I don't know if this belongs here in the computer forum but here goes..I got an email from my boss at work today. She wants me to come to her office (in another town not far away from the office where I work) on Monday. She said she needs to have a conference with me because our IT department told her they had evidence I had downloaded torrent software onto my work computer, during work hours.
I got this email about 4:50 this afternoon. I leave work at 5 but I called her and she did answer the phone. I told her straight out that I have not willingly or knowingly downloaded any software. I don't even know what a torrent software is, much less know how to use one. We are allowed to use the internet at lunch and on breaks for reasonable personal use such as Yahoo and other normal sites. I told her maybe there was a drive by download from a web site I was on but I would never intentionally download anything on my work laptop. She said she has not received any direction to take disciplinary action against me but needs to discuss it with me and "she will know more about it after talking to me and IT on Monday". If it matters, our organization uses MacAffee antivirus. So now I have all Thanksgiving weekend to stew and worry about this.
I do visit Yahoo, BITOG, the Dodge Forum and a comic strip site, www.gocomics.com when I am at lunch. I hardly ever leave for lunch, I always brown bag and visit these few innocent sites. I have also watched a few music videos and a few Scotty Kilmer/ETCG videos on youtube on my laptop but I have never purposely downloaded anything on my work laptop. I have also done Google searches on my work laptop mostly for automotive info like back a few weeks ago when I was trying to diagnose the catalytic converter failure in my truck.
I don't do torrent at home on my personal PC either. I don't really know what a torrent program is, much less how to use one. I think it is for file sharing MP3's but I don't do that. Can anyone here help me sort this out? Has anyone here heard of this or had it happen to you personally? I have been at my job 7 years now, never had even one disciplinary action, never been in any sort of trouble. Does anyone have any ideas about this? My boss did tell me that even though the policy states we can use the laptops for reasonable personal use, it would be a good idea not to use the laptop for any personal use at all.
Thanks for any help. I am trying not to worry and let this ruin my Thanksgiving.
I got this email about 4:50 this afternoon. I leave work at 5 but I called her and she did answer the phone. I told her straight out that I have not willingly or knowingly downloaded any software. I don't even know what a torrent software is, much less know how to use one. We are allowed to use the internet at lunch and on breaks for reasonable personal use such as Yahoo and other normal sites. I told her maybe there was a drive by download from a web site I was on but I would never intentionally download anything on my work laptop. She said she has not received any direction to take disciplinary action against me but needs to discuss it with me and "she will know more about it after talking to me and IT on Monday". If it matters, our organization uses MacAffee antivirus. So now I have all Thanksgiving weekend to stew and worry about this.
I do visit Yahoo, BITOG, the Dodge Forum and a comic strip site, www.gocomics.com when I am at lunch. I hardly ever leave for lunch, I always brown bag and visit these few innocent sites. I have also watched a few music videos and a few Scotty Kilmer/ETCG videos on youtube on my laptop but I have never purposely downloaded anything on my work laptop. I have also done Google searches on my work laptop mostly for automotive info like back a few weeks ago when I was trying to diagnose the catalytic converter failure in my truck.
I don't do torrent at home on my personal PC either. I don't really know what a torrent program is, much less how to use one. I think it is for file sharing MP3's but I don't do that. Can anyone here help me sort this out? Has anyone here heard of this or had it happen to you personally? I have been at my job 7 years now, never had even one disciplinary action, never been in any sort of trouble. Does anyone have any ideas about this? My boss did tell me that even though the policy states we can use the laptops for reasonable personal use, it would be a good idea not to use the laptop for any personal use at all.
Thanks for any help. I am trying not to worry and let this ruin my Thanksgiving.