hyjacked user

[Guest]

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I had a unknown user logged on my computer listed in the
system properties so I deleted it. Did I have someone
using my connection? It's just a dialup. Did I get rid of
it ? My internet surfing was getting slower.

 

[Guest]

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Hi

What was the name of this unknown user? Have you got a Firewall running?

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"connie" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I had a unknown user logged on my computer listed in the
> system properties so I deleted it. Did I have someone
> using my connection? It's just a dialup. Did I get rid of
> it ? My internet surfing was getting slower.

 

[Guest]

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I've always had xp's firewall on and recently installed
service pack 2. I had run Belarc advisor and found a
guest logged on. Then I went to my system info and in my
user profiles there was a guest listed as unknown using
1.59mb,I deleted that profile. How do I find a name? And
is it really gone?
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi
>
>What was the name of this unknown user? Have you got a
Firewall running?
>
>--
>
>Will Denny
>MVP - Windows Shell/User
>Please reply to the News Groups
>
>
>"connie" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:682901c493ed$804d5360$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>>I had a unknown user logged on my computer listed in the
>> system properties so I deleted it. Did I have someone
>> using my connection? It's just a dialup. Did I get rid
of
>> it ? My internet surfing was getting slower.
>
>
>.
>

 

[Guest]

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anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com wrote:

> I've always had xp's firewall on and recently installed
> service pack 2. I had run Belarc advisor and found a
> guest logged on. Then I went to my system info and in my
> user profiles there was a guest listed as unknown using
> 1.59mb,I deleted that profile. How do I find a name? And
> is it really gone?
>

Two major possibilities. Windows XP Firewall is inbound
only but an allowed download may have contained a worm
that generated the guest user which then allowed outbound
traffic. Second possibility, another user on the computer
created a profile and this is possible when the computer
is already running with an administrator's logon. But with
profile deleted, not possible to do outbound tracking to
destination.

 

[Guest]

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Hi

If you have a Firewall enabled, then the 'instrusion' has probably come from
another account on your PC.

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Will Denny
MVP - Windows Shell/User
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<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6d9901c4942b$2af30250$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> I've always had xp's firewall on and recently installed
> service pack 2. I had run Belarc advisor and found a
> guest logged on. Then I went to my system info and in my
> user profiles there was a guest listed as unknown using
> 1.59mb,I deleted that profile. How do I find a name? And
> is it really gone?
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Hi
>>
>>What was the name of this unknown user? Have you got a
> Firewall running?
>>
>>--
>>
>>Will Denny
>>MVP - Windows Shell/User
>>Please reply to the News Groups
>>
>>
>>"connie" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message
>>news:682901c493ed$804d5360$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>>>I had a unknown user logged on my computer listed in the
>>> system properties so I deleted it. Did I have someone
>>> using my connection? It's just a dialup. Did I get rid
> of
>>> it ? My internet surfing was getting slower.
>>
>>
>>.
>>