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| Dease Offer Upgrade  User ID: 1505901  United States05/12/2012 08:48 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 15962820 United States05/12/2012 08:53 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | You're the 3rd person that I have heard this happen to. One lady was telling me about it when I saw her cursor move all over her screen - without her touching anything - and stuff start to be clicked. She turned it off. I told her to do what I did when I thought I was getting hacked - buy a MAC. |
| Dease (OP) User ID: 1505901 United States05/12/2012 09:00 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | You're the 3rd person that I have heard this happen to. One lady was telling me about it when I saw her cursor move all over her screen - without her touching anything - and stuff start to be clicked. She turned it off. I told her to do what I did when I thought I was getting hacked - buy a MAC. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 15962820 Thanks for sharing. Were the other people this happened to GLPers also? Or were they conspiracy theorists of any kind? That would explain alot. "Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you." - Matthew 22: 37-39 "What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?" - Galatians 5: 22-23 |
| Burt Gummer User ID: 7702124 United States05/12/2012 09:04 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | You're the 3rd person that I have heard this happen to. One lady was telling me about it when I saw her cursor move all over her screen - without her touching anything - and stuff start to be clicked. She turned it off. I told her to do what I did when I thought I was getting hacked - buy a MAC. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 15962820 MACS get hacked too...and have viral issues now too. Derp!  OP...when you see that happening you MUST unplug you laptop immediately. I caught someone using a bot doing the EXACT same thing on a business server network....they had FULL admin rights on the server. I yanked the RJ45 right out of the half assed firewall the company was using....faster than you can say WHAT THE FOOK! ...saved their asses for sure. Last Edited by Useless Cookie Eater on 05/12/2012 09:05 PM |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 15359896 United States05/12/2012 09:06 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Scuba7 User ID: 10375513  Australia05/12/2012 09:06 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Dease (OP) User ID: 1505901 United States05/12/2012 09:07 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | You're the 3rd person that I have heard this happen to. One lady was telling me about it when I saw her cursor move all over her screen - without her touching anything - and stuff start to be clicked. She turned it off. I told her to do what I did when I thought I was getting hacked - buy a MAC. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 15962820 MACS get hacked too...and have viral issues now too. Derp! OP...when you see that happening you MUST unplug you laptop immediately. I caught someone using a bot doing the EXACT same thing on a business server network....they had FULL admin rights on the server. I yanked the RJ45 right out of the half assed firewall the company was using....faster than you can say WHAT THE FOOK! ...saved their asses for sure. Wow, thanks. If I see it happen,I'll unplug the laptop. Do you think it has to do with GLP? "Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you." - Matthew 22: 37-39 "What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?" - Galatians 5: 22-23 |
| Scuba7 User ID: 10375513 Australia05/12/2012 09:08 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Not AFAIK. I use KIS now and have no probs. It has a virtual keyboard for logging into your personal sites (banking etc). Do not take memories of what happened yesterday, into what might happen today. When love is your greatest weakness, you will be the strongest person in the world. |
| Burt Gummer User ID: 7702124 United States05/12/2012 09:08 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I had clicking sounds while surfing GLP a while back. I mentioned it in a thread and it stopped. Haven't heard clicking since. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 15359896 Maybe it's on mute now and still doing something. Could be JAVA or FLASH. Both are very hackable and you won't see anything....or usually even hear anything. Also, the Flash based SUPERCOOKIES are extremely dangerous. No virus scanner, as of yet, can scan them. I don't let Java or Flash run on my PC unless I decide to allow them to run. Last Edited by Useless Cookie Eater on 05/12/2012 09:09 PM |
