It's possible that they had downloaded it elsewhere and saved it to a DVD, external hard drive, etc. then accessed it on the work computer, but given the limited benefit of such as scenario it's a fair assumption it was downloaded there. Once thing you might consider is looking at the properties of the shortcuts and see where it was saved to. You might also consider casually mentioning it to your boss; I'm sure they would like to know their bandwidth is apparently being used to download multimedia for personal use, especially if copyright/legal issues come into play.
John
Whilst having a quiet moment at work - I have had a quick browse through the file system on my PC - running XP Pro. In My Computer - I clicked on the Local Disk C - which then expanded - then clicked on Documents and Settings which then expanded - and saw several other names in there as well as mine.
Administrator, All Users, my name, and several others that are of administrator standard throughout the company - which did not strike me as too odd.
Clicking on the names I can see folders of Cookies, Favourites, Local ettings etc and one for My Recent Documents. When I click on my name and look in My Recent Documents - it lists all of the documents that I have accessed in the last few weeks - no problem there.
When I click on one of the other names I see entries that look like they are shortcuts to places where music and video may have been downloaded from - an example is:
[isoHunt] My Name Is Earl - Complete S02 - 23 Episodes [TVRip-XviD].torrent.........its size is 1KB and it is a shortcut and was last accessed/modified a month or so ago. There are some 30 or so files with similar titles/names.
Am I safe in my assumption that the named person has been downloading music/video on our network at work?
Regards,
Tony
tony@mannings.uk.com
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