Question about being hacked.

[Concept]

As some of you might know, I'm not computer smart. So I have a question or two.



If I'm on AIM and my font starts changing and I can't type in anything but caps and then it goes back to normal then again f's up, does that mean I've been hacked? If I start not beingable to send messages and stuff and it won't let me hit enter, am I being hacked? Keep in mind that I was only talking to one person when this all occured. And I know they can't hack me. Even if they could, there was no direct connection established.



Thanks in advance.

 

[Super-Supra]

It's probably Spyware...

Download and use Ad-Aware

 

[halfracedrift]

What the.. I thought Concept was banned??

 

[1X83Z]

Originally posted by halfracedrift
What the.. I thought Concept was banned??

In yet another inconsistent move by the moderation staff, he appears to have been let back in. It would be surprising if not for the hundred times this very same thing has happened in the past.

 

[Mike Rotch]

Originally posted by M5Power
In yet another inconsistent move by the moderation staff, he appears to have been let back in.

Yea, Jazza V.2

Is it possible that spyware can be piggybacked on Ad-Ware?

 

[-Fred-]

Originally posted by Mike Rotch
Yea, Jazza V.2

You're not going to tell me that dumbass is still around?

 

[Mike Rotch]

Nope he's a goner, but I'm talking about the to-ing and fro-ing in banning and unbanning.

 

[Solid Fro]

There have been some holes in AIM that were exploited by programs, but all they did was crash AIM. There hasn't been a program that allows someone to hack you through AIM, it just isn't going to happened. Your problem sounds like your computer is having a hard time processing, most likely because you have spyware running in the background. Install Ad-Aware and update to the newest version of AIM.

 

[Der Alta]

Spybot: Search and Destroy.

Perhaps one of the best programs I've seen in a long time.
http://www.safer-networking.org/

Download it here: http://download.com.com/3000-2144-10194058.html?tag=lst-0-1

IT search out cookies, programs, trojans and a slew of other programs. It's fantastic if you use any type of "free" P2P programs or spend any amount of time on the web.

Because, yes, even well known sites leave behind cookies that are suspicious.

I ran this on a few machiens at the office, and scared people pretty good.

AO

 

[Mike Rotch]

Thanks for the link Der Alta 👍

 

[1mic]

go here
this is my post about a virus check & cleaning place i found on the net.