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Locate a stolen computer through LocatePC

Unfortunately, the theft of computers are a constantly growing phenomenon, so that now whenever you travel reaching learned their notebook you see us forced to keep it constantly under control in an almost paranoid! If you think you're exaggerating just you try some 'of times in a row to leave it on the seat while the car paused in Autogrill or to support it for a moment while the ground mountings on a taxi ... You can see firsthand how much will not pass the first time to see your valuable business tool literally take flight!

A stolen computer is causing a huge damage not only for the value dell'hadware in itself, since (at least most of the time) for the importance of data contained in it (email, documents, credentials, users and passwords, ...). LocatePC is a small free application that if previously installed and configured on your PC, you can hope for a more than able to recover or trace your computer stolen, because this little software is able to intercept any change the IP address associated with computer and send an e-mail is preconfigured with all the data on the computer (model, serial number, ...) or a traceroute that can enable police to identify through 'ISP users who used the computer to access to the Internet.

Here's an example of a message from LocatePC:

Message sent: 7/19/06 11:43:06 (universal time: 7/19/06 19:43:06)
Computer's host name: John_Desktop
Logged in Windows account name: John

Found 2 network connection (s) on this computer (this list may be incomplete):
1 Name: myisp Type: Dialup modem Phone number: (555) 555-4321 User name: jsmith
2 Name: BigCo Type: PPPoE Service name: MySvc User name: (empty)

Computer's IP address web reported by ip.locatepc.com: 216.239.142.3
To learn more about this IP address, use the IP tests at www.dnsstuff.com.

Local computer's IP address (es):
Adapter 1: 101.151.8.92

Computer's MAC address (es):
Adapter 1 (ZX-11 Ethernet): 00-21-54-17-64-26

Trace route to www.locatepc.com:
Hop Name / IP Addr
1 Router [101.151.2.1]
2 101.151.8.92
3 cust-quik.pdx.or.uspops.net [216.239.161.82]
4 Fe1-1-300.gw0.pdx.or.uspops.net [216.239.161.81]
5 206-169-234-45.gen.twtelecom.net [206.169.234.45]
6-core 02-ge-3-1-0-508.ptld.twtelecom.net [66,192,248,108]

Identifying information (owner name / address, computer model / serial number):
This computer is the property of:
John Smith
123 Elm Street
Anyville, NY 12345

Computer brand: ABC
Computer model: Megazoom 10,000

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IF YOU RECEIVED THIS MESSAGE AFTER YOUR COMPUTER WAS STOLEN:
Show this message to law enforcement authorities. They may be able to use it to identify the ISP, and the ISP can probably find out which account was using the computer when the email was sent. This may lead to the identification of the perpetrator (s) and the recovery of your computer.

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This message was automatically created and sent by LocatePC v1.4.5
LocatePC web site: http://www.iconico.com/locatePC

For notifications via email, the site of LocatePC suggested to create an account with AOL, Bluebottle, Gawab or @ inMail24.

Via MakeUseOf

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