just wondering if anybody else has any more suggestions????
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just wondering if anybody else has any more suggestions????
I have a suggestion....why don't you just call her on the phone? Do people still know what a phone is and what it does?
you can also try to go to start>control panel>network connections > then right click on your local area connection>properties and check the box that says: protect my computer and network by limiting or preventing access to this computer from the internet. make sure the box is checked off. then go to settings and make sure that your aim and odingo is unchecked then ok those settings. also go into the security logging and check: logged dropped packets and log successful packets. then go to the ICMP tab and check off what you would like to allow as well. press ok and ok again that may also help.. good luck with your stalker. :)
This person (Cracker) is using a static IP to trace, so the ISP connection could be used to make sure there is no static IP, like the others a firewall is agood idea.
This all sounds very strange to me. Hope You get rid of the annoying hacker.
If she can get to your eMail I guess she has access to the email account.
I think it would be very hard to intercept emails on the line, she would have to be on the same network (isp) to be able to listen to the line. It would be even harder if not impossible to block email traffic, so that is why I guess the person has the password for your mailbox.
Now reading other peoples mail is a serious offence against the law in some countries, so maybe You can get some outside help, or threaten the hacker that You have made a complaint about her. Any way You should contact the ISP about this problem I think.
About IM.
A firewall does protect your PC, so that outsiders cant use services freely on your PC, but You have told the firewall that it is ok for your IM programs to access Internet and vice versa.
In some firewalls You can specify that the programs are allowed to only contact a specific IP or a specific range of IP's. You could try to narrow down what IP's IM is allowed to communicate with. The firewall might then droop all traffic from the hacker, but still let You chat with the GF :)
I would also recommend that You go to the network settings, and deselect / untick all services except TCP/IP, as You tell us that You are not using a LAN, so You have no reason to share stuff via windows.
Also run MSCONFIG and look what programs is automatically run when You start windows, if You find something You don’t know what it is, just untick it and restart. You can always tick the option back if You need it later.
All protection has to be done on both systems.
Good luck
If you don't want a firewall, which is my opinion, you should try to change to a server IP.
It is possible that someone has physical access to your g/f's computer or your own, that could make it easier for them to find out what IM services you use and your IP. Hope this helps!
Run a virus checker on your girlfriends box, it is poss that their is a remote controll trojin there. You say email has been intercepted also...what is the unifing trend here, did she intercept message you sent to your girl friend or the other way arround, if someone can stop email from arriveing they probably have your/her account info and is logging in to the account. One last thing to try, one night you log in as your girl friend and have her log in as you, then see what happens, do you recive the mesages or dose she. Do the messages form you appear in the same chat window as what you type or in a new one?
i sure would like to meet this hacker/cracker chic...seems talented...bad luck on ur part though. If you use AIM then i know u can connect to send/recieve IM Images then sign off ur AIM client and still talk to her without being logged in...i dunno if this would prevnet her from her sendin the messages and stuff since u would still be connected to the internet. All vulnerabilities in windows...AIM...and other messangers and a virus scan along with a Firewall on both of ur computers should fix the problem...i dunno what else it could be :-/ Sry dude.
HEY! I have the same problem, but i'm on a Mac, running OS 9.1, and this HACKER stole my IM ID and is going onto all my chat rooms petending to be me, and saying some awful things. I turn my comp on and try to log onto my Yahoo! IM, and get the error message " You have been signed off, as you have signed in on a different machine." This hacker also has tossed files in my trash bin, froze up my screen and mouse, I recent;y installed Net Barrier, and it logs the activity and shows alerts which indicate that suspicious activity is occurring. It also bounces out the offenders, and puts them on a "stop access" list. Somehow, this Hacker STILL gets past my guard dog, and turns my web sharing and file sharing on after I have turned them off. In the past, I would awake to find my comp screen on and running/clicking in the wee hours of the night...after I had shut it down. I too, have changed my ID, passwords, etc. to no avail. I believe, too, that the perpetrator is someone I met in a chat room. He's left clues...(I've done some homework) His log on name - bobcat 822001- indicates that he is a "bob", as in Demon Internet Tech Support Personnel. "cat" refers to (UNIX) to spew an entire file to the screen or some other output sink wothout pause. By extension, to dump large amounts of data at an unprepared target or with no intention of browsing it carefully. usage: considered silly. The numerals I have yet to crack. He is logging on thru Yahoo! UK (Ireland). Personal Info: 26 yrs. old. Lives at home. Father has Prostrate Cancer. Enjoys Plato and Buddism. Has long black hair. Smokes. He works as a Security Guard, at night, when the attacks occur...utilizing up to a dozen different PC's ( as my data shows all the IP adresses.) in one evening. Often haunts Yahoo Groups Chat Rooms > Paganism 1,2,3,4,... My thought is that he must have hacked the data from (unsecured) Yahoo (commonly referred to as "BooBoo or BooHoo") on my computer's IP address and got in to steal other data and reset prefs. I'm new to all this, but not stupid. Can anyone help -both of us- with this IM HACKING PROBLEM????????