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Re: How To Know That Your Pc Has Been Hacked by just2endowed: 1:27pm On Aug 03, 2017
No one want to get Hacked.
Re: How To Know That Your Pc Has Been Hacked by whizzyleejr(m): 1:30pm On Aug 03, 2017
I know it's gonna make sense, i no fit read am finish
Re: How To Know That Your Pc Has Been Hacked by Cutezt(m): 2:01pm On Aug 03, 2017
rozayx5:
been fighting adware for months now

my browser just brings up tabs anyhow at times when am surfing

cry

Sometimes, it's not actually your system being hacked, it may be the website, so many websites sends pop up ads and open different tabs on your browser to click on their ad links, the best solution is to get a really strong ad blocking plugin on your chrome browser, and also get third party ad blocking softwares and keeping them up to date.
lloydkizz:



Thanks for the Information, i noticed recently my Google chrome opens different tabs of adverts when ever i come online, i know there has been some hacking somewhere. Trying to resolve it but no solution yet.
lloydkizz:


Same with mine
Re: How To Know That Your Pc Has Been Hacked by Cutezt(m): 2:04pm On Aug 03, 2017
Lalas247:
Op does this happen with mac's ?

Of course, nothing online is totally unhackable, just that Apple products are much more secured than windows, but yes, it can happen.
Re: How To Know That Your Pc Has Been Hacked by ernieboy(m): 2:35pm On Aug 03, 2017
Cutezt:


Of course, nothing online is totally unhackable, just that Google products are much more secured than windows, but yes, it can happen.
Mac is not a Google product, it is made by apple.
Re: How To Know That Your Pc Has Been Hacked by imustsaymymindo: 4:14pm On Aug 03, 2017
Cutezt:


Sometimes, it's not actually your system being hacked, it may be the website, so many websites sends pop up ads and open different tabs on your browser to click on their ad links, the best solution is to get a really strong ad blocking plugin on your chrome browser, and also get third party ad blocking softwares and keeping them up to date.

I agree with you. It could just be some pop-ups to block or some software to uninstall from control panel or extensions.
Re: How To Know That Your Pc Has Been Hacked by persius555(m): 5:05pm On Aug 03, 2017
Poweshell windows allows remote interaction between a node and an attacker to be conducted without falling within the radar of your firewall, IDS or Antivirus.

They don't write to disk, instead interact with the memory. As a defensive measure, disable power shell administrative right on your terminal especially if it is a mission critical machine.

Nice one, Op.
Re: How To Know That Your Pc Has Been Hacked by Cutezt(m): 5:09pm On Aug 03, 2017
ernieboy:

Mac is not a Google product, it is made by apple.
it was actually a mistake bro, I wanted typing apple, didn't know how Google came in grin
Re: How To Know That Your Pc Has Been Hacked by tunisbaba(m): 6:01pm On Aug 03, 2017
Cutezt:
Hackers have truly progressed and consummated their specialty to the degree that it has turned out to be progressively hard to stop them. Even paying for the alleged strong antivirus and anti malware doesn't give 100% certification that your PC can not be breached. For this reason, knowing how to guide and know if your PC has been hacked would help compliment the work of your software.


To begin with, let me clarify how hackers can take over your PC while your antivirus and antimalware look senseless and unequipped for doing anything.

How Hackers Render Antivirus And Antimalware Useless


The best of hackers code and design camouflage files that coordinate splendidly into the Windows system files of the victims PC . By this, the pc defender trusts the files are safe (because Window system files are supposed to be safe) and never scan them.

These tainted files are, accordingly, ready to work as some portion of the files required for the PC to run, yet at a similar time give escape clauses from which the hacker can control the PC .

By the by, regardless of how idealize hackers are in masking the hacking procedure, there are constantly a few pointers to knowing your PC has been hacked.

The point of this post is to present to you the pointers and furthermore give you what to do in the event that you think your PC has been hacked.


The most effective method to Tell (Pointers) and What to Do If Your Computer Has Been Hacked


1. Number of installed applications increases


As a rule, malware used by hackers don't come in executable (exe) files that could be installed. However, at times, some of them end up being installed as a feature of the installed applications on a PC. Along these lines, one approach to tell that your PC has been hacked is by looking through the rundown of your installed programs in the Control Panel.

On the off chance that you detect an application your didn't install, uninstall it. Notwithstanding, you must be cautious with the unknown program you need to uninstall. There are a few applications that while installing them, they likewise install extra applications that helps them function well.

