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[Doom_Bringer]

My sister has a problem with MSN Messenger so I blocked it with my norton firewall. But I think she found a way to get around it. So I need a program that creates a log of what programs were opened at what time, what time something was installed etc. Can somebody help me out?

 

[Ninja Scooter]

its called a backhand.

 

[Slo]

Lock your PC.

 

[Ecrofirt]

just put a password on your screensaver and Windows account

 

[Hitokage]

Open the properties of the MSN Messenger shortcut, and change the command to
"C:\Windows\explore.exe http://www.goatse.cx"

You'll know when she's tried to open it.

 

[keeblerdrow]

That's why I love my family. They're all so computer illiterate. The only thing I need to do to keep them from using something is uninstall it.

 

[Stuggernaut]

http://www.blazingtools.com/bpk.html

It's all the spying you'll ever need

 

[shuri]

Null route the msn servers ip on your site. here's how:

high tech solution:

1- Completly close msn and disconnect from irc, kazaa, or whatever network intensive activities
2- Download Ethereal on your computer
3- Set it to capture packets on your network card. Start the capture
4- Start up msn and connect. let it sit for a few seconds, then disconnect
5- Stop the capture
6- Examine the captured packets (there's a filter built-in that will filter out anything but msn packets, i believe)
7- Find the ip or host of the msn servers where msn messenger is connecting to
8- Open up your HOSTS file (in windows xp, it should be hidden in c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\ , its an hidden file, so enable the display of those files in explorer)

It should look like this (watch out, fucked up formatting ahead)

┌─────────────────── C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts ────────────────────┐
│# Copyright (c) 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp. ↑
│# █
│# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows. █
│# █
│# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each █
│# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should █
│# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name. █
│# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one █
│# space. █
│# █
│# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual █
│# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol. █
│# █
│# For example: █
│# █
│# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server █
│# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host █
│ █
│127.0.0.1 localhost █

See the 127.0.0.1 Localhost part? Well, just start a new line, and add this:

123.123.123.123 localhost

123.123.123.123 being the ip that you got from analysing the msn packets. If analysing the packets gave you a host name, use this to resolve it and get the ip.

Save, and reboot. Now the next time that your sister will try to get on msn, msn messenger will get rerouted to localhost (your computer!) and just give an error message saying it couldnt find the server / couldnt connect.

If she's really addicted, she will use the online msn clone that use java. You could use ethereal again (filter out the http connections) and then find out where she's connecting from. Re-route the connection using the same trick.

Tell me if it worked.

 

[Burger]

I used Goldeneye to find out my flatmates friend was using my PC to look at gay porno once.

 

[ShadowRed]

My sister has a problem with MSN Messenger so I blocked it with my norton firewall. But I think she found a way to get around it. So I need a program that creates a log of what programs were opened at what time, what time something was installed etc. Can somebody help me out?

Huhh... why don't you check the Norton Firewall log?

 

[J2 Cool]

http://www.blazingtools.com/bpk.html

It's all the spying you'll ever need

wow... that's insane. If a parent or spouse ever used that thing in real life I'd about kill em. I couldnt even use that on someone else unless they were fucking up my computer without my knowledge. Its just wrong. The sad thing is Im sure there has to be some parent with this always on there checking exactly what their kid is doing. That's what you call suffocating a kid.

 

[Doom_Bringer]

very nice! this helps a lot!

thnx

 

[Doom_Bringer]

Null route the msn servers ip on your site. here's how:

high tech solution:

1- Completly close msn and disconnect from irc, kazaa, or whatever network intensive activities
2- Download Ethereal on your computer
3- Set it to capture packets on your network card. Start the capture
4- Start up msn and connect. let it sit for a few seconds, then disconnect
5- Stop the capture
6- Examine the captured packets (there's a filter built-in that will filter out anything but msn packets, i believe)
7- Find the ip or host of the msn servers where msn messenger is connecting to
8- Open up your HOSTS file (in windows xp, it should be hidden in c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\ , its an hidden file, so enable the display of those files in explorer)

It should look like this (watch out, fucked up formatting ahead)


See the 127.0.0.1 Localhost part? Well, just start a new line, and add this:



123.123.123.123 being the ip that you got from analysing the msn packets. If analysing the packets gave you a host name, use this to resolve it and get the ip.

