Comments on: How To Recover, Track and Locate Stolen Notebook http://www.raymond.cc/blog/how-to-recover-track-and-locate-stolen-notebook/ Daily updated news of useful advanced computer tips and tricks Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:29:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Hitesh Agarwal http://www.raymond.cc/blog/how-to-recover-track-and-locate-stolen-notebook/#comment-511699 Hitesh Agarwal Wed, 01 Jun 2011 08:51:23 +0000 http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/2008/02/15/how-to-recover-track-and-locate-stolen-notebook/#comment-511699 Hi this download link of locate pc s not working.After dowload it is asking for password for installation and then it vanishes.Please raymond tell me Whats the issue??Is it acting something like trojan i believe Hi this download link of locate pc s not working.After dowload it is asking for password for installation and then it vanishes.Please raymond tell me Whats the issue??Is it acting something like trojan i believe

]]> By: TEJDEEP http://www.raymond.cc/blog/how-to-recover-track-and-locate-stolen-notebook/#comment-507603 TEJDEEP Tue, 15 Mar 2011 17:18:01 +0000 http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/2008/02/15/how-to-recover-track-and-locate-stolen-notebook/#comment-507603 hello sir, I have lost my laptop,Actually somebodt theft my laptop and did not install any theft protection software in that. So now is there any chances to get it back because i have very confidential data in that. i am very upset. Please Reply hello sir,
I have lost my laptop,Actually somebodt theft my laptop and did not install any theft protection software in that. So now is there any chances to get it back because i have very confidential data in that.
i am very upset.
Please Reply

]]> By: jT3elf http://www.raymond.cc/blog/how-to-recover-track-and-locate-stolen-notebook/#comment-474870 jT3elf Tue, 04 May 2010 11:58:03 +0000 http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/2008/02/15/how-to-recover-track-and-locate-stolen-notebook/#comment-474870 Very interesting to see how you guys using all the available technology for tracking stolen notebook.. I am still thinking, the best is to have an embedded GPS and GSM capabilities built-in the notebook. As long as any of this two signals are available, tracking it should not be a problem. I am using a small tracking device to track my wife car as well as for my wife to track my car, but this small device is not small enough to be built into a notebook. Perhaps, if it can be miniatured someday, all this tracking would be easily configured. Anyway, i found this blog very informative, and would use some of the recommended tool to track my kids notebook as well... Starksy Lee Kuching Very interesting to see how you guys using all the available technology for tracking stolen notebook..

I am still thinking, the best is to have an embedded GPS and GSM capabilities built-in the notebook. As long as any of this two signals are available, tracking it should not be a problem.

I am using a small tracking device to track my wife car as well as for my wife to track my car, but this small device is not small enough to be built into a notebook. Perhaps, if it can be miniatured someday, all this tracking would be easily configured.

Anyway, i found this blog very informative, and would use some of the recommended tool to track my kids notebook as well…

Starksy Lee
Kuching

]]> By: Mindmerge http://www.raymond.cc/blog/how-to-recover-track-and-locate-stolen-notebook/#comment-452496 Mindmerge Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:12:00 +0000 http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/2008/02/15/how-to-recover-track-and-locate-stolen-notebook/#comment-452496 HarpGuy, nice use of opendns. Thanks for the insight. HarpGuy, nice use of opendns. Thanks for the insight.