| Burt Gummer User ID: 7702124 United States05/12/2012 09:20 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | You're the 3rd person that I have heard this happen to. One lady was telling me about it when I saw her cursor move all over her screen - without her touching anything - and stuff start to be clicked. She turned it off. I told her to do what I did when I thought I was getting hacked - buy a MAC. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 15962820 MACS get hacked too...and have viral issues now too. Derp! OP...when you see that happening you MUST unplug you laptop immediately. I caught someone using a bot doing the EXACT same thing on a business server network....they had FULL admin rights on the server. I yanked the RJ45 right out of the half assed firewall the company was using....faster than you can say WHAT THE FOOK! ...saved their asses for sure. Wow, thanks. If I see it happen,I'll unplug the laptop. Do you think it has to do with GLP? Doubtful it's GLP related. Someone has admin rights on your PC....usually obtained by using a bot (virus, malware) of some type....could have been a keyboard logger as well. Many ways these are placed on PC's....and MACS. Things to do if you are non-technical ....... 1) Run a couple malware / virus scanners. See what comes up. 2) Make sure Windows native REMOTE ACCESS / ASSISTANCE is turned off on your PC. 3) Change all your online passwords from ANOTHER non-infected PC. 4) TAKE YOUR LAPTOP to a TECH PRO and have it cleaned. If it were me I'd wipe it clean and reload the O/S from scratch. Nuke it from space....it's the only way to be sure. Last Edited by Useless Cookie Eater on 05/12/2012 09:22 PM |
| Dease (OP) User ID: 1505901 United States05/12/2012 09:25 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | You're the 3rd person that I have heard this happen to. One lady was telling me about it when I saw her cursor move all over her screen - without her touching anything - and stuff start to be clicked. She turned it off. I told her to do what I did when I thought I was getting hacked - buy a MAC. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 15962820 MACS get hacked too...and have viral issues now too. Derp! OP...when you see that happening you MUST unplug you laptop immediately. I caught someone using a bot doing the EXACT same thing on a business server network....they had FULL admin rights on the server. I yanked the RJ45 right out of the half assed firewall the company was using....faster than you can say WHAT THE FOOK! ...saved their asses for sure. Wow, thanks. If I see it happen,I'll unplug the laptop. Do you think it has to do with GLP? Doubtful it's GLP related. Someone has admin rights on your PC....usually obtained by using a bot (virus, malware) of some type....could have been a keyboard logger as well. Many ways these are placed on PC's....and MACS. Things to do if you are non-technical ....... 1) Run a couple malware / virus scanners. See what comes up. 2) Make sure Windows native REMOTE ACCESS / ASSISTANCE is turned off on your PC. 3) Change all your online passwords from ANOTHER non-infected PC. 4) TAKE YOUR LAPTOP to a TECH PRO and have it cleaned. If it were me I'd wipe it clean and reload the O/S from scratch. Nuke it from space....it's the only way to be sure. Thanks for the advice. I have Norton Antivirus. I just ran a scan, and it said I had 33 tracking cookies, but it was able to resolve all of them. "Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you." - Matthew 22: 37-39 "What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?" - Galatians 5: 22-23 |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 15915575 United States05/12/2012 09:37 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Burt Gummer User ID: 7702124 United States05/12/2012 09:38 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ... Quoting: Burt Gummer MACS get hacked too...and have viral issues now too. Derp! OP...when you see that happening you MUST unplug you laptop immediately. I caught someone using a bot doing the EXACT same thing on a business server network....they had FULL admin rights on the server. I yanked the RJ45 right out of the half assed firewall the company was using....faster than you can say WHAT THE FOOK! ...saved their asses for sure. Wow, thanks. If I see it happen,I'll unplug the laptop. Do you think it has to do with GLP? Doubtful it's GLP related. Someone has admin rights on your PC....usually obtained by using a bot (virus, malware) of some type....could have been a keyboard logger as well. Many ways these are placed on PC's....and MACS. Things to do if you are non-technical ....... 1) Run a couple malware / virus scanners. See what comes up. 2) Make sure Windows native REMOTE ACCESS / ASSISTANCE is turned off on your PC. 3) Change all your online passwords from ANOTHER non-infected PC. 4) TAKE YOUR LAPTOP to a TECH PRO and have it cleaned. If it were me I'd wipe it clean and reload the O/S from scratch. Nuke it from space....it's the only way to be sure. Thanks for the advice. I have Norton Antivirus. I just ran a scan, and it said I had 33 tracking cookies, but it was able to resolve all of them. Simple tracking cookies are not really a problem....and certainly not related to this MAJOR security problem. If someone has REMOTE ACCESS to your PC.....they have full admin rights.  