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<h1>Spys in CyberWorld</h1><p> <br /><br /> Did you know your own computer is syping on you? Did you know<br /><br /> that every click you make on your windows start menu is logged<br /><br /> to a hidden, encrypted database in your computer?<br /><br /> <br /><br /> It's very important that you read a site's privacy policy to<br /><br /> find out what information a web site gathers about you when you<br /><br /> visit and how they intend to use it.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> People ARE spying on you!! Companies are beginning to check the<br /><br /> contents of their employees computers after working hours. Have<br /><br /> you been surfing and sending email during working hours? Would<br /><br /> your boss approve of this? If not, your job could be in jeopardy.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Think this sounds a bit outrageous?<br /><br /> <br /><br /> --- July 2000 --- FACT: 50 Workers At Dow Chemical Co.'s<br /><br /> Headquarters Site In Michigan were fired and another 200 were<br /><br /> Disciplined for distributing, downloading or saving pictures<br /><br /> that were either pornographic or violent in nature.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> FACT: Merck Fired Two Workers And Disciplined Several Dozen<br /><br /> Others for what the Company called "Inappropriate Use Of The<br /><br /> Internet."<br /><br /> <br /><br /> FACT: Xerox Corporation, Fired 40 workers and The New York Times<br /><br /> terminated 23 employees at a Data Processing Center for similar<br /><br /> offenses.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> --- January 5, 2001 --- Leading Insurance Company Royal and Sun<br /><br /> Alliance sacked 10 people and suspended at least 77 over the<br /><br /> distribution of "Lewd" E-mails.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Your computer keeps records of both your online and off-line<br /><br /> activities. Everything you do is recorded. If you view web<br /><br /> pages, movies or videos, play .wav or .midi files....it is all<br /><br /> recorded to your hard drive! Did you know that when you do a<br /><br /> search on the internet, this search information is recorded to<br /><br /> hidden, encrypted files on your PC? Do you really know what's<br /><br /> been downloaded or hidden on your computer?<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Forensic analysis has become technologically superior in finding<br /><br /> evidence of all sorts. They can remove your PC's hard drive and<br /><br /> discover things about you that you probably didn't even know was<br /><br /> there. Things you "thought" you deleted. You might think you've<br /><br /> cleaned out all your sensitive files, but the truth is, many of<br /><br /> them are still there.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Peter Constantine of Data Discovery<br /><br /> <a href="http://www.teleport.com/~peterc/" target="bago">http://www.teleport.com/~peterc/</a> ) says that "....today's<br /><br /> computers are "grabbing material and tucking it away in little<br /><br /> pigeonholes... The user has no idea that the data is out there."<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Digital Intelligence, Inc,<br /><br /> <a href="http://www.digitalintel.com/freddie.htm" target="bago">http://www.digitalintel.com/freddie.htm</a> ) has developed<br /><br /> F.R.E.D.D.I.E. (F)orensic (R)ecovery of (E)vidence (D)evice<br /><br /> (I)nterrogation (E)quipment which is portable and can be used in<br /><br /> a crime scene (or any other time for that matter) to recover<br /><br /> data from a multitude of electronic devices including, hard<br /><br /> drives, CD's, Floppys, Zip drives and tape cartridges.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Skeptical person that I am, I decided to do an experiment to<br /><br /> find out exactly HOW MUCH hidden stuff really was on my<br /><br /> computer. If you are a Windows 95/98 user, try this experiment<br /><br /> yourself.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> 1. Delete all your files from your Windows 95/98 recycle bin<br /><br /> using the standard 'Empty Recycle Bin' command. 2. Open your<br /><br /> browser and delete the history files and browser cache from your<br /><br /> preferences/options menu. 3. Open Windows Explorer and right<br /><br /> click on the drive letter you use for your main hard drive.<br /><br /> Select "Properties" 4. Write down your drive's total Capacity,<br /><br /> Used Space and Free Space; you'll need this later. 5. Download<br /><br /> the Evidence EliminatorT free trial program from<br /><br /> <a href="http://www.evidence-eliminator.com/go.shtml?A654789" target="bago">http://www.evidence-eliminator.com/go.shtml?A654789</a> 6. Run the<br /><br /> Evidence Eliminator(TM). 7. Repeat step 3 and compare how much<br /><br /> free space is now available on your hard drive.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Here's the results of my experiment:<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Total hard drive space 30,677,901,312 bytes (28.5GB)<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Available space before Evidence Eliminator: 26,893,676,544 bytes<br /><br /> Available space AFTER Evidence Eliminator: 26,620,821,504 bytes<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Total reclaimed space: 272,855,040 bytes<br /><br /> <br /><br /> To translate, Evidence Eliminator(TM) removed over 260MB of<br /><br /> files from my computer! This isn't much for those of us who have<br /><br /> mega-space on our hard drives, but for those with more limited<br /><br /> space, 260MB is a lot!<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Here's some astonishing information I discovered about files on<br /><br /> my computer:<br /><br /> <br /><br /> 295 Windows Application logs were found. These logs stored<br /><br /> information about what windows programs I've been using each day.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> There were almost 90 "components" discovered and removed that<br /><br /> had "installed themselves" to my computer without my knowledge!<br /><br /> <br /><br /> 271 Start Menu Recent Documents logs were removed. This held<br /><br /> information about what programs I had selected from my Windows<br /><br /> Start Menu.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> 3601 IE cache files were found AFTER I had cleared my IE cache<br /><br /> and history!<br /><br /> <br /><br /> 1960 IE cookies were removed. I had full control over which<br /><br /> cookies I kept and which ones I did not.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> 5636 Windows .TMP files were found that were NOT removed using<br /><br /> the browser history delete options. Some of these files are the<br /><br /> result of extracting .zip files that were downloaded from the<br /><br /> internet, web pages I viewed off-line, .midi and .wav files<br /><br /> which downloaded during visits to web pages with background<br /><br /> music, etc.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> My experiment proved to me that there IS information about me<br /><br /> and my computer usage habits that is stored on my computer which<br /><br /> takes up valuable space, not to mention information I might not<br /><br /> want to ever be public knowledge. It's always a good idea to<br /><br /> keep your computer clean of unwanted files and protect your<br /><br /> privacy at the same time.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Are you aware of every single file on your computer? You should<br /><br /> be! Protect yourself from Cyber-Spys and regain control of what<br /><br /> information is stored on your PC. In this world of high<br /><br /> technology, you never can tell when this information could be<br /><br /> found and used.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br /> More <a href="http://www.articlesroom.com">free articles</a> from <a href="http://www.articlesroom.com">http://www.articlesroom.com</a>

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