I don't trust my computer.
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I noticed that my webcam will turn on for a second every once in a while. I believe it may be Windows Live Messenger 8.1 that is doing it however its hard to catch because the webcam light only turns for a second so its hard to tell what program is doing it. My computer is clean of maleware so I'm pretty sure its a legitimate program that is taking pictures. I have to disable the webcam in the device manager when I'm not using it. It really burns me to know that there is something taking pictures of me on my computer and it must be stopped. Has anyone else noticed this with Windows Live Messenger or any other program?
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Captain See Sharp wrote:
I noticed that my webcam will turn on for a second every once in a while.
Just because you are paranoid doesn't mean they are not watching you! :wtf:
Captain See Sharp wrote:
My computer is clean of maleware
Fameous last words! :suss:
Captain See Sharp wrote:
I'm pretty sure its a legitimate program that is taking pictures.
Surely you jest! :rolleyes: Let me see if I understand this, there is a program taking pictures of you when you didn't ask it to take pictures and doing who knows what with them. :~ You call that legitimate? :rolleyes:
Captain See Sharp wrote:
it must be stopped.
Sounds like the first lucent thought you expressed in this post. :rolleyes:
Captain See Sharp wrote:
Has anyone else noticed this with Windows Live Messenger or any other program?
"Windows" anything should be viewed with suspicion. :~ Try disabling Windows Live Messenger or uninstalling it and see if you are still experiencing this behavior. :doh: You could put a cover over your web cam or point it at the ceiling or out the window when not in use. :suss: Remember if you have a cam with a microphone built in disabling the cam when not in use may be the best option. :doh:
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Captain See Sharp wrote:
I noticed that my webcam will turn on for a second every once in a while.
Just because you are paranoid doesn't mean they are not watching you! :wtf:
Captain See Sharp wrote:
My computer is clean of maleware
Fameous last words! :suss:
Captain See Sharp wrote:
I'm pretty sure its a legitimate program that is taking pictures.
Surely you jest! :rolleyes: Let me see if I understand this, there is a program taking pictures of you when you didn't ask it to take pictures and doing who knows what with them. :~ You call that legitimate? :rolleyes:
Captain See Sharp wrote:
it must be stopped.
Sounds like the first lucent thought you expressed in this post. :rolleyes:
Captain See Sharp wrote:
Has anyone else noticed this with Windows Live Messenger or any other program?
"Windows" anything should be viewed with suspicion. :~ Try disabling Windows Live Messenger or uninstalling it and see if you are still experiencing this behavior. :doh: You could put a cover over your web cam or point it at the ceiling or out the window when not in use. :suss: Remember if you have a cam with a microphone built in disabling the cam when not in use may be the best option. :doh:
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I'm on-line therefore I am. JimmyRopesJimmyRopes wrote:
You call that legitimate?
I meant it is considered legit by most people because it from Microsoft. :~ I noticed my webcam betraying me after I installed Windows Live Messenger 8.1. When ever I start it my second monitor flashes black and my webcam turns on for a second. I thought it was just initializing my webcam at first but then I realized it did it often while I was chatting or reading email. :mad:
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JimmyRopes wrote:
You call that legitimate?
I meant it is considered legit by most people because it from Microsoft. :~ I noticed my webcam betraying me after I installed Windows Live Messenger 8.1. When ever I start it my second monitor flashes black and my webcam turns on for a second. I thought it was just initializing my webcam at first but then I realized it did it often while I was chatting or reading email. :mad:
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Captain See Sharp wrote:
I meant it is considered legit by most people because it from Microsoft.
That is definitely a leap of faith! :~
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Captain See Sharp wrote:
I noticed that my webcam will turn on for a second every once in a while.
Just because you are paranoid doesn't mean they are not watching you! :wtf:
Captain See Sharp wrote:
My computer is clean of maleware
Fameous last words! :suss:
Captain See Sharp wrote:
I'm pretty sure its a legitimate program that is taking pictures.
Surely you jest! :rolleyes: Let me see if I understand this, there is a program taking pictures of you when you didn't ask it to take pictures and doing who knows what with them. :~ You call that legitimate? :rolleyes:
Captain See Sharp wrote:
it must be stopped.
Sounds like the first lucent thought you expressed in this post. :rolleyes:
Captain See Sharp wrote:
Has anyone else noticed this with Windows Live Messenger or any other program?
"Windows" anything should be viewed with suspicion. :~ Try disabling Windows Live Messenger or uninstalling it and see if you are still experiencing this behavior. :doh: You could put a cover over your web cam or point it at the ceiling or out the window when not in use. :suss: Remember if you have a cam with a microphone built in disabling the cam when not in use may be the best option. :doh:
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I'm on-line therefore I am. JimmyRopes>> "Windows" anything should be viewed with suspicion. He should watch the movie "Antitrust", may be it is happening to him too :)
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>> "Windows" anything should be viewed with suspicion. He should watch the movie "Antitrust", may be it is happening to him too :)
starcraft4ever wrote:
>> "Windows" anything should be viewed with suspicion. He should watch the movie "Antitrust", may be it is happening to him too
I am not polarizing Windows = bad, anything else = good. I realize that some other products are evil also. I think a good amount of caution should be exercised with any product, but especially with Windows because of their track record. I distrust Windows anything because the Windows marketing folks like to put a spin on any criticism instead of admitting there may be a problem. They say things like "you don't need to monitor outgoing packets" when they released the first Windows firewall for WinXP SP2 even though it was widely accepted that outgoing packets needed to be monitored and there were professional products available at the time that did just that. :~ That is just one example that I remember off hand because it was such a blatant lie but there have been other spin doctors on the payroll that say equally outlandish things and the heard just responds baah. :rolleyes:
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I noticed that my webcam will turn on for a second every once in a while. I believe it may be Windows Live Messenger 8.1 that is doing it however its hard to catch because the webcam light only turns for a second so its hard to tell what program is doing it. My computer is clean of maleware so I'm pretty sure its a legitimate program that is taking pictures. I have to disable the webcam in the device manager when I'm not using it. It really burns me to know that there is something taking pictures of me on my computer and it must be stopped. Has anyone else noticed this with Windows Live Messenger or any other program?
