URGENT: My network admin is secretly checking my emails and monitoring my network....please help
Hi guys, I have a little problem here....please help.
Here is the problem in a nutshell. I'm on a laptop connected to my home wireless network. I didn't set up the network and I'm not the network admin. A while ago, I found out that my network admin has been secretly checking my emails for a long time. At this
point the admin doesn't know that I "know" about his activities, and I'd like to keep it that way. Anyways, the only way he could've done this, I assumed, was either he planted a keylogger on my PC and/or monitoring my network traffic.
I quickly did some research and below are steps I HAVE taken:
- Completely wiped the computer (I said I had to get rid of a virus so he didn't get suspicious about me wiping it - how ironic...)
- Set up a system pw that requires me to enter the pw EVERY time the laptop is powered on
- Set up only one admin account (my own)
- Chose a very strong Windows pw (close to 30 characters)
- Turned off remote desktop, file sharing, etc
- Always use a VPN when connected to the Internet
If anyone could let me know if I did something wrong, or any other suggestions, I'd GREATLY appreciate it.
Thanks so much.
D
September 10th, 2012 3:21pm
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