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Subject:
Is my computer being hacked?
Category: Computers > Security Asked by: justben-ga List Price: $5.00 |
Posted:
23 Aug 2004 23:13 PDT
Expires: 22 Sep 2004 23:13 PDT Question ID: 391698 |
When I went to login-in to a website (it has a pop up window that asks for username and password) the window dropped down with my email adress (it starts with the same letter as my email addy) as well as another email adress I did not recognize. NO ONE else uses my computer. Is someone hacking into my computer? What should I do (besides running ad-aware and McAffee)? |
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Re: Is my computer being hacked?
From: wolvies-ga on 24 Aug 2004 00:17 PDT |
If you haven't got a firewall I would install one. They usually log attempted hacks and give the IP address of who is doing it. A good WHOIS can then tell you who the IP address is - sometimes it is a 'safe' one such as your ISP perhaps pinging you to see whether your always-on connection is still active. If its a name you do not recognise, then it could well be a genuine hack wolvies |
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Re: Is my computer being hacked?
From: amish69-ga on 24 Aug 2004 11:36 PDT |
Also I would Get a spyware checker... mainly spy bot search and destroy and run that(similar to a virus scan). It will get rid of the spyware that maybe on your system. Also get a copy of hijackthis. It will rid some of the extra start pages, ect. That are put on your Internet Explorer! Hope this helps |
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Re: Is my computer being hacked?
From: monsterr-ga on 09 Sep 2004 02:53 PDT |
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html Download "spybot" from this link. Install it...follow the directions. It will search for any problems/instrusions/hacked stuff..and then will fix it as well. Easy! |
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Re: Is my computer being hacked?
From: kkrazyykkidd-ga on 17 Sep 2004 14:48 PDT |
all comments are good but one problem... it wouldn't physically show up on the drop down unless someone had tried to manually enter it on that physical computer... this is because of cache, cookies, etc... just get a program called tracks eraser or tracks eraser pro and it will clear all info if you want it gone, but no spyware would do that.. hope this helps -kkrazyykkidd |
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