What the hell

Mr. Nest what the hell are you doing and how are you doing it?

it is like there is a damn poltergeist here.. man wtf?

What did you do?

to those of you who are confused by this

mr. nest did something.. and as a result, he is able to control my (desktop) computer.. from the computer at his job..

so basically he is controlling my computer in the same way he would if he were right here..

it is freaking me out...

it is like my computer is possessed or something..

i wanna know how he did it..

What i did is pretty simple. I installed aVNC client on the home computer, and it allows you to either use your computer as a Television in a department store window (watch but don't touch) or to directly access it remotely and do things on it from another location.
the software is free, just google VNC and you will find quite a few different free versions, plus tons of online help to configure it.

------A brief synopsis of what i did-----
after installing the vnc server software i downloaded a free copy of the viewer which can be run from a folder or thumbdrive without installing it for use at work.
then i ran the vnc client on the computer and changed the default settings for a remote connection ( don't want to get 0wned!) to another port of my choosing (instead of the default port of 5200, to something like 3000, or 1776) and put a large complex password for full access and another strong password for viewing only.

Next since my computer connects to a router i had to make some changes on the router for port fowarding (when more than one computer is connected to the net through a router, port fowarding will help send the right signals to the right computer; like you have a desktop and a webserver connected to a router, you would need to foward port 80 to the webserver, so whenever someone tries to access your IP address on port 80 the router will automatically send the info to your webserver and not your desktop) so that any connections to my router on port 1776 (example) will be sent to the computer with vnc installed.
You will also have to make an exception to the rules set up on your firewall for the same.

after all that i opened my web browser and went to ipchicken to get my IP address ( I know i can get it through the routers config screen but i was already on the net so sue me!) write it down and also write the password down and port # then go to work.

at work i plug in my thumbdrive with the viewer software on it and run the vnc.exe, then i put in the IP address followed by the port # (111.222.333.444:1776) then the password (P4SSw0rd!) and voila i have a screen of my desktop at home

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-----Why Should I do it?-----
Now i might as well make a brief comment on reasons why you would do this, besides to freak out your girlfriend, mom, brother, etc...
Lets say you are restricted from accessing the web at work or restricted from what you can acces on the web while at work(like google maps, yahoo, or certain forums i will not mention...) or you have kids at home and you wonder what they are doing on the computer while you are at work (talking to michael jackson in a AOL chatroom) or a wife who is a little shifty sometimes ( talking to Jesse Jackson in a Aol chatroom) this is a good way to keep an eye on em.... or you can use it to place nasty pornographic wallpaper on your roommates computer desktop when you know his mom is visiting... owned

You're lucky you're my boyfriend.. otherwise i'd have to kick your ass.. you scared the crap out of me by using that talk it program.. and thw wierd thing is if computers could talk that is probably what it would sound like..

though that would be a cool prank to play on someone..

If I have kids,I'm gettin me that program.

That would scare the crap outta most people.....

My dad did that once to acess his compy at work on mine.

A friend of mine used Talk it! to recreate the part in the excorcist when the girl is posessed and curses out the priest and matched the tone of voice perfectly...... But i wouldn't condone such unscrupulous behavior....

B.A would probably slap you for that.

Geez! You totally hacked Black Angel's cpu. I'm supprised she hasn't flown completely off the handle. (no offense.)

lol nah.. he didn't hack me.. he used a program called tight vnc..

he linked to it in his first post..

but yeah i suppose it is useful.. i mean its not like i do anything incriminating on my computer.. so yeah..

he was able to open and use photoshop and everything..

i opened notepad and typed that message to mess with him..

when i posted this topic, i had just woken up..

and to my surprise, my computer was talking to me and saying 'hey baby.. what are you doing?"

imagine being woken up like that..

That would scare anyone.

That's why next time he should say who it is.

But wait a second,what if the computer was turned off?

This post has been edited by Dark Mage on Oct 3 2006, 12:05 AM

I'm guessing if it's off it's like the computer doesn't exist.

then he'd be out of luck..

Gee, I didn't know someone would do something like that.

My dad normally goes on this thing that tells him what the computers done lately... and constantly asking me if I'm looking at porn (Hell no -.-) and a couple reasons... But he's completely ok with this website (took alot of convincing) but i've nether heard or seen that thing before