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savemeplease

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    This is a tough one. Any1 smart enough to help?
    « on: April 13, 2009, 08:44:12 PM »
    Is their anyway that I can protect my information from getting stolen/copied from a product called "I Know Key" it is used to help parents monitor  their kids ect. I'm in my mid-thirty's and don't want this to happen to me. :o

    Please Help! Thanks!
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      Re: This is a tough one. Any1 smart enough to help?
      « Reply #1 on: April 13, 2009, 08:51:33 PM »
      Could you not just end its process through task manager or uninstall the application?
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      Re: This is a tough one. Any1 smart enough to help?
      « Reply #2 on: April 13, 2009, 10:14:38 PM »
      double post.

      http://www.computerhope.com/forum/index.php/topic,81367.new.html#new


      Regardless-


      How did this program get installed in the first place?
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        Re: This is a tough one. Any1 smart enough to help?
        « Reply #3 on: April 14, 2009, 06:04:35 AM »
        I just done a Google search on I Know Key and I found that its actually a USB device. Just look at the USB ports of your computer and if you see the I Know Key attached to one then just pull it out?

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          Re: This is a tough one. Any1 smart enough to help?
          « Reply #4 on: April 14, 2009, 07:57:39 AM »
          Nope...you missed the point on this.....all you do is plug it in to start the procedure, remove it,  and then the next time you have access to the pc you insert it again and download all the activity....it doesn't stay connected to the machine......

          Heres how they describe it...........

          Plug into any PC

          Automatically installs without a trace
          Remove it and it tracks activity while you’re away

          Plug it in when you return to see pictures of what was viewed

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          Re: This is a tough one. Any1 smart enough to help?
          « Reply #5 on: April 14, 2009, 08:01:01 AM »
          Quote from: Karnac on April 14, 2009, 07:57:39 AM
          Automatically installs without a trace

           I get your point- and it was really a quote from their site-, but this is never true. there is ALWAYS something- if nothing else, a discrepancy between what can be seen on disk through DeviceIOCtl() and the API. (same for registry).

          On the other hand- what it really is is a flash drive with an autorun. You could disable the Removable Storage service when you aren't using the PC.
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            Re: This is a tough one. Any1 smart enough to help?
            « Reply #6 on: April 14, 2009, 08:05:31 AM »
            That was directed to Reply #4 BC, ...I know you had this figured out last night.  ;)
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            Re: This is a tough one. Any1 smart enough to help?
            « Reply #7 on: April 14, 2009, 08:07:50 AM »
            wait a second- there's a FREE MESSENGER GUIDE! OMG!



            That's like- valueless- absolutely free!


            Actually- one thing that would prevent this 100% would probably be running as a limited user.
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              Re: This is a tough one. Any1 smart enough to help?
              « Reply #8 on: April 14, 2009, 08:15:08 AM »
              I don't want to even get into the legalities of such a device here in Canada.... 8)
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              Re: This is a tough one. Any1 smart enough to help?
              « Reply #9 on: April 14, 2009, 08:22:16 AM »
              well, I better don the sunglasses too then.  8)
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                Re: This is a tough one. Any1 smart enough to help?
                « Reply #10 on: April 14, 2009, 08:24:15 AM »
                You want to protect yourself against someone using "I Know Key" on your machine? Can't ya just set the computer to stop the hard-disk or enter stand-by when idle and request a password on waking up? ......... 8)
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                Re: This is a tough one. Any1 smart enough to help?
                « Reply #11 on: April 14, 2009, 08:26:18 AM »
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                  Re: This is a tough one. Any1 smart enough to help?
                  « Reply #12 on: April 14, 2009, 08:31:09 AM »
                  Yeah, but that has one major down-side, You have to use your OS as a limited user :P Am i not right?  8)
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                  Re: This is a tough one. Any1 smart enough to help?
                  « Reply #13 on: April 14, 2009, 08:59:01 AM »
                  and that is a downside because?
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                    Re: This is a tough one. Any1 smart enough to help?
                    « Reply #14 on: April 14, 2009, 12:33:51 PM »
                    You could always disable its service by going to start, run and type in services.msc. Find the service for this program and disable it  :D
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