latest with Windows XP. These operating systems are more secure as compared to Win98, so you'd have a little more assurance that your files were protected via the sharing method you are describing.
Are you saying that someone from the Internet gained access to your files, not someone from your own network? I'm assuming that you are not the admin for that network - if not, you may want to sit down with the admin and discuss perimeter protection for your network i.e. firewalls, intrusion detection systems, etc. and desktop solutions such as antivirus. If you are running a network and outsiders gained access to your machine, your entire network is at risk to attack because of a misconfigured system, firewall, lack of firewall, exploit or etc. that allowed the outsiders access to your system. The issue needs to be resolved as soon as possible..