By MymB612 - 24/09/2013 11:15

Today, yet again, I got to my desk at work at 8 AM to find my laptop turned on and porn sites opened. Weird porn sites. I have no idea who is doing this, or how they have access to my office, or how they got my login password. HR thinks I'm making this up. FML
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MymB612 tells us more.

Hey everyone, OP here :) Thanks for the funny comments, it IS a weird situation, you have no idea what it's like to try to convince the HR lady that "**** site were appearing on my desktop and I have no idea who is doing it or how it's being done" :P Let me clear a few things up (since the debates were polarized around change your password / install nanny cam / take laptop home): 1- Our login passwords are company issued and the IT change them every 6 months. If I want to change it I have to submit a formal request to the HR department, and since the lady didn't believe me back then, it wasn't an option to change it. 2- I did think about the nanny cam and wanted to get one so i could catch the culprit but the situation was solved before i had a chance to do that. 3- About taking the laptop home, not an option since they are extremely stingy and attached to their stuff (we actually have to send a friggin' email if we want pens or paper...) so they would have had that "HOW DARE SHE" look if i had suggested it :P Turns out the HR department got another complaint of the same nature from an employee from another floor, and since there were now two complaints they decided to investigate, and lo and behold, the most typical of twists... IT WAS THE JANITOOOOR They haven't said much yet, like about how he got the passwords (i'm guessing mopping behind us while we log in or something, we never really thought to notice if he was looking) and obviously he had keys. Still don't know why he picked our laptops, or why he didn't just look for **** elsewhere :/ or why he didn't just close the windows when he's done or whatever... Hopefully we'll find out more. So there you go :)

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Lookonthesunnysi 10

Well, I think I'd be sterilizing my laptop and everything around it :-P

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Love the username of OP! Especially considering the sites that are being left open on her laptop! ;)

Shouldn't there be cameras around your office? If not, put some up yourself. Don't let this whoever screw with you.

Take your laptop home with you. Change your password to something fairly different and difficult that you can remember. If you change it and they're still doing it then it must be someone in IT with access to your password and account. Most work networks block ****, well I would have thought so anyway. Check for viruses thoroughly, also, as the last thing you want is to lose important work info. I would also suggest asking to check camera footage if one is near your desk, or perhaps move it to another desk if possible and come in even earlier to see if the culprit walks to your desk.

happyfingers 15

Ever think it might be someone in HR and that's why they won't help? They're all in on it >.> Really though, maybe you can get a look at the security footage?

time to set up a tiny cam and see who it is you might be surprised

My guess is you got a virus &/or spyware on your computer. Have the IT department do a complete & thorough scan of the system. The hard drive might need to be wiped clean to get rid of it if it's in deep, so they should backup the important files. Once that is done change the password. If you have a key-logger in your system, changing the password is obsolete.

I'd also see what is starting up in the registry. Sounds like a virus to me too. I came across this numerous times working Dell tech support.