In article <pan.2003.11.29.15.08.01.947829.559@nospam.invalid >
techie <none@nospam.invalid> wrote:
>
> On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 0805 -0600, Ed O'c wrote:
>
> > "Yahoo (Reuters) is reporting that the FBI has caught the guy who stole
> > computers from Wells Fargo. The interesting part is that 'Investigators
> > traced the computer to Krastof when he logged onto his own America
> > Online account at home through one of the stolen computers.' Makes you
> > wonder what sort of hooks the FBI has into AOL or other ISPs and what
> > hardware identification is being transmitted at login."
> >
> > http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=0...tid=123&tid=99
>
> The slashdot poster got it totally wrong. The thief logged onto AOL
> using the machine owner's account.
>
> FWIW there are programs you can install on your system that ping a
> tracking service whenever the machine is on the internet. If the machine
> is stolen they'll track it to the address it's being used from. ISTR
> reading somewhere about one that resides in an unused boot sector and
> remains active even if you reformat the partition and reinstall
> Windows.

Is there a program to examine the entire HD for spy programs?

For the laptop thief it's easy, just replace the HD, but how can we
check for keyloggers and trojans on our computers that were placed
there physically?

Yes I'm referring to professionals, how can we find their work?