Such applications more often than not give notification of needing to install extra applications. So make certain you don't uninstall useful additional applications that accompany this sort of applications.

2. PC password changes


At the point when the login secret key to your PC abruptly changes, without you evolving it, that is a solid sign that your PC has been hacked. Why will your PC login password key change itself? The main situation I have seen login secret key automatically changing itself was in a few Builds of Windows 10 .

Be that as it may, in those Builds, your PC login password as it were terminates and you are made a request to change it yourself; it doesn't automatically change itself.

What to do when your login password has changed is to reset your PC to factory settings or reinstall your Windows.

What's more, obviously, you can hack your own PC using a few Windows password cracking tools out there, yet it is unlawful.

3. Online accounts password changes


This is similar with when your PC login secret key changes. After a hacker gets to a PC and changes its secret key, he can likewise simply go ahead and change the passwords to your online accounts, particularly if you used to save your passwords in your browsers .

On the off chance that you see that the passwords to some of your online accounts have changed, that is enough pointer that your PC has been hacked.

The thing to do to recoup your passwords back is to use the forgot password feature on the web site. On the off chance that the hacker changed email for your accounts, your exclusive way out is to contact the suppliers of your online accounts.

They are your final resort; since they have the records of your account, they can follow your account and offer assistance to recover it.

4. Your contacts get spam emails from you


Another approach to tell that your PC has been hacked is the point at which your email contacts disclose to you they are getting an abnormal email from you. Hackers for the most part use victims email to send spam email to their companions, relatives, and even associates. They do this in light of the conviction that these individuals are probably going to open emails from their victims , and from that point, likewise get them hacked.

What to do if your PC has been hacked and your email sold is to log out your email address furthermore, change your password. It would likewise be somewhat you to advise your family and companions to be careful about spam emails implied to be from you.

5. Network turns out to be slow and data runs out rapidly


Without the Internet, hackers are toothless. They need to remotely connect with the victims PC over the Internet and sharing their data. Through sharing the Internet with the victim, the casualty's Internet could turn out to be all of a sudden slow.

In any case, your Internet being all of a sudden pointlessly slow isn't an affirmation that your PC has been hacked.

ISPs in a few nations are famously known for being slow (glo) . Be that as it may, if your ISP gives a quick network service and things abruptly turn out to be slow for a long stretch of time, it might be a sign that you have a uninvited visitor on your network.

Concerning what to do to know whether your PC has been hacked and somebody sharing your data from a remote area, you have to install data bandwidth monitor program. From that point, you will have the capacity to recognize what the damnation is happening on your network.

6. Anti virus and unknown program asking for access to firewall


Antivirus, anti malware and Windows firewall are the hearty structures that helps ensure and safeguard a PC against outside powers. Nonetheless, when these hearty structures are in the long run split and broken into, the hacker can debilitate and even uninstall them.

By debilitating the antivirus and anti malware, the hacker can make his malware work successfully on casualty's PC with no risk caution.

So if the antivirus on your PC is automatically Uninstalled or disappeared, your PC has been hacked. Concerning Windows firewall, when you see a bizarre application making a request to access the firewall, you have to take caution as it may be a malware.

The thing you have to do when you see your antivirus and anti malware have been uninstalled is to reinstall and update them, and afterward, do a full system scan . For the firewall, absolutely never give access to any abnormal program requesting access.

7. Programmed mouse movements and PC works by itself


From their remote area, hackers can control a login session into a PC – obviously, the PC must be connected to the Internet before they can do that. They can control a login session as though they are sitting straightforwardly before the PC.

So on the off chance that you are operating your PC and notice that a program you didn't open began to open itself or your mouse continues moving in headings you aren't taking it, somebody may be sitting in a remote room, operating your PC.

Furthermore, with respect to what to do when you see this, you require to update your antivirus/anti malware program; after that, disconnect your PC from the Internet and do a full antivirus/anti malware scan.

Hackers may have idealized their approaches to beating antivirus and anti malware; be that as it may, they could never idealize the pointers and warnings that show they are in real life. Furthermore, when you see any of the pointers discussed here, taking after the prescribed things to do would help save your files and your protection.

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Re: How To Know That Your Pc Has Been Hacked by ernieboy(m): 11:06pm On Aug 03, 2017
Cutezt:
it was actually a mistake bro, I wanted typing apple, didn't know how Google came in grin
k, cool.
Re: How To Know That Your Pc Has Been Hacked by webngnews: 9:28am On Aug 04, 2017
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