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My wife has a new job WFH. Today we noticed that every time she stands up from her chair, the computer makes that noise Windows makes when you disconnect hardware. And when she sits back down, Windows makes the noise when you connect hardware. Thought maybe connections were loose and her movements triggered that, but they're all tight and there are no pop-ups on the computer stating any hardware has been connected or disconnected. It's freaking creepy. Anyone have ideas?
Are her phone or headphones connected wirelessly?
Nope, nothing is
Did she recently get a dental filling?
I've seen instances of this manifesting in other ways (computer waking up when walking by, etc). I would try reseating everything if you haven't already. Windows does have an event log somewhere that hopefully logs when it happens and what is being removed. Searching around, it appears to be called eventvwr. Unfortunately, I only use Windows for work so don't have any experience in this part of debugging. You would need to do some searching on how to use it. My guess is you'd filter by events over some time period (e.g. last five minutes if you start right after this happens) and look at the events that happened.
Thanks, I will look into this
Maybe something is connected via Bluetooth and when she gets so far away it disconnects?
Not to sound all paranoid, but they're tracking her. They're documenting every time she leave's her 'work station'.
yep
Is the computer hers or the employers'? If the former and they didn't provide notice before installing spyware, that would be a pretty big red flag. If the latter, still a red flag, albeit not as big of one.
Employer's.
Cover the camera when not in use
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My wife has a new job WFH. Today we noticed that every time she stands up from her chair, the computer makes that noise Windows makes when you disconnect hardware. And when she sits back down, Windows makes the noise when you connect hardware. Thought maybe connections were loose and her movements triggered that, but they're all tight and there are no pop-ups on the computer stating any hardware has been connected or disconnected. It's freaking creepy. Anyone have ideas?
Are her phone or headphones connected wirelessly?
Nope, nothing is
Did she recently get a dental filling?
I've seen instances of this manifesting in other ways (computer waking up when walking by, etc). I would try reseating everything if you haven't already. Windows does have an event log somewhere that hopefully logs when it happens and what is being removed. Searching around, it appears to be called
eventvwr. Unfortunately, I only use Windows for work so don't have any experience in this part of debugging. You would need to do some searching on how to use it. My guess is you'd filter by events over some time period (e.g. last five minutes if you start right after this happens) and look at the events that happened.Thanks, I will look into this
Maybe something is connected via Bluetooth and when she gets so far away it disconnects?
Not to sound all paranoid, but they're tracking her. They're documenting every time she leave's her 'work station'.
yep
Is the computer hers or the employers'? If the former and they didn't provide notice before installing spyware, that would be a pretty big red flag. If the latter, still a red flag, albeit not as big of one.
Employer's.
Cover the camera when not in use