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herkulease

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Strangely enough today someone pop in on my aim and I though was a friend

doesnt' seem to be.

claims to be a "monitor" and apparently knows too much about what I'm talking. I know my friend does not play tricks on me. has no siblings either. Friend also gets same message from same user. calimg to be monitor

I have the latest final version. does anyoe know what's going on?
 
Originally posted by: herkulease
Strangely enough today someone pop in on my aim and I though was a friend

doesnt' seem to be.

claims to be a "monitor" and apparently knows too much about what I'm talking. I know my friend does not play tricks on me. has no siblings either. Friend also gets same message from same user. calimg to be monitor

I have the latest final version. does anyoe know what's going on?
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one of my buddies mentioned something like that... that somebody came and started saying all these conversations that he'd had before (conversations my buddy had had), and must have been logged somewhere.
 
Originally posted by: MacBaine
Originally posted by: herkulease
Strangely enough today someone pop in on my aim and I though was a friend

doesnt' seem to be.

claims to be a "monitor" and apparently knows too much about what I'm talking. I know my friend does not play tricks on me. has no siblings either. Friend also gets same message from same user. calimg to be monitor

I have the latest final version. does anyoe know what's going on?
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one of my buddies mentioned something like that... that somebody came and started saying all these conversations that he'd had before (conversations my buddy had had), and must have been logged somewhere.
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Dammit, NO! Don't help the AOL demons! Keep them at bay, foolish man!
 
Originally posted by: MacBaine
Originally posted by: herkulease
Strangely enough today someone pop in on my aim and I though was a friend

doesnt' seem to be.

claims to be a "monitor" and apparently knows too much about what I'm talking. I know my friend does not play tricks on me. has no siblings either. Friend also gets same message from same user. calimg to be monitor

I have the latest final version. does anyoe know what's going on?
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one of my buddies mentioned something like that... that somebody came and started saying all these conversations that he'd had before (conversations my buddy had had), and must have been logged somewhere.
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I watch what I download, I scan my computer ever night with even known trojan removing software.

 
Originally posted by: LordMaul
Originally posted by: MacBaine
Originally posted by: herkulease
Strangely enough today someone pop in on my aim and I though was a friend

doesnt' seem to be.

claims to be a "monitor" and apparently knows too much about what I'm talking. I know my friend does not play tricks on me. has no siblings either. Friend also gets same message from same user. calimg to be monitor

I have the latest final version. does anyoe know what's going on?
Click to expand...

one of my buddies mentioned something like that... that somebody came and started saying all these conversations that he'd had before (conversations my buddy had had), and must have been logged somewhere.
Click to expand...

Dammit, NO! Don't help the AOL demons! Keep them at bay, foolish man!
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Sorry, I don't use IM... 🙁
 
Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
That is impossible, it's just a stupid rumour.
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then can you expalin to me what's going on?

what I was talking about with my friend is not something to be joked about.

I am dead serious.
 
Originally posted by: herkulease
Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
That is impossible, it's just a stupid rumour.
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then can you expalin to me what's going on?

what I was talking about with my friend is not something to be joked about.

I am dead serious.
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I don't know what fun little games your friends like to play but it is physically impossible for AIM to log your conversations unless you tell it to. AOL employs no monitors to check people's conversations.


Unless you enable logging, or someone is in your box reading your logs, I seriously doubt you have a real problem. The only way this is possible is if someone hacked your box.
 
Originally posted by: herkulease
what's some quick steps I can check to make sure no ones in my box?
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Check and see if any weird tasks are running (assuming this is windows) in your task manager.
Go to this site and scan your computer for virii.
If you're ultra paranoid, uninstall aim and then reinstall it.

In all honesty it's probably just your friend messing with you
 
once when my friend logged onto someone's else machine (a mac) and logged out (specified not save passwd), it saved the passwd anyway. so when the mac owner opened up aim, it auto logged in and so both were online on the same name at the same time.

it was wierd, if i said something to my friend, it would show up on both his comp and the mac. both could speak to me from their respective comps, and i'd get em seemingly from the same sn.
 
Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
Originally posted by: herkulease
what's some quick steps I can check to make sure no ones in my box?
Click to expand...

Check and see if any weird tasks are running (assuming this is windows) in your task manager.
Go to this site and scan your computer for virii.
If you're ultra paranoid, uninstall aim and then reinstall it.

In all honesty it's probably just your friend messing with you
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I'll say again what we talk about is nothing to mess around with. It contains personal information. So yes I'm paranoid
 
Originally posted by: MeanMeosh
once when my friend logged onto someone's else machine (a mac) and logged out (specified not save passwd), it saved the passwd anyway. so when the mac owner opened up aim, it auto logged in and so both were online on the same name at the same time.

it was wierd, if i said something to my friend, it would show up on both his comp and the mac. both could speak to me from their respective comps, and i'd get em seemingly from the same sn.
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AIM protects this from happening by logging you out if another person tries to access the same account.
 
Originally posted by: herkulease
Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
Originally posted by: herkulease
what's some quick steps I can check to make sure no ones in my box?
Click to expand...

Check and see if any weird tasks are running (assuming this is windows) in your task manager.
Go to this site and scan your computer for virii.
If you're ultra paranoid, uninstall aim and then reinstall it.

In all honesty it's probably just your friend messing with you
Click to expand...

I'll say again what we talk about is nothing to mess around with. It contains personal information. So yes I'm paranoid
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So....... check?
 
Originally posted by: MeanMeosh
once when my friend logged onto someone's else machine (a mac) and logged out (specified not save passwd), it saved the passwd anyway. so when the mac owner opened up aim, it auto logged in and so both were online on the same name at the same time.

it was wierd, if i said something to my friend, it would show up on both his comp and the mac. both could speak to me from their respective comps, and i'd get em seemingly from the same sn.
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I never go to someone elses house or use public computers.
 
Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
Originally posted by: herkulease
Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
Originally posted by: herkulease
what's some quick steps I can check to make sure no ones in my box?
Click to expand...

Check and see if any weird tasks are running (assuming this is windows) in your task manager.
Go to this site and scan your computer for virii.
If you're ultra paranoid, uninstall aim and then reinstall it.

In all honesty it's probably just your friend messing with you
Click to expand...

I'll say again what we talk about is nothing to mess around with. It contains personal information. So yes I'm paranoid
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So....... check?
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No strange tasks and trend micro is running. all are windows task. ecept iexplorer and aim.exe
 
someone on the inside could be forging your packets....I know I could view and packet forge with ettercap
you can also use ethereal to analyze the packets
 
Have you clicked any links from people you don't know, or even close friends that have appeared to launch a game, or do nothing at all?
 
Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
Have you clicked any links from people you don't know, or even close friends that have appeared to launch a game, or do nothing at all?
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Any links are links to CNN news article. Most I already read or currently read so I never bother clicking.

They know I don't play games online so I never get any offers.

I only chat on aim

trend micro finish. shows no virus.
 
OK because there was a semi popular aim exploit a few months ago there was a way to parse links to cause a buffer overflow in the victims machine, causing them to have complete control over the system. AOL said they fixed the error server side, but you never know. At any rate, do you keep logs of what you talk about?
 
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