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Dec 15th, 1999, 11:07 PM
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Thread Starter
Frenzied Member
My pc is permanently online.
Is it possible to tell if there is any thing being is being transmitted (by ftp or any other means) from my PC without my knowledge?
Why do I want to know this I hear you ask.
Well, I just downloaded an ocx from codeguru which checks the validity of a credit card.
You have to enter the expiry date and credit card number and it then tells you the issuer and if it is a valid card or not.
It occured to me that there would be nothing to stop the writer of this ocx to have embedded a bit of ftp (or similar) code to send all these details to the other side of the world!
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Mark Sreeves
Analyst Programmer
[email protected]
A BMW Group Company
[This message has been edited by Mark Sreeves (edited 12-16-1999).]
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