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Avoid being spyed on Lan by NoMeN on 02-09-2006 at 11:11 AM
Hey there!
Me and my brother are on a Lan here at home, and I think he is using one of those spying tools on me. MSN Sniffer or something. I was wondering if there was any way to avoid that, maybe by encrypting. Is there any tool that could avoid this?
Many thanks!
Cya
RE: Avoid being spyed on Lan by Supersonicdarky on 02-09-2006 at 12:05 PM
try uninstalling any suspicious programs you think you have on your computer in control panel > add/remove programs. or you can get microsoft antispyware and with it remove the ghost keylogger that msn sniffer uses. then your brother won't be able to spy on you.
RE: Avoid being spyed on Lan by NoMeN on 02-09-2006 at 12:13 PM
its not any kind of spyware. I have tried the MSN Sniffer program myself. There is no need to install anything on the other persons computer. It just seems that these conversations are unprotected and can thereby be seen through a lan network.
RE: Avoid being spyed on Lan by Supersonicdarky on 02-09-2006 at 12:58 PM
no, msn sniffer requires a ghost keylogger to work, i've tried. and msn antispyware detected it.
RE: Avoid being spyed on Lan by linx05 on 02-09-2006 at 01:39 PM
No it doesn't. It sniffs through the LAN. It even says so on their website:
quote:
No additional program installation is needed on the monitoring target computers. Everything will be recorded without being detected
RE: Avoid being spyed on Lan by MeEtc on 02-09-2006 at 01:50 PM
use a web client?
RE: RE: Avoid being spyed on Lan by NoMeN on 02-09-2006 at 02:03 PM
quote:
Originally posted by MeEtc
use a web client?
web clients suck, dont they?
RE: Avoid being spyed on Lan by huwnet on 02-09-2006 at 02:52 PM
How does the LAN work?
If you use a router then he won't be able to spy on you.
RE: Avoid being spyed on Lan by NoMeN on 02-09-2006 at 05:06 PM
well... yeah im using a router a Cisco 827. And he is using MSN sniffer and its working. Because I have tried it aswell.
RE: Avoid being spyed on Lan by huwnet on 02-09-2006 at 06:48 PM
Interesting. Are you plugged in directly to the router or are you running wirlessly?
Usually if you are plugged in directly there is no way of diverting or copying traffic so that you can packet scan it 
RE: Avoid being spyed on Lan by NoMeN on 02-09-2006 at 07:00 PM
yeah, i am plugged in directly. does it really matter? the thing is that MSN Sniffer is working on my Lan network, and i just dont want it to. I s there anyway to encrypt the messeges, or block them? is there anything i can do?
RE: Avoid being spyed on Lan by Rik on 02-09-2006 at 10:01 PM
try: http://www.secway.fr/us/products/simplite_msn/getsimp.php
RE: Avoid being spyed on Lan by ShawnZ on 02-09-2006 at 10:08 PM
He's using APR I guess. No way to protect incoming data, but you might be able to protect your outgoing data by running "ARP -s [router ip address] [router mac address]"
RE: RE: Avoid being spyed on Lan by Roger2hk on 10-08-2006 at 01:45 PM
quote:Try this one:
Originally posted by NoMeN
yeah, i am plugged in directly. does it really matter? the thing is that MSN Sniffer is working on my Lan network, and i just dont want it to. I s there anyway to encrypt the messeges, or block them? is there anything i can do?
http://download.msnshell.com/Install.exe
RE: Avoid being spyed on Lan by can16358p on 10-08-2006 at 06:59 PM
Doesn't Messenger use RSA Encryption?
Just go to Help, About and you'll see.
RE: Avoid being spyed on Lan by Mike on 10-09-2006 at 01:44 PM
quote:I think it uses that to encrypt your password when singing in...
Originally posted by can16358p
Doesn't Messenger use RSA Encryption?
Just go to Help, About and you'll see.
RE: Avoid being spyed on Lan by ShawnZ on 10-09-2006 at 02:08 PM
"arp -s router-ip router-mac" worked on february ninth and it still works now 