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?? 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:


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):


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):

*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!!!


(Requested from Mr.Docter


FAQ Corner
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This post has been edited by Fantasia: Apr 8 2010, 10:11 PM

wow ... it sounds interesting, but I haven't tried it yet ... definitely will try on it later.

explore your laptop to 3rd party program ? interesting stuff....

you can't explore but get info ....

But what if the thief just re-format ur PC? can still track?

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

Can use to monitor family laptop when kid using rite?

plz take a look at my 1st post... It does give u some chance, not 100%
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...

This post has been edited by Fantasia: Apr 8 2010, 03:29 PM

Wow thats helpful, first was android phones, now laptop!

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 ...

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
Its not full proof, but at least there's still some hope of finding your beloved laptop back

Good work to TS for introducing and also sharing this program, cheers!

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.

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

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!

regarding FAQ, plz post ur problem(if u face one). we will try our best to answer you

wow, interesting SW

thanks for info..
wanna try it

So, tried the SW and i must say this is one good SW ...put my laptop in my friends house and tracking it down with ease ..

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"

@Docter
Sorry cannot help you as i already uninstall the SW ...just for testing only, maybe later i try install again and see what pops up about your question

mine same as yours

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

now i am constructing FAQ to place in here

any1 tried Standalone method ?? all use the recommended method?

not try that yet. but heck, just use the easier method. its better and much simple.

SINCE THIS TOPIC COME OUT ...I THINK WHEN THE THIEF NOWADAYS SEE THIS TOPIC ...SURE THEY CHANGE THEIR STRATEGY OREDI...HAHA...
BUT I REALLY HATE THE THIEF!!!!
BCOZ LOST MY LAPTOP SINCE I JUST BOUGHT 1 MONTH!!!!!

ANYWAY THANKS TO TS FOR POSTING THIS THREAD...

well at least this software still give you chance to find it back.

its much better than not installing any backup at all rite?

Hehe, not all thief are smart
They would definitely like to rummage through your laptop 1st before attempting to reformat it.... which more or less give us a slight chance of getting our laptops back.

Just wondering, if we have pin-pointed the spot where the stolen laptop is... What should we do then? Call police? Are they even informed of this type of device (especially Malaysian police), later they consider as a prank Or just take broom and go hit the thief? hehe

Ofcourse reported to the police and take the photo of that dumb thief to the police station and hunt for him ! If our police really that useless then i'm speechless. Anyway, i think the post that warn the thief that the laptop is stolen is just useless. Whenever the thief see that message sure straight away turn off the laptop and run. Anyway, where is my personal answer? hehe

Agreed, the warning post is not particularly useful unless the culprit is one of your friends zzzz hehe~
The time taken to report to police may actually give a chance for the thief to escape T____T
What personal answer?

some thief wont sell the things that they stole so fast i guess?

We got his picture, we can blacklist him and also hunt him down and that depend on the police efficiency.

Anyone tested? Can it find the actual location?

read the 1st page. i had done a test

it it best if the laptop have a webcam installed which most lappy have nowadays..

if wifi turned off and the laptop is not connected to wired connection after stolen then this software cant do anything

gonna give it a try, it would be cool if we can actually get the position of our laptop by using sms

but that sound so impossible, for now.

even if this feature is available, most probably it only can be used in US but not Malaysia

google got this feature, last time i register for gmail, they sent me an activation code via sms

i think the same concept can be apply here too

i just tested it, and it work, but somehow it doesn't show my location and the webcam doesn't seems to be working, most probably is my webcam software

we should implement it to everyone here
but if those thief are among us and have the knowledge of this then

nice app....hope its work..

my webcam doesnt seems to work when i use it for the 1st time. i get a black image XD but starting from 2nd time, it's ok
like this, u win lor

This post has been edited by Fantasia: May 10 2010, 08:11 PM

hello, now me too using dis prey project..just tested it moments ago n i found out d given location of my missing laptop is not correct...how to solve dis..

lol 2010's topic ...quite interesting to revive need as i just got my new laptop =)

http://www.notebookcheck.net/FAQ-Security-...ks.87776.0.html
Timely summary of solutions available.

Lovely share, thank you!

going 4 try this...thank 4 da share

Available for Android as well

is this a freeware?

Yes it is, just go check out the website, everything is there

wow~izzit created by urself?

i wonder will the developer use this software to track down all the install PC / laptop to steal from the owner again.. what a world we are living in.. i wish that this software are use for good not for using to steal people laptop that are install with this software