RE: how to PHYSICALLY disable computers from any networking

["Nick Vaernhoej" <nick.vaernhoej () capitalcardservices com>]

Buy a PC without onboard NIC or disable this in the BIOS.

What about giving her an Ubuntu CD to play with for a month?
This would rule out her running something as usual that installs a Trojan.

It is quite the story you tell.
Why don't you simply do a packet capture? See what's going on.

Nick

-  -----Original Message-----
-  From: listbounce () securityfocus com
-  [mailto:listbounce () securityfocus com] On Behalf Of Cricket's Courage
-  Sent: Monday, September 22, 2008 6:05 PM
-  To: security-basics () securityfocus com
-  Subject: how to PHYSICALLY disable computers from any networking
-  
-  I have been consulting with someone who has been stalked for some
-  years by someone hacking into her computer.  She has been through 4
-  different computers, multiple ISPs, but he always finds her within a
-  half hour.  She has even registered the computer with a fake name and
-  location, but somehow he knows her so well, he is able to recognize
-  something or other and things are shot again.
-  
-  She has now gotten Vista Home and so it is possible to see deeply into
-  what is going on, but try as we do, he keeps figuring out ways ahead
-  and she can now never ever be the administrator (or even "an
-  administrator") or "Owner" (when she does that, "Trusted Installer"
-  shows up in user accounts.   So multiple services are cut off from her
-  in increasing numbers as she tries to keep him out).
-  
-  When she goes into safe mode limited services, he has already added
-  networking services and if she closes the tools he is using to watch,
-  and control, he uses Remote Procedure Call to reboot her computer.
-  
-  This past year, she had fast internet for the first time (always lived
-  in the sticks before) and in the past 10 months, she has had access
-  for at least reasonable periods for only a handful of months.   She
-  has now had 2 solid months of zero internet and had to cancel vonage
-  as she could get no phone calls.
-  
-  This happens even when the verizon modem is disconnected physically.
-  It happens even when it is turned off (using neighbor's service), but
-  she can no longer even SEE his or neighbor's connections.   At least
-  for the past 10 months, she could see that see was on his "network"
-  with his network showing up as between her and the internet, with a
-  big X between him and the internet unless he chose to give her access.
-  
-  Right now she is waiting for her Verizon service service to be
-  cancelled in early November --- but then she still has the neighbors
-  and businesses all around her apartment.   He has been able to cut her
-  off from the internet since the very beginning many years ago, so
-  dial-up won't help either at this point.
-  
-  HOW can she totally PHYSICALLY disable internet (networking)
-  capabability from her computer and future computers?   Every time she
-  reinstalls, more and more restrictions are already in place from the
-  very beginning.   She even is totally blocked from looking at or
-  changing many areas in the registry where she used to try to block
-  him out.
-  '
-  HELP?????
-  
-  Cricket

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