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Go there to have a detail check about this tip:

http://www.ytlab.cn/index.php/2009/06/23/protect-your-portable-device-from-being-stolen/

The portable device we reffer here means laptops are all not included . We just means USBs , Mobiles and Palm PCs or MP3 etc. In fact , I don’t think it effective to protect your laptops with any software from being stolen because the usually may format your harddrive first . Anyway , USBs may have more chances even if they may meet the same question as well .

But please remember : the tips in this article is only a accessable way . Never try to use this without any attentions to your USBs .

ihound is revolutionary software that helps protect your devices by alerting you when your USB digital device is connected to another individual’s computer. All you need to do is:

1. Sign up for a free account at ihound and login.

2. Add a device to track.

3. Download the ihound software that is specifically used to recognize your device

4. Run the downloaded ihound software to install a tracking program

When your missing USB digital device is being plugged in to a computer, you will:
1. Get a notification email telling you that your tracked device is being located.
2. Get a detailed report on where it is being used by logging in to ihound’s website.

The method that ihound uses to track your USB devices is pretty simple. It uses the same method on how viruses spreads from USB flash drive. ihound copies 4 files (autorun.inf, Device, icon.ico, MyPasswords.exe) to the root of your USB device. Autorun.inf, Device and icon.ico are hidden and only MyPasswords.exe is visible which looks like a text document.

So if the user’s computer settings has “Do not show hidden files and folders” selected and also “Hide extensions for known file types” checked, most likely they’ll be tricked to run MyPasswords.exe thinking that it is a text file containing passwords. Even accessing the drive letter from My Computer will also automatically run MyPasswords.exe.

When MyPasswords.exe file is being run, important information such as computer name, user name, operating system, IP address, time and date will be automatically being sent to ihound’s server and ihound will also email the owner to notify that the missing device has been located. The owner can then log in to ihound’s website to print the report and bring it to the police or other authorities and have them call the ISP provider in order to determine who is using the IP address that was tracked.