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HTML

<input class='checkboxstatus' def='0' type=checkbox></input>

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function(){
$('.checkboxstatus').click(function(){
        this.setAttribute('checked',this.checked);
		if($(this).checked && $(this).def == '0'){
		//checkbox has changed
		alert('checkbox has changed from original value');
		}
     });
	 });