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That awkward moment when my webcam is on without my consent?
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So recently I've been having a lot of unnecessary ads in my browser. Even though I have an ad-blocker... *winces* Sorry TTG... I have Webroot Secure Virus protector & it says I have no virus's. The ads say malware or suspicious activity, it automatically opens the ads in a new window by the way! Also I have all my plugins besides my Ad blocker disabled!
Also I have a lot of Playstation downloads from when I had it. Had to do with modding, yada yada. I'm too lazy to uninstall them all. Well that's the only other reason!
I rarely ever use my webcam on my computer anymore, it's built in & has a blue light when it's on. I know I never opened anything related to it... but I was watching a movie on it earlier and the light turned on. After a while I was a bit creeped out, so I covered it up. A few minutes later my computer froze? So I restarted it, took longer than normally. But the light was off now, hasn't been on since.
Maybe I'm just being paranoid, any input??? A bit worried
Also I have a lot of Playstation downloads from when I had it. Had to do with modding, yada yada. I'm too lazy to uninstall them all. Well that's the only other reason!
I rarely ever use my webcam on my computer anymore, it's built in & has a blue light when it's on. I know I never opened anything related to it... but I was watching a movie on it earlier and the light turned on. After a while I was a bit creeped out, so I covered it up. A few minutes later my computer froze? So I restarted it, took longer than normally. But the light was off now, hasn't been on since.
Maybe I'm just being paranoid, any input??? A bit worried
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I think you have been ratted(Remote administrator Tool)I would delete your harddrive of your computer and reinstall windows if you still have the disc.It happened to me and soon they will be stealing your info.
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Do you think you have a rat. And if you do that would be weird someone just staring at you.
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gorilla wrote I think you have been ratted(Remote administrator Tool)I would delete your harddrive of your computer and reinstall windows if you still have the disc.It happened to me and soon they will be stealing your info.
Yikes... I don't have the disc? What info?
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never heard of this but then again new viruses are created everyday.
id wipe the hard drive and start from new, had to do this a few times, just to be on the safe side
id wipe the hard drive and start from new, had to do this a few times, just to be on the safe side
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It's sounds like you have a RAT.
A rat is a Remote Administrating Tool.
It is quite dangerous and I would advise looking for a different virus scanner and get rid of it.
Another way too tell is too look through your processes and if you see any unusual processes you should locate the file, end the process and make sure you delete it.
BECARFUL WITH YOUR CAMERA!
Put a piece of non see through tape on it.
DO NOT ENTER ANY PASSWORDS/BANK DETAILS/IMPORTANT INFO.
That could be very vital! Don't enter anything important until you are 110% Sure you have got rid of it.
DELETE ALL YOUR SAVED PASSWORDS WITHIN A BROWSER!
The person can easily access all of them and export them as a document. Make sure you remember all your passwords. If you don't write them down before you delete them.
Good Luck!
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A rat is a Remote Administrating Tool.
It is quite dangerous and I would advise looking for a different virus scanner and get rid of it.
Another way too tell is too look through your processes and if you see any unusual processes you should locate the file, end the process and make sure you delete it.
BECARFUL WITH YOUR CAMERA!
Put a piece of non see through tape on it.
DO NOT ENTER ANY PASSWORDS/BANK DETAILS/IMPORTANT INFO.
That could be very vital! Don't enter anything important until you are 110% Sure you have got rid of it.
DELETE ALL YOUR SAVED PASSWORDS WITHIN A BROWSER!
The person can easily access all of them and export them as a document. Make sure you remember all your passwords. If you don't write them down before you delete them.
Good Luck!
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Yes do all what he said Open up task manager.
and see if their are any processes that need to be killed look up each individual process on google to see what it does.
EMAILS,PASSWORDS,SEE WHAT YOU TYPED,ETC....
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and see if their are any processes that need to be killed look up each individual process on google to see what it does.
EMAILS,PASSWORDS,SEE WHAT YOU TYPED,ETC....
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i think you have been sppyed on sir
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OP.
Screen shot all your processes and post them here. Ill tell you which one the rat is.
Screen shot all your processes and post them here. Ill tell you which one the rat is.
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