Take it to a TECH PRO if you don't know what to do. If you were closer I'd do it....but you are just a bit out of my service area.  Last Edited by Useless Cookie Eater on 05/12/2012 09:38 PM |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 15705322  Canada05/12/2012 09:38 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Burt Gummer User ID: 7702124 United States05/12/2012 09:41 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| St3v3Z User ID: 11191327 United States05/12/2012 09:45 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | You know how when your computer has a virus, you can give technicians the computer's ID number, giving them access into your computer? If you're never seen this happen, you will see the mouse move around. They are able to see your computer on their screen. Quoting: Dease This happened to me last night, but I defintely did not give anyone my ID number, or permission to access my computer. It happend last night around 9 or 10 PM. My husband and I had gone somewhere, and my mom was staying with our 3 year old daughter. Mom had our daughter in the rocking chair, and she was going to sleep. My laptop was in the chair next to it. She saw a light come on, and looked over. Someone had entered into my laptop. She couldn't get up to take a closer look becaue of the baby, but she said they were switching from one screen to the other really fast. After a few minutes, they turned the computer off. Although we had a ghost in our house a while back, I really don't think I can blame this on that. I think it was someone hacking into my computer. Has this ever happened to any of you? I wondered if maybe it's because of GLP. Maybe someone doesn't like what we're talking about on here. download malwarebytes and do a full system scan. norton AV will not catch trojans. also change your password [link to www.malwarebytes.org] Ron Paul - 2012 |
| JATMON User ID: 13735393 United States05/12/2012 09:48 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | You know how when your computer has a virus, you can give technicians the computer's ID number, giving them access into your computer? If you're never seen this happen, you will see the mouse move around. They are able to see your computer on their screen. Quoting: Dease This happened to me last night, but I defintely did not give anyone my ID number, or permission to access my computer. It happend last night around 9 or 10 PM. My husband and I had gone somewhere, and my mom was staying with our 3 year old daughter. Mom had our daughter in the rocking chair, and she was going to sleep. My laptop was in the chair next to it. She saw a light come on, and looked over. Someone had entered into my laptop. She couldn't get up to take a closer look becaue of the baby, but she said they were switching from one screen to the other really fast. After a few minutes, they turned the computer off. Although we had a ghost in our house a while back, I really don't think I can blame this on that. I think it was someone hacking into my computer. Has this ever happened to any of you? I wondered if maybe it's because of GLP. Maybe someone doesn't like what we're talking about on here. download malwarebytes and do a full system scan. norton AV will not catch trojans. also change your password [link to www.malwarebytes.org] Malwarebytes will not catch them all either. Better to cross scan with spybot search and destroy. Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid, it is true that most stupid people are conservative. John Stuart Mill ************ It's much harder to be a liberal than a conservative. Why? Because it is easier to give someone the finger than a helping hand. Mike Royko |
| JATMON User ID: 13735393 United States05/12/2012 09:49 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Oh, and remember to purge all the quarantined files before you reboot, so say "no" to rebooting, purge the backup quarantine, then reboot, otherwise they can hide and try to re-launch. Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid, it is true that most stupid people are conservative. John Stuart Mill ************ It's much harder to be a liberal than a conservative. Why? Because it is easier to give someone the finger than a helping hand. Mike Royko |
| Haelo User ID: 15912807 United States05/12/2012 09:49 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 9235211 Canada05/12/2012 09:50 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 13570119 United States05/12/2012 09:51 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Ask yourself: what do I have to hide? This "something" looking is the god-program of your childhood programing...Ask, why do I fear an exposure? Aren't you trying to break free of the program? That reply, in itself, will reveal to you what is standing like an impassable mountain range from where you imagine where you should be and where you are at this moment...moment. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 15965278  United Kingdom05/12/2012 09:54 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| folicfrolic User ID: 12927895 United States05/12/2012 09:57 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Of course, if those who are doing this are high enough up, they could get around any precautions you might take. One good practice might be to just shut down your computer when you leave home or go to bed. Also, get a good firewall software and keep the security level high. If you are really concerned about cyber-snooping don't share anything you don't feel safe sharing online. |
