Need to track unauthorized usage on my PC

[reitz]

I need a program that can track unauthorized usage on my PC, specifically the directories and apps accessed, and that can record keystrokes if possible. It needs to be small, completely invisible to unauthorized users, and easy to uninstall when I no longer need it. Most importantly, it absolutely must be legitimate software.

My problem is that someone has been accessing my work PC in the hours I am not there, and I need something that can track that usage, and possibly give me a clue as to who it is before I can take any action.

Any suggestions?

 

[Locutus of Board]

What OS do you have first of all?

 

[zogar]

hey, they have some keycounters on www.anticode.com, and www.antionline.com, these are good info sites on how to combat hackers and news on their exploits.

 

[DataFly]

I've actually been wondering the same thing for a while now, and I have Win98.

 

[DarK SagE]

Cant you just setup a password?

 

[Double Trouble]

Do a quick search for keytrap or keystroke trapper. There's many of these little proggies out there now, and some of them are pretty much state of the art with recording and even emailing of logs to you.

We use that kind of software at the company I work for the monitor people that are suspected of doing things on the computers that they are not supposed to be doing.

 

[reitz]

Oops, wasn't thinking. This is Win98.

Dark Sage, Win98 is not secure; I have my own password to log onto the network, but whoever is snooping around my machine is not accessing any network resources. I know that there are steps that I can take to secure my machine, but that does not help me catch the person that has been snooping.

 

[DataFly]

In addition to what reitz said, screensaver passwords don't do jack since the intuder needs to do nothing more than push the restart button.

 

[saxman]

thats why we have bios passwords...which'll stop the average user.

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

can you say "U N I X" ?

 

[lesterjr]

I think I read about this here not too long ago (or maybe it was somewhere else...)
Anyway, here's a pretty cool program that should do everything you are wanting.

Sam 4.2