Some people think that cheating online is not really cheating.
In truth though, it is, because it involves lusting after someone
else, or having an emotional connection with someone other than
your spouse. If you suspect your spouse is cheating online, this
article will help you to catch him or her in the act.
Steps
- Figure out their methods. Most spouses that are cheating online
will go to chat rooms to meet members of the opposite sex. This is
a very popular venue for cheating online. Find out which chat rooms
they visit. You need to know which chat room they go into, and what
method they use to get there.
- Find another computer that is not in your house. Most usually a
friend, or acquaintance will have a computer to utilize for this.
Get to the chat room they go to at the same time they are known to
be in it. Change your name so they cannot recognize it. You want to
keep it a secret that you're there, otherwise you won't be able to
catch them.
- Flirt with your spouse under this assumed identity. Try to get
his or her attention. Use all the flirting methods that you know to
do so. Get him or her into a private conversation with you. Ask if
he or she is married. If he or she says no then you, right there,
have your evidence. If the answer is yes then continue to ask
questions like "so does your husband (or wife) know that you come
here?" Usually cheating spouses will deny that their spouses know.
Then ask "So what brings you here? Looking for some fun on the
side?" Once they have answered yes, then you have caught them
cheating online.
- Look for anything peculiar in their logs or documents. See if
something strange stands out to you, like a file with a weird name
to it, or even look in the folders that seem normal to you to see
if you can find anything to prove that they are cheating online.
Sometimes people that are cheating online will leave a little trail
of evidence.
- Don't install anything on their computer. This can easily be
found out by antivirus programs, application errors (such as of the
program you installed crashes, runs out of memory or even uses
available hard drive space). Instead, look into capturing network
traffic through your router or with programs such as Ettercap and
Wireshark.