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RE: How to obtain a yahoo username off a computer
From: "Carpio, Brian" <Brian_Carpio () csgsystems com>
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 16:03:24 -0600
Yea, Pull his hard drive and use a data recovery application to recover the data, you can simply plug the hard drive into a linux box an run the strings command and grep for the UserID. Even though the data has been deleted it hasn't really, when deleting data the data doesn't relly get over written. Or you can implement user policies and prevent him from deleting his log files, or even copy them off his box every so often, or even, just use a program like VNC or PCAnywhere or something and just watch what he does all day... -----Original Message----- From: Potter, Tim [mailto:Tim.Potter () clarkconsulting com] Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 2:01 PM To: security-basics () securityfocus com Subject: How to obtain a yahoo username off a computer Hello! We have a security issue and need to know who is using a particular Yahoo user ID from within our company. We are about 90% certain of the person's identity. This user has been deleting his cookies and temp Internet files. We want to search his computer to see if Yahoo ID xxxx is somewhere on his computer. We know the Yahoo user ID - we just need to confirm that this person is using it. We don't want to contact Yahoo because we don't want to go down the legal road needed to get them to release the info. Any ideas? Thanks, -Tim --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Evaluating SSL VPNs' Consider NEOTERIS, chosen as leader by top analysts! The Gartner Group just put Neoteris in the top of its Magic Quadrant, while InStat has confirmed Neoteris as the leader in marketshare. Find out why, and see how you can get plug-n-play secure remote access in about an hour, with no client, server changes, or ongoing maintenance. Visit us at: http://www.neoteris.com/promos/sf-6-9.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Evaluating SSL VPNs' Consider NEOTERIS, chosen as leader by top analysts! The Gartner Group just put Neoteris in the top of its Magic Quadrant, while InStat has confirmed Neoteris as the leader in marketshare. Find out why, and see how you can get plug-n-play secure remote access in about an hour, with no client, server changes, or ongoing maintenance. Visit us at: http://www.neoteris.com/promos/sf-6-9.htm ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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- Re: How to obtain a yahoo username off a computer Jamie Pratt (Jun 12)
- Re: How to obtain a yahoo username off a computer chort (Jun 11)
- RE: How to obtain a yahoo username off a computer Keenan Smith (Jun 11)
- Re: How to obtain a yahoo username off a computer Jon Baer (Jun 12)
- Re: How to obtain a yahoo username off a computer Kenny (Jun 12)
- RE: How to obtain a yahoo username off a computer matt willson (Jun 12)
- Re: How to obtain a yahoo username off a computer Richard H. Cotterell (Jun 12)
- Re: How to obtain a yahoo username off a computer Anders Reed Mohn (Jun 12)
- RE: How to obtain a yahoo username off a computer Nycum, Joe (Jun 11)
- RE: How to obtain a yahoo username off a computer Kerberus (Jun 11)
- RE: How to obtain a yahoo username off a computer Carpio, Brian (Jun 11)
- Re: How to obtain a yahoo username off a computer Chris Berry (Jun 11)
- RE: How to obtain a yahoo username off a computer Rodrigo (Jun 12)
- Re: How to obtain a yahoo username off a computer Times Enemy (Jun 12)
- RE: How to obtain a yahoo username off a computer Potter, Tim (Jun 12)
- Re: How to obtain a yahoo username off a computer Matthew Durkin (Jun 16)
- RE: How to obtain a yahoo username off a computer Potter, Tim (Jun 12)
- Re: How to obtain a yahoo username off a computer Luciano Miguel Ferreira Rocha (Jun 12)
- Re: How to obtain a yahoo username off a computer Callan K L Tham (Jun 13)
- RE: How to obtain a yahoo username off a computer Townson, Glenn A (Jun 12)
- RE: How to obtain a yahoo username off a computer Kerberus (Jun 12)
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