]]> By: HarpGuy http://www.raymond.cc/blog/how-to-recover-track-and-locate-stolen-notebook/#comment-441085 HarpGuy Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:55:52 +0000 http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/2008/02/15/how-to-recover-track-and-locate-stolen-notebook/#comment-441085 Just FYI, LocatePC has had a lot of problems on Vista. I don't know, at this writing (7 July 2009), if they've been fixed. I suspect not, but since it has been over a year since I last checked, I probably should when I finish this posting. Also, as for the reverse-connect trojan thing, there's a much simpler, safer way, to wit: Use the OpenDNS updater utility and run it as a service, not a process running in the system tray (this stealths it); and then have it auto-update the DNS-0-Matic web site with the laptop's IP address every 15 minutes. You'll have to create OpenDNS and DNS-O-Matic accounts, of course, but those are harmless. Of course, that said, by creating a free account at OpenDNS, one would then be able to avail oneself of it; and I heartily recommend that everyone use OpenDNS instead of their ISP's DNS servers. Even if one doesn't actually configure any of the filters, OpenDNS's default phishing web site blocking ALONE makes it work using. And it's free, of course. At any rate, once you've created the OpenDNS and DNS-O-Matic accounts; and once you've downloaded and configured the OpenDNS updating client to run at Windows startup, and to run as a service (so that it's stealthed), you can simply login to either of them (preferably the DNS-O-Matic account) at any time and see what IP address your stolen laptop is using. By doing it that way, you avoid having to fiddle around with potentially dangerous trojans which you probably have no business trying to tame to work for you instead of against you. Why even bother when you can accomplish the same thing so easily and with no risk to your machine? Just thought I'd try to help! Just FYI, LocatePC has had a lot of problems on Vista. I don’t know, at this writing (7 July 2009), if they’ve been fixed. I suspect not, but since it has been over a year since I last checked, I probably should when I finish this posting.

Also, as for the reverse-connect trojan thing, there’s a much simpler, safer way, to wit: Use the OpenDNS updater utility and run it as a service, not a process running in the system tray (this stealths it); and then have it auto-update the DNS-0-Matic web site with the laptop’s IP address every 15 minutes. You’ll have to create OpenDNS and DNS-O-Matic accounts, of course, but those are harmless.

Of course, that said, by creating a free account at OpenDNS, one would then be able to avail oneself of it; and I heartily recommend that everyone use OpenDNS instead of their ISP’s DNS servers. Even if one doesn’t actually configure any of the filters, OpenDNS’s default phishing web site blocking ALONE makes it work using. And it’s free, of course.

At any rate, once you’ve created the OpenDNS and DNS-O-Matic accounts; and once you’ve downloaded and configured the OpenDNS updating client to run at Windows startup, and to run as a service (so that it’s stealthed), you can simply login to either of them (preferably the DNS-O-Matic account) at any time and see what IP address your stolen laptop is using.

By doing it that way, you avoid having to fiddle around with potentially dangerous trojans which you probably have no business trying to tame to work for you instead of against you. Why even bother when you can accomplish the same thing so easily and with no risk to your machine?

Just thought I’d try to help!

]]> By: Greg Bern http://www.raymond.cc/blog/how-to-recover-track-and-locate-stolen-notebook/#comment-435355 Greg Bern Sat, 30 May 2009 11:39:51 +0000 http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/2008/02/15/how-to-recover-track-and-locate-stolen-notebook/#comment-435355 =another site says not work on vista and needs SMTP and port for mail server for it to work.. can you let me know when vers for vista is out and how to find SMTP and port. thanks for helpful articles. =another site says not work on vista and needs SMTP and port for mail server for it to work.. can you let me know when vers for vista is out and how to find SMTP and port. thanks for helpful articles.

]]> By: TJ http://www.raymond.cc/blog/how-to-recover-track-and-locate-stolen-notebook/#comment-435344 TJ Sat, 30 May 2009 09:34:33 +0000 http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/2008/02/15/how-to-recover-track-and-locate-stolen-notebook/#comment-435344 Hi Raymond, which Reverse Connect Trojan software did you use? I wouldn't mind installing it in my laptop but it's hard to find a good one w/o sifting through all the hardly legal sites. Thanks, TJ Hi Raymond,

which Reverse Connect Trojan software did you use?
I wouldn’t mind installing it in my laptop but it’s hard to find a good one w/o sifting through all the hardly legal sites.

Thanks, TJ

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