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Peerless · #2 (**permalink**) September 24th, 2007

running a program called HiJackthis will help determine if the machine is pwned in some way...and of course running various other scanners will also help determine just what is up with it...there have been users who occasionally post here saying that this type of event has happened to them, though I cannot in any way verify the veracity of their claims...it is of course possible...

to answer your question re: logging....once LW is shut down it is supposed to clear any memory of what it has searched for or downloaded...once in the library a record is kept of how many hits and uploads have occured (afaik...its been a long time since I used LW)...

the first thing I would do if I were you is to talk to the prosecutors and see exactly how this person was caught....I suspect he has been caught dead to rights by the cybercrimes unit and is guilty as all hell...if he is being prosecuted by Austin then he can count his lucky stars its not Williamson County....just because he is underage (you don't specify what age) has no bearing on his innocence or relative innocence....if he is 13 years old and is into 9 year olds then he has a problem, and that needs to be dealt with....the commonly used term for such people is predator...

from what I am aware of concerning the cybercrimes unit he is most likely hosed....they catch people by doing their own logging....you of course as the defender of this person have the right to have the machine looked at by your own computer specialist who will be able to determine various things like if the pictures/videos were viewed and such....one might also be able to identify what the browsing habits of the user are also...and of course the prosecutor will do exactly the same type of research....