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TSFantasia
post Apr 8 2010, 03:15 PM, updated 16y ago

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What will you do when your laptop get stolen?? Instead of jumping up and down or crying or being mad about this, why don't put some hopes on this programme and guess what?? IT'S FREE!!!! Some will say that those thieves will format your laptop so this might not help but I think we should be more optimistic. Who knows that thief is a computer idiot?? sweat.gif At least this programme does give you some chance to get your laptop back. You can download it here
Below is the test i did.

When you activate missing status, you will get an email:
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You can also set an alarm to inform the thief that you are monitoring your laptop(the alarm sound can help you to find where is your laptop if it's nearby):
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After X minutes(you can set how long you want), you will get the picture of the thief, location of your laptop, programme running and screenshot of your laptop as well ^^ (this is what make the programme so impressive):
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*In order to get the location, you need WIFI connection(What I mean is the thief need to use your laptop to connect to WIFI) or built-in GPS adapter.
What are you waiting for?? Get it now before it's too late!!! Hopefully this thing can be useful to all of you.
This programme not only for Windows. It's also for Mac OS and Linux as well as Mobile OS, Android!!!


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post Apr 8 2010, 03:20 PM

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wow ... it sounds interesting, but I haven't tried it yet ... definitely will try on it later.
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post Apr 8 2010, 03:22 PM

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explore your laptop to 3rd party program ? interesting stuff....
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post Apr 8 2010, 03:25 PM

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you can't explore but get info ....
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post Apr 8 2010, 03:26 PM

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But what if the thief just re-format ur PC? can still track?
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post Apr 8 2010, 03:27 PM

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nice, but its somehow hard pray for thieves to get into online.

Can use to monitor family laptop when kid using rite? biggrin.gif
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post Apr 8 2010, 03:27 PM

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QUOTE(selectionsearch @ Apr 8 2010, 03:26 PM)
But what if the thief just re-format ur PC? can still track?
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plz take a look at my 1st post... It does give u some chance, not 100%
QUOTE(techies_kid @ Apr 8 2010, 03:27 PM)
nice, but its somehow hard pray for thieves to get into online.

Can use to monitor family laptop when kid using rite? biggrin.gif
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yup but not second by second sync. it's like 5-10 minutes... i dont think this is a good programme if u want to monitor ur kid...

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post Apr 8 2010, 04:14 PM

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Wow thats helpful, first was android phones, now laptop!
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post Apr 8 2010, 04:44 PM

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This can only work if you are able to track the thief before he sells it .... you won't be able to recover if he has sold it to a bona fide 3rd party from a legal point of view ..

but interesting application ...
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post Apr 8 2010, 04:50 PM

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It also says in the program that once you have set your laptop as "missing"
Your laptop will try to connect to the nearest public Wi-Fi and send the report to you laugh.gif
Its not full proof, but at least there's still some hope of finding your beloved laptop back icon_rolleyes.gif

Good work to TS for introducing and also sharing this program, cheers!
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post Apr 8 2010, 05:13 PM

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Thanks for sharing. At least it gives us chance to find and maybe a hope to recover it back. But if you wanted more than that, a notebook equipped with TPM is a better choice. Although you can't track the notebook, but a well configured notebook will becomes brick to the thief. Just inform the manufacturer when it go missing, then they will black list the notebook coz I think only the manufacturer can reset the TPM.
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post Apr 8 2010, 08:59 PM

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thanks dude for this thread. its really helpfull since before knowing this software, there is like no chance at all to trace back our stolen laptop.

but you should reserve at least one comment for FAQ smile.gif
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post Apr 8 2010, 09:04 PM

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i am already requested to mod/staff/admin to pinned this thread up since it the only software of its kind, plus its totally free too! laugh.gif
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post Apr 8 2010, 10:08 PM

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regarding FAQ, plz post ur problem(if u face one). we will try our best to answer you
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post Apr 9 2010, 12:14 AM

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wow, interesting SW

thanks for info..
wanna try it


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post Apr 9 2010, 06:38 AM

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So, tried the SW and i must say this is one good SW thumbup.gif...put my laptop in my friends house and tracking it down with ease nod.gif..
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post Apr 9 2010, 06:49 AM

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1 question :

what is your laptop answer when you open (C:\Prey\platform\windows\check.bat)

mine says "the system cannot find the path specified" hmm.gif
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post Apr 9 2010, 07:26 AM

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@Docter
Sorry cannot help you as i already uninstall the SW tongue.gif...just for testing only, maybe later i try install again and see what pops up about your question nod.gif
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post Apr 9 2010, 11:04 AM

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QUOTE(Mr.Docter @ Apr 9 2010, 06:49 AM)
1 question :

what is your laptop answer when you open (C:\Prey\platform\windows\check.bat)

mine says "the system cannot find the path specified" hmm.gif
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mine same as yours
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post Apr 9 2010, 10:23 PM

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its just a bug, don't worry about that.

now i am constructing FAQ to place in here smile.gif

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