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How To Prevent Server From Accessing My Files!??

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by gehad-

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Hey ALL
This Is My Post Here And I Will Be Honored If i Got My Problem Fixed
I'm Using Windows XP SP2, I'm Using Symantic Antivirus and I'm Making The XP Firewall ON..
Btw I'm Connecting With Friends "LAN" And SOme One Is Using Server 2003 And He Knows My Ip Address And Mac And All That and When i Enter Mozilla Or Internet Explorer I Got a Screen And Enter My USER NAME & Password Which he Gives it to me
The Qu. now is DOES HE HAVE ACCESS TO MY FILES AND PRIVATE DATA WITHOUT I SHARE THEM OR NOT..
AND IF HE HAVE THIS ACCESS AND CAN SEE WHATEVER HE WANTS IN MY HARDDRIVE.. HOW CAN I PREVENT HIM From Doing That!!!
btw if i changed My IP i will Not be able to Connect to the NET..
I Just Need a Tool Or Do SomethinG Preventing Him From Seeing Or Taking My Private Data or any Other Data..
ANother QU. Can i Know If He Had Copied Any Of My Data Or Not !??
i'm SO Thankfull all :)

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by brian

If the server he is using is the domain controller (DC)and you are part of that domain, it is very difficult to get around that coz he just makes use of the administrative account (superuser on the domain) to access your machine anytime!

Is that person on the DC or he is just an ordinary user on the network?

But i strongly believe he is managing the network with the machine he is using!

I'll be waiting for your feedback

BJ

by gehad-

I Dunno What Domain Controller Means.. I Didn't Setup Any Prog. in my pc and he didn't do anything in my pc too.. all i did i just added the IP and the SUbnet mask and DNS he Gives them to me and if i changed anything i can't have connection to internet.. and yes he Managing the internet .. Limits the download speed and times and can logme off anytime he wants
but i did something hope u tell me is it usefull or not.. Right Click "MY Computer"> Manage>Shared Folders>SHares
then i Stop Sharing my Drives C:$,D:$
Then i ENtered a Value in my Regestiry to prevent the shares again " C:$ , D:$ " cuz when i restart the pc and enter MANAGE Again SHARED FOLDERS i Found them again ..
and another thing Right Click on my computer > Properties > Computer Name > " i'm a member of WorkGroup Not a DOMAIN ..
Anyway Thanks For Your Reply and hope u got my problem and my pc status
bye :)

by gehad-

Hey.. Thx Peconet for ur reply
but i didn't wanna change my Ip
the sites u gave them to me will hide or change my Ip in the net but i wanna Prevent a PC in my network to see my drives

by cg it

and you don't use the administrator account as your general use account and you use a firewall on your computer, you should be relatively safe.

A workgroup is a security boundry and by default, when Windows is installed it is joined to a workgroup named workgroup [or MSHome]. Until it's joined to another workgroup, that workgroup acts as a security boundry.

Using a non administrator account as your general user account provides additional security. A non administrator account is a standard user account which has limited rights on your computer. Those limited rights would prevent someone who obtains your user name and password from changing your operating system.

Use of a firewall will prevent someone from trying to "hack" in.

All these steps are best security practices for computer use and have been around for quite some time.

by gehad-

No I'm Using an Administrator Account On My Pc And The Person i Was Talking About Didn't Know The User and The Password, He Know A User I Enter When i Open Mozilla Or Internet Explorer.. he's Using a Software Called Microtik Or somethin' like.
anyway i unistalled the Client and server Network and now i'm not in Workgroup or MSHome or Anything and yah i'm using XP SP2 Firewall And Symantic Antivirus..
I Should be Safe from any Hack Attack Or any Access From That Person Who Using the Server ?
Anyway Realy i'm Thankful for ur help :)

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