| Burt Gummer User ID: 7702124 United States05/12/2012 10:03 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| DoubleHelix User ID: 15806923 United States05/12/2012 10:04 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Yes a MAC can get that stuff too but i never had a problem with mine and others around 7 or 8 years old and ocasionaly run a check and find nothing. Window based PC's on the other hand...not so easy to maintain my friends. But if its all you got or know how to use than its something you have to learn to live with i guess. Last Edited by DoubleHelix on 05/12/2012 10:04 PM "I posit that the human being has the capability to utilize the ''real eyes'' to ''realize'' and see through the ''real lies'' ...The ''real eyes'' can only become operational when the heart and higher mind are in synchronized, which requires dual brain hemisphere synchronization."~Danial My [email protected] 1111x1111=1234321<[NUMERICAL PYRAMID;] “Injustice never rules forever.” - Seneca |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 15359896 United States05/12/2012 10:05 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I had clicking sounds while surfing GLP a while back. I mentioned it in a thread and it stopped. Haven't heard clicking since. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 15359896 Maybe it's on mute now and still doing something. Could be JAVA or FLASH. Both are very hackable and you won't see anything....or usually even hear anything. Also, the Flash based SUPERCOOKIES are extremely dangerous. No virus scanner, as of yet, can scan them. I don't let Java or Flash run on my PC unless I decide to allow them to run. Thank you! Also, the very first time I visited here years ago a picture from my albums showed up in a thread! when I scrolled down it was embedded! Weird. But that was the only time it happened. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1406613 Australia05/12/2012 11:52 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I'm less interested in you having been hacked and more interested in the fact you think You Had a Ghost in your House? If I remember Correctly your Avatar is a Christian Avatar Yes and The Bible Teaches The Dead Know Not anything in Ecclesiastes 9:5 (written by Solomon) as well as many other places in the Bible (Psalms 146:4, Daniel 12:2 etc) (The Holy Spirit/Ghost doesn't count as a Spook/Ghost entity as its part of the God-head and Not a spirit which causes mischief in peoples Homes) So if you truly believe you where visited by something, then that only leaves The Occult which is Satan's Domain....... |
| tiger1 User ID: 77394 United States05/12/2012 11:56 PM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Make sure your laptop is shut off when you are done using it,maybe even take the battery out, and put your desktop on a power strip and shut off the power strip when you are done using it. They cannot turn it on and use it without power. Praise God from Whom all Blessings flow !!! |
| user123 User ID: 14024738 United Kingdom05/13/2012 12:02 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | OP Ive just read your post and none of the replies. When I was younger I used to mess about in the FXP scene, some here might be aware of what it is. Anyway, an older NT exploit allowed use of dameware's mini remote to do exactly what your mum experienced. Myself and friends used to have a good giggle messing around with folk in this manner. Immature I know, but as I said I was a lot younger lol. Anyway dont freak, it may just be some script kiddie having some fun and growin his e-peen. |
| WindyMind User ID: 7244814 United States05/13/2012 12:05 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 8428229 United States05/13/2012 12:09 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | As a rule, I use the following FREE software to monitor my PC's (Some are servers literally in a closet): [link to www.teamviewer.com] I point this out, because there are versions for O Windows O Mac O Linux And you can install a program on these PC's, such that as long as said PCs are connected to the internet, the person with the correct 9 digit Computer ID and password can access the computer from any other computer in the internet, as if they were standing in front of it. It functions extremely well as a remote support program, but in the wrong hands, someone else could access your PC from anywhere. |
