Laptop Alarm - Prevent Laptop Thief

August 26, 2007 · Filed Under Software · 1 Comment 

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Ever had your laptop stolen? Don’t be afraid, here is a software that might prevent your laptop from being stolen right under your nose. Just download Laptop Alarm, and place it anywhere you like, even on the desktop. The latest version right now is 1.13, which was released on June 18, 2007. When you want to lock up your laptop, just run Laptop Alarm and press the Lock Computer button and you are good to go, literally!

The best part is, it is free. How does it work?

- When someone unplugs your A/C adapter,
- When someone shuts down or logs off your laptop, or
- When someone unplugs your USB mouse.

I am not sure how does the alarm goes off if the thief unplugs the A/C adapter, there could be some error but I do know that by unplugging your mouse or shutting down the laptop when the software is activated would literally trigger the alarm.

Is there a hardware version? I bet if it is cheap and reliable, people would rather go for the hardware version which could possibly be much more solid. How about a trojan laptop alarm as a secondary prevention, for example if your laptop happens to have a web cam, it could possibly take some pictures of the thief and send it to a specific email together with the internet logging data.

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