This is assuming that your computer is connected to the internet to start with.

Police have been examining the ISP logs [which can be a mirror of everything you up or download] of suspected terrorists & paedophiles for a while and this is not even on your computer so it need not even be turned on!

Clever criminals do not use the internet at all. At least not for that type of activity.

I read of a German Paedophile who drove around with laptop with a un-registered connection and accessing WiFi hotspots. Seems a labour intensive way to access ARRSE however!

get a proxy ISP in another country, se Foxy proxy on Firefoxe

Originally Posted by Minnesota_Viking

I have slight paranoia about my computer security (because of interweb banking, with a b you bastards) and have installed firewalls, spyware, anti-virus all sorts of stuff.

All I have found is that hackers must think I have something to protect and I get attacked quite often. Fuckers.

It's all that dodgy German porn you scanned that they're after...

You know, the stuff with all those fat birds and the baby oil...

I once heard someone say "A safe computer is one not connected to the internet".
It is always possible to 'crack' someones PC through numerous ways, even with advanced security somebody in the know can do exactly what they want, especially organizations like MI5 etc.

Remote access is done various ways, a firewall can be by passed simply, your IP address got easily and many other things can be done to hack you such as keyloggers etc.

The police can only search a PC/Digital device if it is believed the user is breaking the law. There are many (some new) laws safe gaurding the net and peoples use but these are to deter people-they can still do it.

Stay of dodgy porn sites, scan everything you download and try not to break the law online.

Originally Posted by Minnesota_Viking

I have slight paranoia about my computer security (because of interweb banking, with a b you bastards) and have installed firewalls, spyware, anti-virus all sorts of stuff.

All I have found is that hackers must think I have something to protect and I get attacked quite often. Fuckers.

This is unlikely because you have a firewall etc installed. The more likely explanation is that you aren't being attacked / pinged etc any more now than you were before, the only difference is that you now have software installed that tells you when its happened/happening

Originally Posted by Petriburg

Originally Posted by Minnesota_Viking

I have slight paranoia about my computer security (because of interweb banking, with a b you bastards) and have installed firewalls, spyware, anti-virus all sorts of stuff.

All I have found is that hackers must think I have something to protect and I get attacked quite often. Fuckers.

It's all that dodgy German porn you scanned that they're after...

You know, the stuff with all those fat birds and the baby oil...

You know me too well.

Originally Posted by Harry Monk beinga bit of a smartarse

This is unlikely because you have a firewall etc installed. The more likely explanation is that you aren't being attacked / pinged etc any more now than you were before, the only difference is that you now have software installed that tells you when its happened/happening

Is it you, you geek?