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I potentially have a problem that I hope the you can help with.
After being let down by numerous developers, I was delighted when I eventually found one who could not only speak English correctly but who's work was top notch and we worked together on several projects with no issues.
However, a few weeks ago we had a weird conversation where he warned me that he was being watched closely by colleagues and that if his standard of English and level of skill suddenly deteriorated, that it might be because it was no longer him at the other end.
He explained that some development houses had the dubious reputation of installing key logging software on the machines of their coders in order to extract client details and then approach the clients directly, leaving out the developer.....or something like that.
I'm not clear on the exact process or the hows and whys but to cut a long story short, within days of this odd conversation/revelation, my developer's language skills did seem a little different and I have since been struggling with numerous minor issues which would previously never exist. These little issues of not following a design exactly, not aligning elements correctly, incorrect spacing and such, were the the constant bug bear with previous developers and something we discussed and overcame from the outset but have now crept into his work.
So given the noticeable change, I am wondering whether this is indeed the guy I was working with. Either way, it just doesn't feel right, I don't want to take the risk and will employ another developer.
My question is, how do I check my sites for malicious software such as key loggers and the like? I want to be sure that if my suspicions are correct, that there is no unauthorised access to these accounts or the server.
After being let down by numerous developers, I was delighted when I eventually found one who could not only speak English correctly but who's work was top notch and we worked together on several projects with no issues.
However, a few weeks ago we had a weird conversation where he warned me that he was being watched closely by colleagues and that if his standard of English and level of skill suddenly deteriorated, that it might be because it was no longer him at the other end.
He explained that some development houses had the dubious reputation of installing key logging software on the machines of their coders in order to extract client details and then approach the clients directly, leaving out the developer.....or something like that.
I'm not clear on the exact process or the hows and whys but to cut a long story short, within days of this odd conversation/revelation, my developer's language skills did seem a little different and I have since been struggling with numerous minor issues which would previously never exist. These little issues of not following a design exactly, not aligning elements correctly, incorrect spacing and such, were the the constant bug bear with previous developers and something we discussed and overcame from the outset but have now crept into his work.
So given the noticeable change, I am wondering whether this is indeed the guy I was working with. Either way, it just doesn't feel right, I don't want to take the risk and will employ another developer.
My question is, how do I check my sites for malicious software such as key loggers and the like? I want to be sure that if my suspicions are correct, that there is no unauthorised access to these accounts or the server.
