Has my computer been hacked?! - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

Mistel · #1 05-29-2008, 11:08 AM

My internet was not working so I call tech help and of course I get transferred to India. The tech guy seemed like a nice guy and he helped me fix the connection. The guy then says, let me call you back and I will help you with the cluttered start-up menu I had complained about. He calls me back (why does he have to call me back?, it was the same phone number) and gets me to go to "login123.com". I go there and a window pops up and he tells me to enter 6 digits. He them has control of my computer! He's moving my curser around, changing things, my "spybot" program keeps flashing up, he says I have to close it. He's looking at the different programs I have asking me about a "virtual earth" program that is just a copy of Google earth from Yahoo. This is a tech guy asking me this? I am uncomfortable with this all along, and I finally say thats enough and close down the browser. Now that I think about it, it seems he was trying to stall for time (while the Trojan loads?) This is a busy call center, why the hell is he asking me about Virtual Earth?

So, I am now on hold trying to speak to a tech guy in North America.

Any ideas?

PS ten minutes on hold gets me to a supervisor in....India. I ask to be transferred to a tech in Canada... still on hold

BobK · #2 05-29-2008, 01:18 PM

I'd run HiJackThis and see what it finds. Just be carefull. it can easily foul a PC if you just start deleting things. You can PM me the results for the HJT if you want.

iwrock · #3 05-29-2008, 01:26 PM

Thats remote assistance. I use it when I help out people remotely.

Microsoft uses it alot for support.

Dee8go · #4 05-29-2008, 01:49 PM

I got a Trojan horse on my computer last week and couldn't get rid of it. We ended up having to reformat the HD to get rid of it. I'm still trying to recover from that debacle. I almost have reloaded everything that was lost, but it has taken a long time to do it. I'm suspicious of everything.

Brian Carlton · #5 05-29-2008, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Dee8go

I got a Trojan horse on my computer last week and couldn't get rid of it. We ended up having to reformat the HD to get rid of it. I'm still trying to recover from that debacle. I almost have reloaded everything that was lost, but it has taken a long time to do it. I'm suspicious of everything.

Any idea how it arrived?

iwrock · #6 05-29-2008, 01:56 PM

I have a great way to block inline/embedded advertisements on your PC, but am afraid of posting it, as it blocks the ads on this site.....

Hatterasguy · #7 05-29-2008, 01:59 PM

I remember a couple of years ago kamil actualy posted something usefull, it was a clean up program that removed a lot of crap from your computer.

Anyone know what it was and if I can still get it? Also will it piss off Vista?

iwrock · #8 05-29-2008, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Hatterasguy

I remember a couple of years ago kamil actualy posted something usefull, it was a clean up program that removed a lot of crap from your computer.

Anyone know what it was and if I can still get it? Also will it piss off Vista?

CCleaner. It works with vista.

iwrock · #9 05-29-2008, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by iwrock

CCleaner. It works with vista.

http://www.ccleaner.com/

Brian Carlton · #10 05-29-2008, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Hatterasguy

I remember a couple of years ago kamil actualy posted something usefull, it was a clean up program that removed a lot of crap from your computer.

Anyone know what it was and if I can still get it? Also will it piss off Vista?

http://www.stevengould.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15&Itemid=69

Hatterasguy · #11 05-29-2008, 02:08 PM

Cool just removed 240MB of crap!

Brian Carlton · #12 05-29-2008, 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Hatterasguy

Cool just removed 240MB of crap!

Yep, the first use is truly enlightening..........subsequent uses are not quite as good.

Hatterasguy · #13 05-29-2008, 02:12 PM

My computer is running a bit quicker to! Thats about a year worth of crap, this computer will be a year old in about a month.

Hatterasguy · #14 05-29-2008, 02:15 PM

http://www.filehippo.com/download_superantispyware/

I'm downloading this too.

Mistress · #15 05-29-2008, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Dee8go

I got a Trojan horse on my computer last week and couldn't get rid of it. We ended up having to reformat the HD to get rid of it. I'm still trying to recover from that debacle. I almost have reloaded everything that was lost, but it has taken a long time to do it. I'm suspicious of everything.

maybe next time you'll learn to stay in your own backyard...sniffing around the way you do.