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[tek777]

One of my users with an open wireless home network told me that she suddenly started seeing sentances being typed in her email, and she was not the one doing it. Is it possible that this could be overlap from another wireless network, say if someone was on the same channel? Would you think it was a virus? All security patches were applied, but no firewall or antivirus.

Thanks

 

[bcastner]

Check whether the MS Office alternative input method helper is active, particularly Text-to-Speech. This has driven more than one person to hair-pulling.

It is not "overlap from another wirless network", although conceivably someone could join her network and use a LAN connection to do various things.

Install a firewall: Zone Alerm, Kerio, Tiny, Sygate and others offer free and excellent ones.

At least enable MAC filtering on the AP/Router to secure against unauthorized use.

ownload and run in this order:

cwshredder *
SpyBot 1.2 *
AdAware *

* = Update the definition files within the program as the first step.

http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads.php?cat=sp#det

At a minimum, use the freeware AVG antivirus product and implement active AV scanning.

 

[micker377]

This is known to happen if a wireless keyboard is used on desktop computers.