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A client saw a message on her PC that says, "Jason-PC disconnected" - does that mean that someone was on her computer?
We had one of our legal advisors at a business yesterday and just before she shut down her computer she said she saw a message box pop up in the bottom right hand corner of her screen that says, "Jason-PC Disconnected". Keep in mind, when she got there yesterday their IT guy put her on their network so that she could 1) use the web and 2) print to their shared printer.
I remote logged into her computer this morning and saw that "File Print Sharing" was on... so my question is, does that mean that anyone on their network would be able to see her files? If so, would it really give her a message that says says someone disconnected? I've never seen that message before and I'm trying to figure out if I should be concerned.. and/or what to do about it. I did turn OFF file / print sharing while i was logged in.
Any suggestions?
I remote logged into her computer this morning and saw that "File Print Sharing" was on... so my question is, does that mean that anyone on their network would be able to see her files? If so, would it really give her a message that says says someone disconnected? I've never seen that message before and I'm trying to figure out if I should be concerned.. and/or what to do about it. I did turn OFF file / print sharing while i was logged in.
Any suggestions?
This could be any third party software of VNC type. Sharing a desktop and being logged on witout any soft in Windows requires user to accept a connection.
Was she put on a Wireless network? If so there is a slight chance that the wireless network was named Jason-PC. Just a shot in the dark there. Now, why someone would name an SSID Jasons-PC is beyond me, but I have seen stranger SSID's.
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She was on a wireless network, but I agree Jason-PC would be a very strange name for the network... i'll remote back into her PC and see if I can see what the wireless network name is.
The clients IT department should definitely not have remoted into her PC... hmmm so is there a way to see if someone was accessing shared files at this point or is it too late?
The clients IT department should definitely not have remoted into her PC... hmmm so is there a way to see if someone was accessing shared files at this point or is it too late?
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Check the event log. Look under the security and under the system log (hell application log while you are at it to see if there were any unusual applications launched around the time that she was logged in. Applications that she would not normally launch in her day to day operations, or maybe see if there are any entries for remote assist, dameware, etc.
Sorry, event log is under Control Panel, Administrative Tools.
"Jason-PC" was probably another computer on the network. It may not have been snooping, as there are applications that automatically look for shared files. iTunes searches the network for other iTunes users.
Then again...if it was disconnected, that means it was actually connected to content.
Also, it didn't have to be a remote connection like RDP or VNC. You can connect to a file share or administrative share without installing/running software.
Then again...if it was disconnected, that means it was actually connected to content.
Also, it didn't have to be a remote connection like RDP or VNC. You can connect to a file share or administrative share without installing/running software.
Even if they had shared out her hard drive for some reason, you wouldn't actively see when someone was on like that, you'd have to go to shared folders -> open shares to see who was acessing files on your computer. If you want peace of mind though, you can go to Shares under shared folders and remove the default c$ admin share, as well as make sure nothing else has been shared out