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Web Cam Hijack
Name: Cyberdude Date: October 25, 2003 at 20:58:36 Pacific OS: Win98Se CPU/Ram: 1.5Ghz/256mb
Comment:
Can someone hijack your usb webcam while in a video conference? I think this may have happened to me. I recently joined a free chat supplier. Someone asked if I could send them video. I did. But my system froze up and there was a file on my C: drive that was not there before: C:\capture.avi. If I have been hacked what should I do to make sure everything's OK. I already ran a virus scan and came up negative.
Name: William McMinn Date: October 25, 2003 at 21:25:24 Pacific
Reply:
Delete the capture.avi file, if the hacker put some kind of surveilence software on your computer then you might be able to remove it with Spybot S&D. No matter how you get on the Internet, be it broadband or dial up you need a firewall. Once your Internet connection is open it is open for all unless you protect yourself.
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Response Number 2
Name: fred Date: October 25, 2003 at 21:48:48 Pacific
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The capture.avi file is not a virus. Something you did caused a capture from the camera and created that file. You can play it with the windows media player.
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