monitoring activity

[Guest]

Is there any way to monitor internet activity with XP such as logon activity
to websites, specifically yahoo mail? Is there a log created anywhere in XP
where I can view which accounts may have signed into yahoo mail and when? I
know there is software available for purchase to do this but is there
anywhere in windows which creates a simple log of this data?

 

[Guest]

Honestly without spending money on a program you're not gonna get the log
files you want. If this is a necessity for your computer then you are better
off spending the money to buy the program.

 

[David Candy]

How do people access Yahoo mail?

 

[Guest]

Penny,

I guess I should have told you that the logs were already produced (printed
versions). What I cannot determine is if they were produced by windows or
another program. I am trying to figure out if the machine has a program like
this loaded on it which I do not know about or if this information was
extracted by XP. I appreciate your help.

 

[Guest]

I'm sorry, I don't understand what you are looking for.

 

[David Candy]

Mail like yahoo, which I'm not specifically familiar with (I'm a snob), can usually be accessed by Internet Explorer as a web page or Outlook Express as a mail client. Which are you trying to find.

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I'm sorry, I don't understand what you are looking for.

 

[Guest]

I access yahoo mail via internet explorer and the yahoo web page. But what I
am asking is if a log is created anywhere in XP showing when and which yahoo
accounts have logged into yahoo mail? As I stated to Penny above, these were
produced in printed format but I cannot determine if they were created by XP
or a software program which is installed that I am unaware of. In other words
is there some monitor (other than History) where I can see which web pages
have been accessed and what yahoo accounts have been used? Thanks for your
help David. Much appreciated.

 

[David Candy]

I doubt your logs are from XP. XP doesn't log web pages. It can log email though (web pages aren't email but are web pages to XP). Post a sample output and we can be surer. XP can log all internet traffic, which would include web access, but it's not a pretty output and is useless for humans to read.

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I access yahoo mail via internet explorer and the yahoo web page. But what I
am asking is if a log is created anywhere in XP showing when and which yahoo
accounts have logged into yahoo mail? As I stated to Penny above, these were
produced in printed format but I cannot determine if they were created by XP
or a software program which is installed that I am unaware of. In other words
is there some monitor (other than History) where I can see which web pages
have been accessed and what yahoo accounts have been used? Thanks for your
help David. Much appreciated.

 

[Kerry Brown]

Penny,

I guess I should have told you that the logs were already produced
(printed
versions). What I cannot determine is if they were produced by windows or
another program. I am trying to figure out if the machine has a program
like
this loaded on it which I do not know about or if this information was
extracted by XP. I appreciate your help.

Heidi

Are you trying to circumvent an employer's right to monitor what you are
doing on their computer? My apologies in advance if that is not the case. If
that is the case then they have the right to monitor what you do on their
computer.

Yahoo mail is usually accessed through a web browser. Someone who knows what
they are doing can track which sites you accessed but if the logons use a
secure web page then not your password. If someone has presented you with
printed logs that include user account data then I suspect a keylogger
program is involved. If a commercial keylogger has been installed then you
need advanced knowledge of XP to find it. If it is a commercial program most
antivirus and antispyware programs will not flag it as malware. You will
have to hunt it down manually. A competent computer tech could do this. It
is not something that could be easily taught via a newsgroup.

Kerry

 

[Guest]

Apology accepted! And I think you have sufficiently answered my question.