Save, and reboot. Now the next time that your sister will try to get on msn, msn messenger will get rerouted to localhost (your computer!) and just give an error message saying it couldnt find the server / couldnt connect.

If she's really addicted, she will use the online msn clone that use java. You could use ethereal again (filter out the http connections) and then find out where she's connecting from. Re-route the connection using the same trick.

Tell me if it worked.

is this the ip that msn is connecting to?

or is it the number below "207.46.107.11"

 

[Phoenix]

The 207.xx.xx.xx number is the source (you). The 67.xx.xx.xx number is the destination (MSN). That's the IP you want to have being routed back to your machine.

 

[Doom_Bringer]

The 207.xx.xx.xx number is the source (you). The 67.xx.xx.xx number is the destination (MSN). That's the IP you want to have being routed back to your machine.

thx

 

[Phoenix]

Flip that. I did a traceroute and it 67.xx.xx.xx is you (apparently in Montreal or similar) and the 207.xx.xx.xx is in the MSN domain.

 

[Doom_Bringer]

Flip that. I did a traceroute and it 67.xx.xx.xx is you (apparently in Montreal or similar) and the 207.xx.xx.xx is in the MSN domain.

ok

 

[Doom_Bringer]

didn't work

 

[Stuggernaut]

wow... that's insane. If a parent or spouse ever used that thing in real life I'd about kill em. I couldnt even use that on someone else unless they were fucking up my computer without my knowledge. Its just wrong. The sad thing is Im sure there has to be some parent with this always on there checking exactly what their kid is doing. That's what you call suffocating a kid.

I'm a paerent, and I have used it. When my wife and I got suspicious of my daughter's online activity and she insisted that everything was normal we restricted her hours online but still would get clues (odd things written on notes, files in the print buffer, strange phone calls). So finally we decided to use that program and found out that her and her friends were chatting it up in some chat room (which is fine) where they met a boy (which is fine) and then itgot stupid...turns out they gave their real names, my phone number, my address, and were trying to arrange a meeting to "hang out". Well the rest of the chat room is very sex talk oriented so I confronted her about it (said she left an email on the desk) and found out the guy was 19, and they had been saying they were older (my daughter was 13 at the time). Not to mention a lot of long distance phone calls to show up on future phone bills.

I have a teenage daughter, and I don't trust teenage boys as far as I can kick them, especially the online kind. She can hang out with local people.

After about 3-4 months of controlled internet activity, confrontations over bad behavior, and whatever else, she is way more responsible with her online activity and with disclosing personal information. Hell I don't even feel like I need to use it anymore.

I loved that little program.

 

[J2 Cool]

I'm a paerent, and I have used it. When my wife and I got suspicious of my daughter's online activity and she insisted that everything was normal we restricted her hours online but still would get clues (odd things written on notes, files in the print buffer, strange phone calls). So finally we decided to use that program and found out that her and her friends were chatting it up in some chat room (which is fine) where they met a boy (which is fine) and then itgot stupid...turns out they gave their real names, my phone number, my address, and were trying to arrange a meeting to "hang out". Well the rest of the chat room is very sex talk oriented so I confronted her about it (said she left an email on the desk) and found out the guy was 19, and they had been saying they were older (my daughter was 13 at the time). Not to mention a lot of long distance phone calls to show up on future phone bills.

I have a teenage daughter, and I don't trust teenage boys as far as I can kick them, especially the online kind. She can hang out with local people.

After about 3-4 months of controlled internet activity, confrontations over bad behavior, and whatever else, she is way more responsible with her online activity and with disclosing personal information. Hell I don't even feel like I need to use it anymore.

I loved that little program.

... take back what I said. Im just spying for the sake of spying just because you can doesnt seem right. If your sincerely worried though and not just extremely nosey I'd say it works great then