Worried my parents mite be spying on my computer...

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: niwi7
thanks for all ur help
im 16...its my computer (gift from grandpa)...they pay for internet thou but thats cause they use it as much as me...obiously i still live here with parents


to all u who say ask them i asked them and they said what r u talking about no but i dididnt belive them adn that when i went looking and foudn the watchdog thing

Read sleefers post earlier in the thread, "watchdog" is a Windows file. It is not spying on you.

 

[Vonkhan]

parents will be parents and getting them back is always good 😀

Format and clean install and bust 'em down to users! Respect is a two way street, man!

:beer: oooops, hope i dont get busted meself offering virtual alchol to a minor!

 

[MatthewF01]

Well, its good to have another Junior Anandtechie like myself mingling around the ol' forums...


although my concerns are far above 'spyware'. I can usually be found in the overclocking forum:wine:


i think i tried to use a keylogger once on the computer in the kitchen on which my sister incessantly types through AIM.. drives me insane, plus she sometimes saves her conversations..boy she says some pretty vulgar things..

damn 14 year old girls.


fathers, as the brother of a [young] teenage girl, I urge you to watch what they are up to...


us boys are alright.
.. as long as we may our daily visit to AT! 🙂

 

[Slogun]

Altough true that windows does have a system file named watchdog, here is the info on a monitoring program by the same name of Watchdog:

WatchDog is the ultimate application to monitor, control and restrict the time users spend on a computer. WatchDog's security features block out unauthorized access. This software can restrict how long and when a user may log in, the applications can be run, monitor URLs and keyboard input and take screen shots periodically. WatchDog uses Windows policy integration to enable many advanced security features that can vary for each user.

Parents can use WatchDog to restrict how much their children use the computer, when they use the computer, and what they do on the computer. Parents can also check what their children are doing on the web and what programs are being used.

Libraries can restrict how long people can use their computers, not letting patrons hog the machines. They can also monitor what sites are being visited.
Schools can set time limits on how long the students use the computer, monitor what they do and where they go on the web. WatchDog can also restrict what they do in Windows.
Cyber Cafés can use WatchDog to charge people for using their computers, or limit how long they use their machines. Free support is given to any cyber café who wants to start making money on their machines.
Businesses use WatchDog to add security to their machines and monitor employee's activities.

 

[QueBert]

you didn't mention if your parents are "computer" people or just people who know how to use a PC. If they aren't suepr smart, I suggest you install your own monitoring program and "spy" on them. for all you know, they could have gotten a pop up that warned them that the PC was being monitored/hacked (or something to scare them) and they clicked to buy the software that helped it.

daam nosey parents 🙂