<font size="4"><font face="times new roman,serif">Hi all<br><br>Found this mini-review on Windows Secrets (free weekly lite version or a "pay what you feel like" full version -</font></font><span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium;"><font size="4"> </font><a href="http://windowssecrets.com">http://windowssecrets.com</a>)</span><div>
<span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium;"><br>
This is from a special security themed issue:<br><br></span></div><div><span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; font-size: medium;"><b>Prey </b>(<a href="http://preyproject.com/">http://preyproject.com/</a>) (free for up to three computers.) So far, I'm impressed with what I've seen. Running silently in the background, it locks down any portable flagged as stolen by sounding an audible tone and requiring a password for access. It then e-mails the account owner the portable's IP address (along with a map of the machine's current location), a picture from the webcam (if it has one built in), and a screenshot of what was last on its screen. You can also enable the guest account, which limits access to the notebook's data but ensures you will get the alerts when someone powers it up (provided it's able to connect to the Internet.)<br>
<br>It's open-source and</span><br><pre><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2">"It runs in Windows and *NIX systems as well (Mac, Linux). It is licensed
by the GPLv3 which means you can do just about anything with it, as long as
you respect the licence's terms.)" (<a href="https://github.com/tomas/prey">https://github.com/tomas/prey</a>)</font><br><br><font size="4">There IS a pro version (monthly cost - various plans) which unlocks more features.<br>
<br>I installed it a few weeks ago, as I'm travelling overseas and would be a bit upset<br>if my netbook disappeared!<br>Nothing's exploded yet!</font> <font size="4">But neither has my netbook disappeared!</font><br>
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<div dir="ltr"><br>Regards<br><br>COLIN SUTTON<br>(ICT Monty SC - on LSL pending retirement)<br></div><br>