Is is true that anyone can track what you do on the computer?

Answer 1

yes, this is true.

Answer 2

If you have spyware that is the trojan type then the answer is yes. Also if someone has put a key logger (logs your keystrokes) on your computer then they can keep track of everything you type and yes that means your passwords too. Key loggers come in hardware form and software products. Hardware key loggers are easier to find since they usually are located between your keyboard and your computer usually at the point where your keyboard is plugged into your computer you will find this mysterious looking piece between the keyboard connector coming from your keyboard and the keyboard connection to your computer. The software type is a lot more scary in that it is much harder to detect. Anyway, back to the trojan type of spyware. Like the trojan horse of legend you could have software that literally transmits what you do on your computer to another computer. There are products on the market that allow someone to literally take over your computer as if they were sitting at your keyboard. Trojans are many times referred to as viruses too. Recently they have been found in spyware also. Spyware is usually a program placed on your computer either while you were installing a computer program or someone has managed to find an open port on your computer and transferred the spyware code or program onto your computer. Spyware many times is included in your software. The software simply reports back to the manufacturer as to how or when or if you're using the software. It is a great way for manufacturers to gather marketing data, but is offensive to the user who has installed the software and either has not read the fine print in the EULA (users agreement) or as with some programs there just simply is no mention of the program sending data back "home." So the next question is probably how do I get rid of spyware and trojans. Use a good spyware scanning program and a good virus scanning program. The best ones being the ones you need to update since people and companies are always coming out with new viruses and spyware. It is well worth the price of a subscription to these scanning programs as losing your identity will cost you much, much more than the cost of the subscription not to mention the headaches and hassles and potential damage to your credit report.

Answer 3

It depends on how secure your computing environment is.

There are two major threats to your security and privacy:
1) viruses, trojans, keyloggers, etc (called malware or spyware)
These get on your computer and can monitor everything you do, including passwords and account information (even banking information) and can send that information back to whoever wrote the malware app. You can protect yourself from malware by only running programs from trusted sources, keeping your virus signatures up to date, and running a firewall that blocks outbound connections unless you approve them.

2) non-secure web access
Any time you transmit data across the internet that is not encrypted (SSL) parties in the middle (ISPs, backbone providers, the government) can monitor your Internet communications. Always make sure that private correspondance that you don't want monitored is sent in an encrypted way (you can encrypt email and IM, and the web uses SSL for encryption) to avoid evesdropping. Never submit personal information via a non-encrypted form and be wary of submitting information like credit card or social security to any site unless you trust it completely.

Also, make sure you clean up your history, stored passwords, cache, etc from your web browser. I suggest your run Firefox 1.5 and use the "clear private data" option to remove your history.

Right clicking the start menu and going to properties will allow you to clear information about what programs, searches and files have been accessed.

Answer 4

yes they can. there r alot of ways to do it two. like i know my husband has stuff on r network that tracks what we do. i think he likes to check up on me. anyways just make sure u dont do any bad stuff on her ok.

Answer 5

yup

Answer 6

YES THEY CAN IF YOU GIVE OUT PRIBVATE INFORMATION

Answer 7

yes if you have spyware.