I've recently switched from DSL to cable internet access. Monday evening I went to sign on to Yahoo Messenger and got the message that my account had been locked "for security reasons".
Yesterday I finally found a phone number and called Yahoo about it. The guy verified all my info and told me that someone had tried to use my Yahoo screenname and had entered an incorrect password 10 times in a row, thus triggering the security lock on my Yahoo ID. He said he wasn't allowed to release to me the IP from where the access had been attempted. I even suggested giving him the IP of my pc (since I'm on cable which is "always on" it's gonna be the same IP, right?) to see if they matched but he said he couldn't even do that.
So I just set up another Yahoo ID and everything's cool.....I guess.
I don't use that ID for Yahoo chat, so I don't see someone from a chatroom trying to hack my ID. I've got a friend who's got a key to my apartment and she comes over and uses the computer sometimes during the day when I'm gone. Best I can figure is that maybe she tried to log on and guess the password. I asked her and she denied even being over here. Which I know is a lie. I also know that she's deleted emails from my computer before I got home to read them.
I'd like some info from those of you in the know. Is there software I can install on my pc that runs invisibly and records someone's activities? Web sites visited, instant messaging, whether she's accessing stuff on my hard drive, basically everything.
I know that probably comes off as intrusive and paranoid. I don't want to get in to the whole story behind this if I don't have to. But to simply lock her out of my computer or change the locks on the apartment may solve the problem but I'd be the bad guy and she'd be the "innocent victim". I know how her mind works and the best way to handle this is to have documented evidence and make her own up to it. Believe it or not, it'll go much better that way in the long run after she gets done pouting. Really and truly I don't mind her coming over to use my computer or just coming over to be here for a while. I just expect the common courtesy of a phone call saying "hey I'm over at your place". Which I haven't gotten. In fact, she's denied being over here at all when I know for a fact she has been over here at least 3 times in the past week without telling me. I'm actually considering buying a "nanny-cam" to see just what the hell she's up to over here since she wants to be so secretive about coming over. Where can I get a good deal on one?
But anyway, if anyone can recommend some good monitoring software I'd appreciate it. Cheap as possible, maybe freeware or a trial-version.
Once it's all over with, I'll fill y'all in on the rest.
Mike.
p.s. Oh yeah, now that I'm on cable internet.....If my computer is turned off, hackers can't break in to it right? And when I'm online, what's the best security software to use? I've got Zone Alarm Pro v3 right now.