computer access

[molemesseskilledIpom]

Who was it who's ex was accessing her computer from his own?

Can anyone tell me how it's done as I THINK it's happening to me.

Doesnt matter how many times I change passwords on stuff, odd things are still happeneing.

Maybe ask this in geeky stuff?

I will Bucharest.

Odd things like, photos appearing in my FB profile, deleting myself out of member groups on skype, when I'm not online, that sort of thing.

there are plenty of ways to set this up but to do it the person would have needed to install some software on your computer. This is done either
1-by having access to the PC obviously
2-by tricking you into downloading some malware (ie dodgy emails, websites downloads etc)

In your case sounds like you suspect someone you know. So has he/she had access to the PC to set this up.

If you have changed passwords, and you log out of FB when you finish they might have installed a key-stroke logger that records everythnig you type, and then emails the whole log file each day. Then the hacker examines the ley strokes and knows your passwords.

Solution - plenty of malware detectors and scanner out there, but if he/she is more techy than you then you might find it hard to clean the machine and be completely sure it is clean.

Safest way - stop using the computer. Instead get a new PC.... and then change all the passwords again.

Do you have technicians at work? If so, could you take it in to them and ask them to look at it?

If not, I'd take it to a small computer repair shop - it's the sort of job they love.

Do you suspect someone within your home?

Not even in this country at the moment but something is definatley happening.

I've changed the passwords all of my accounts for everything again today, and I got a message on my phone a few hours ago to say that the wrong password has been entered on my google account, while I wasnt online.

So someone is trying to access my stuff. I have an idea who but it's proving it.

Hacking into a computer remotely is actually harder than it seems and not something I'd expect a normal person to easily be able to do.

What I'd suggest is run MalwareBytes scan and a full virus scan with whatever scanner you have. Just to be safe

But chances are whoever is trying to hack your accounts is simply using your username and guessing your password. What I'd suggest is to go and change every single account you have now and use something which isn't like your pets name, daughters birthday etc. What I also do is replace letters with numbers. So for example if I wanted a password to be "Mumsnet", I would use "Mumsn3t"

If you also use a mixture of uppercase and perhaps even add a character like ! then its going to be extremely hard for anyone to brute force guess your password.

So for example, use "Mumsn3t!" which is still easish to remember but a bitch to guess.

Yes, if they've tried an incorrect password they're probably just guessing. Good advice there from Niceguy. Another good password method is to think of a sentence you find easy to remember and use the initial letters from it: if your sentence was "Aunty Jean has 3 flying ducks on her chimney breast", your password would be "AJh3fdohcb" :)

You might also want to see whether your computer is networked (go to Network or My Network) and remove it from the network if so. Also, on Windows, make sure you haven't got Remote Assistance enabled. Right-click on My Computer, go to Advanced, Remote, and make sure remote assistance isn't enabled. Also look in your programs to see if you've got PC Anywhere installed. If you have, un-install it.

Switch your computer OFF when you're not using it (that's not my usual advice, but it helps if you think someone might be spying on it.) Make sure you need a password to log on.

Jesus iPom, he wouldn't?

Umm, this site is informative:
Eye Tek Spy Shop