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| Thread ID: 26749 | 2002-11-04 20:32:00 | Porn watchdog | Mrs_Teacher (2447) | Press F1 |
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| 95958 | 2002-11-04 20:32:00 | I am wanting to know if there is anyway I can check erased history or the computer to see if people have been using this computer to look at pornography. Does anyone have an idea? Teacher | Mrs_Teacher (2447) | ||
| 95959 | 2002-11-04 20:46:00 | You can check the temporary internet files, i.e: c:windows\Winxxx\Temporary Internet Files Winxxx will be whatever OS the PC is running, ie win98. Correct me if I'm wrong with the path, I'm on XP and can't check. |
honeylaser (814) | ||
| 95960 | 2002-11-04 20:51:00 | the index.dat file is not removed when people clear the history. It records the URLs visited. It is encoded but you can see what's in it using this tool: Spider (www.webattack.com) |
Biggles (121) | ||
| 95961 | 2002-11-04 20:53:00 | > c:windows\Winxxx\Temporary Internet Files in Win98 SE it is: c: windows\temporary internet files If you post the OS the PC is running it'll help. The files are not necessarily going to be there, as you can easily clear them by clearing the cache via Tools - Internet Options in IE. |
honeylaser (814) | ||
| 95962 | 2002-11-04 20:55:00 | Be careful, though. Some sites seem to explode into popups of all sorts of dodgy natures (clip art seems to be a problem area). I wouldn't hang anyone based on what is in the history. Even unsubscribing from porn sites can force you to see the stuff you are trying to avoid. robo. |
robo (205) | ||
| 95963 | 2002-11-04 20:55:00 | If they have deleted History and Temp files there may still be the dreaded Spyware that will still be present. Download Adaware from here (download.com.com). Run it to scan entire computer. That should give you the evidence you are looking for. You will need to do this anyway to lessen the chance of those nasty pop-ups that occur if a computer has been to 'you know where'. sam m |
sam m (517) | ||
| 95964 | 2002-11-04 21:33:00 | well the first question is What browser is being used??? (funny how everyone thigs everyone uses IE :O) with other browsers it can be nearon impossible to track their use without useing some sort of tracking program. |
tweak'e (174) | ||
| 95965 | 2002-11-04 21:56:00 | Thanks Sam, I have downloaded adaware and have scanned everything, but what do I do know? Will all of those things the scan picked up have pornographic material? it has found 84 compondents but I don't know how to view them, I'm fairly new to computers as you can probably tell :) Thanks for your help, Teacher | Mrs_Teacher (2447) | ||
| 95966 | 2002-11-04 22:12:00 | What you will be looking for are descriptions within those 'ads' located by adaware that indicate visits to Porn sites. The descriptions should be easy to identify. There will be plenty of 'doubleclick' or 'valueclick' and the like which are common ones. If you have p2p programmes like Kazaa then 'cydor' will be there as well. That one should be left alone if you want Kazaa to still run. I don't think that you can use those to actually view the specific sites that were visited. I would simply remove them all. Have a read of their official site (http://www.lavasoftusa.com/), especially the FAQ's. sam m |
sam m (517) | ||
| 95967 | 2002-11-04 22:21:00 | > Thanks Sam, I have downloaded adaware and have > scanned everything, but what do I do know? Will all > of those things the scan picked up have pornographic > material? it has found 84 compondents but I don't > know how to view them, I'm fairly new to computers as > you can probably tell :) Thanks for your help, > Teacher Not necessarily, Adaware pickups spyware, these are programs that spy on you computer activities and send it back to marketing companies etc so that the can market the junky products at you. Sure some of the spyware may be from porn sites, but the majority of it wont be. Hope this helps. Liam |
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