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Who's Watching Me - FAQ
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WWM tell me if my files are being read by someone else? |
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I use WWM to remove snoopers or blockers? |
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| The minimum system requirements
are found on our Minimum
System Requirements Page. |
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| A "snooper program"
or "snooper" is basically software for spying on someone
on a computer. Sometimes the term spyware also refers to a program
for spying on someone, although spyware also describes adware. Snoopers
typically record actions and events on a computer and then save this
information in a file. For example, common snoopers usually record
every keystroke a user types into his or her computer. Some take snapshots
of the computer screen at certain intervals and save this for later
viewing by the person(s) that installed the snooper. One should assume
that if a snooper is installed, virtually everything that happens
on your computer is being watched by someone else. Snoopers are usually
installed on your computer by an employer, a system administrator,
a spouse, a lover, a co-worker, a competitor, etc. Many snoopers are
very careful to be invisible to computer users, so most users would
have no idea if a snooper was installed. |
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| No. Trapware's WWM version
1.x is designed to detect all snoopers that have been profiled by
Trapware. Basically, if Trapware is aware of the snooper, it has been
profiled. However, Trapware makes no guarantees or warranties regarding
the detection of snoopers (please see our license agreement for WWM).
Trapware's WWM version 1.x snoop detectors only detect snoopers that
are installed on the computer that the snoop detector is executed
on. As a result, if a snooping product is installed on a network,
unless WWM is run on the computer with the snooper installed on it,
it will not detect this network snooper. When a snooper detector product
claims to detect all snoopers, Trapware encourages consumers to be
highly cautious. Trapware has chosen to be very honest with users
that it is possible that a snooper may not yet be detectable by WWM.
We feel it is in the best interests of our users to tell them frankly
about this possibility, rather than make a false claim that we detect
all known and unknown snoopers. |
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| A "blocker program"
or "blocker" (sometimes referred to as filtering programs)
is a computer program used for blocking access to certain resources
on the Internet. For example, a typical blocker will examine each
web site (typically the URL) before it is accessed, and if the web
site has been identified as a site to be blocked, the request will
be blocked and the user will be denied the request. A blocker can
be installed on an individual's computer, or it can be installed on
another computer through which all Internet data traffic passes. Often
in corporate environments, a blocker is not installed on each user's
computer, but the blocker is typically installed on a computer on
the network that has access to all the Internet traffic. Blocker's
can also keep a record of all the Internet resources accessed by each
user. |
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| No. Trapware's WWM version
1.x is designed to detect all blockers that have been profiled by
Trapware. Basically, if Trapware is aware of the blocker, it has been
profiled. However, Trapware makes no guarantees or warranties regarding
the detection of blockers (please see our license agreement for WWM).
And similar to the detection of snoopers, if the blocker is installed
on another computer and not yours, it will not detect the blocker. |
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| No. Trapware's WWM version
1.x is designed to detect snoopers and blockers installed on your
individual computer. It does not detect whether snoopers or blockers
are installed on your computer network or any other computer network. |
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| WWM version 1.x was
designed to detect whether a snooper is installed on your computer.
If a snooper is installed, and if the snooper is logging keystrokes,
the person responsible for the snooper can probably read through everything
you typed, including the emails you send. Please keep in mind that
any email you send, unless you encrypt your email, can be read by
computers as the email "passes by". Accordingly, even if
you do not have any snoopers installed on your computer, system administrators
usually have full access to all incoming and outgoing email, and,
as a result, your email can easily be read by someone else even though
you may not have any snoopers. In addition, if you have email messages
stored on your computer, and if these local messages are not encrypted,
it is possible that someone else who has access to your computer could
read your email. |
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| Please read the above
question and answer with respect to email. The answer above applies
to electronic files as well. Files stored on a network, if they are
not encrypted, can be accessed by anyone who can get to them. Even
if your files are stored on your own computer, if your computer is
connected to a network, it is possible that others on the network
can access your files. |
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| Not yet. Currently,
WWM version 1.x products are designed to detect snoopers but are not
designed to disable them. This feature is being added to our product,
but is not yet ready for release. We will, of course, announce this
disabling feature on our web site when it's ready for release. Typically
if one finds a snooper on his or her computer, there is a much bigger
problem than just removing the snooper. In almost all cases, someone
that the person knows and trusts has installed the snooper on the
computer. Unlike viruses or trojans, snoopers are typically installed
by a spouse, a lover, a coworker, etc., who has access to your computer.
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