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What make of camera is it? I had an old Logitech webcam that used to crash itself and reinitialise every few hours. That may be what you are seeing?
Captain See Sharp wrote:
maleware
malware. ;P
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What make of camera is it? I had an old Logitech webcam that used to crash itself and reinitialise every few hours. That may be what you are seeing?
Captain See Sharp wrote:
maleware
malware. ;P
Ðavid Wulff What kind of music should programmers listen to?
Join the Code Project Last.fm group | dwulff
I'm so gangsta I eat cereal without the milkDavid Wulff wrote:
malware.
lol... I thought maybe he was verifying there was no dongle attached.
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Ignorance and prejudice and fear walk hand in hand.
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starcraft4ever wrote:
>> "Windows" anything should be viewed with suspicion. He should watch the movie "Antitrust", may be it is happening to him too
I am not polarizing Windows = bad, anything else = good. I realize that some other products are evil also. I think a good amount of caution should be exercised with any product, but especially with Windows because of their track record. I distrust Windows anything because the Windows marketing folks like to put a spin on any criticism instead of admitting there may be a problem. They say things like "you don't need to monitor outgoing packets" when they released the first Windows firewall for WinXP SP2 even though it was widely accepted that outgoing packets needed to be monitored and there were professional products available at the time that did just that. :~ That is just one example that I remember off hand because it was such a blatant lie but there have been other spin doctors on the payroll that say equally outlandish things and the heard just responds baah. :rolleyes:
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I'm on-line therefore I am. JimmyRopesI know you are not polarizing Windows = bad, I just mention Antritust[^] movie because it is about "one company" spying developers from different companies or freelance to steal the source code, they do it with cameras, they are fiber optic cams but the thread talk about web cam which is close enough. :)
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What make of camera is it? I had an old Logitech webcam that used to crash itself and reinitialise every few hours. That may be what you are seeing?
Captain See Sharp wrote:
maleware
malware. ;P
Ðavid Wulff What kind of music should programmers listen to?
Join the Code Project Last.fm group | dwulff
I'm so gangsta I eat cereal without the milkDavid Wulff wrote:
What make of camera is it?
It is the built in webcam that is part of my Acer Aspire 5100 laptop. It never used to blink at me, but I noticed turning on for a split second after I install Windows Live Messenger 8.1 so I think WLM is the culprit.
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I noticed that my webcam will turn on for a second every once in a while. I believe it may be Windows Live Messenger 8.1 that is doing it however its hard to catch because the webcam light only turns for a second so its hard to tell what program is doing it. My computer is clean of maleware so I'm pretty sure its a legitimate program that is taking pictures. I have to disable the webcam in the device manager when I'm not using it. It really burns me to know that there is something taking pictures of me on my computer and it must be stopped. Has anyone else noticed this with Windows Live Messenger or any other program?
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I know you are not polarizing Windows = bad, I just mention Antritust[^] movie because it is about "one company" spying developers from different companies or freelance to steal the source code, they do it with cameras, they are fiber optic cams but the thread talk about web cam which is close enough. :)
starcraft4ever wrote:
I just mention Antritust[^] movie because it is about "one company" spying developers from different companies or freelance to steal the source code, they do it with cameras, they are fiber optic cams but the thread talk about web cam which is close enough.
I'll look for it. :cool:
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I noticed that my webcam will turn on for a second every once in a while. I believe it may be Windows Live Messenger 8.1 that is doing it however its hard to catch because the webcam light only turns for a second so its hard to tell what program is doing it. My computer is clean of maleware so I'm pretty sure its a legitimate program that is taking pictures. I have to disable the webcam in the device manager when I'm not using it. It really burns me to know that there is something taking pictures of me on my computer and it must be stopped. Has anyone else noticed this with Windows Live Messenger or any other program?
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David Wulff wrote:
What make of camera is it?
It is the built in webcam that is part of my Acer Aspire 5100 laptop. It never used to blink at me, but I noticed turning on for a split second after I install Windows Live Messenger 8.1 so I think WLM is the culprit.
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Is the camera actualy coming on, or just initialising?
Ðavid Wulff What kind of music should programmers listen to?
Join the Code Project Last.fm group | dwulff
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I know you are not polarizing Windows = bad, I just mention Antritust[^] movie because it is about "one company" spying developers from different companies or freelance to steal the source code, they do it with cameras, they are fiber optic cams but the thread talk about web cam which is close enough. :)
starcraft4ever wrote:
spying developers from different companies or freelance to steal the source code, they do it with cameras,
Wouldn't it be far easier to just hack the repository? Then you get everything. :~
I'd love to help, but unfortunatley I have prior commitments monitoring the length of my grass. :Andrew Bleakley:
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starcraft4ever wrote:
spying developers from different companies or freelance to steal the source code, they do it with cameras,
Wouldn't it be far easier to just hack the repository? Then you get everything. :~
I'd love to help, but unfortunatley I have prior commitments monitoring the length of my grass. :Andrew Bleakley:
Yes, but then you don't have a movie to make :)
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Yes, but then you don't have a movie to make :)
starcraft4ever wrote:
but then you don't have a movie to make
Let's be optimistic, while parsing the new found bounty, they could be readying submissions to http://www.thedailywtf.com[^] :)
I'd love to help, but unfortunatley I have prior commitments monitoring the length of my grass. :Andrew Bleakley: