In this day and age cybercrimes are becoming more and more real and it seems
we are all worried about how safe and secure
we really are with all the new technology that we have.
It can be tough, it can be tough to know for sure
but we decided to throw together a few helpful facts that can help you if your privacy is at risk.
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Now let's get into ten ways to tell if your computer has actually been hacked. Don't get super paranoid or anything,
let's just.. Let's go over this together.
Kicking off the list at number ten : your antivirus software is disabled. The first main heads up
you'll have is that you go into your computer settings and take a look at your
Antivirus software. Things are normal : your antivirus should be enabled active doing what it's supposed to the first.
Main red flag that your computer may be compromised is
if your software has been disabled and you never disabled it yourself. It doesn't just do it on its own
I promise.
Disabling antivirus is usually the first thing that hackers will do
once they actually get into your computer as it will allow them easier access to navigate around your computer and
into your information.
And number nine : you are getting fake virus
messages. One way that hackers will try to get you into their clutches into their..
Their claws if you will is by sending you these little fake "your computer is hacked click here to fix it". Even some of these
have verbal prompts on them. If your antivirus is working properly,
it should keep people from getting into your computer directly. Meaning, if they want your information,
you would have to go to them on your own accord. The fake
virus messages is the most common way that people get their computers hacked as they will click on the message because they're worried.
But instead of being helpful, it actually ends up granting a hacker access to your computer,
it's like taking your home and then
opening the front door to a robber and handing in the keys and say "here you can have access anytime you want".
A less common fake virus message, what we dubbed the ransom
message at number eight. These are less common since they don't really work and you would have to be pretty dumb to fall for it.
But...
But
the Ransom message is when you get a popup
stating that your computer has been hacked and that you have to pay money in order to fix it. Let me digress here :
I said you have to be pretty dumb to fall for it
but, with that being said I've seen some people on the internet that fall for much worse.
So... I guess it is a thing, most of the time these messages are useless and can be avoided by simply restarting your computer.
However, if you restart your computer and the Ransom message is still there or if the ransom message is locking you out of certain
programs on your computer,
you may be in trouble.
Everybody hates popups frequent pop-ups everybody experiences them and everybody hates them.
There's nothing wrong with that however if you're getting pop-ups super frequently something is
probably wrong. Like we said earlier the first thing hackers will normally do when getting into someone's computer is
disable their antivirus and pop-up blocking software.
So if you normally don't get many pop-ups or any at all, and then all of a sudden
you're getting a barrage of them, definitely start looking into your settings as something was probably changed somehow
and if it wasn't you we divert back to the number 10 spot and
obviously something is wrong in your computer has been compromised.
At number six : your online passwords
suddenly don't work. This is this is obvious,
but it's also a huge red flag if you go to your social media accounts
or other online accounts and your password suddenly don't work, you're in trouble.
Obviously a common tactic when stealing information is to lock the real person out of their accounts by changing the password.
So I mean just by rule of thumb, always be changing your passwords
and I know this goes without saying but I'm going to say it anyway : don't use personal information for your passwords, don't use birthdays,
kids names,
parents names, anything like that. Make deep passwords,
complicated,
uppercase, lowercase, symbols, whatever you're allowed to do the.. the more complicated, the better.
Cracking into the top five : software is installed
that you didn't approve. With most computers, software will not download unless you approve or schedule it first. However, if
software begins downloading without any warning or asking for approval you need to stop it immediately.
Sure, sometimes your computer just goofs up and downloads a regular update.
Maybe it's a Flash update or a Microsoft update or something like that without telling you first.
But if you start getting stuff downloading from random sources without your approval, I guarantee
you there is something wrong there, and I know a lot of this is basic information that we're going over.
But you would be surprised how many people
everyday that get taken advantage of that don't look at the basics.
At number four :
redirected web searches. Another big red flag is if you start getting redirected to random websites while searching the web.
Because
antivirus works the way
it does, many viruses need to manually be installed by the user which is you which often leads hackers to resort to trying to trick
you into clicking on their virus. A huge red flag is if you are frequently being redirected
to spam websites when you didn't intend to go there in the first place, and you've all been to these websites
where you click on something or you click here
and it automatically shoots you to this site that is obviously not safe,
and it's just everything, all your buzzers are going off, your red flag Defcon 5. If this is happening,
definitely start looking into your settings and see if anything has been changed or if your system has been compromised at all.
And number three : your web browser has new toolbars.
Well, we have all experienced our toolbars or favorites getting randomly changed or deleted
by a software update it's very very annoying because if you don't uncheck the box you'll get a brand new toolbar you'll be.. you have
a brand new default browser it happens on a bigger scale you may need to actually do some investigation
Usually, when a software update is installed your web browser will be set to default toolbars in favorites,
but if this change happens without warning or if something is
added to your toolbars or favorites take your computer in right away and have somebody look at it
or do whatever you need to do get a malware program,
whatever you need because if stuff is being added and taken off without you
physically doing it then there are bigger forces that work inside your computer little hacker, demon trolls are in there and
It's probably close to you losing your stuff
Number two : if your friends get social media invites that you didn't send. This one happens pretty commonly on Facebook but that doesn't mean it's harmless.
Nothing should be able to send messages from your account other than you.
Maybe you clicked on some ad or you accidentally approved some app on Facebook, but for whatever reason it
may be, if this happens you need to change your passwords and double-check your settings right away
Hackers are cheeky and prey on the unsuspecting and there are so many of them out there
I mean, especially on Facebook, and it goes without saying that I'll say in any way
This is just a temp 2-step verification on everything you can maybe there's ways around if there's loopholes
There's ways for them to get in
But that is one thing that is a must in today's day and age if there's a 2-step verification option,
definitely take it and
expanding on that, one big way hackers
go in is through your SIM card through your phone.
So make sure that your phone provider is well aware that you need to have two-step
or some kind of PIN code
or nobody can access your phone because that is one way that they can get into all of your accounts.
Okay, the number one thing on today's list, and this is this is a big way to tell if your computer's been hacked.
Okay, your mouse moves on its own and is making selections
Yep, if this is happening
You're screwed honey. There's not anything else that could set if somebody is ghosted into your computer
and they have taken control of it, and you're not on some teamviewer with a buddy that you know,
it's probably too late.
Done, you're screwed.
There you have it my friends, those are 10 ways to tell if your computer is actually
being hacked. Like I said a lot of them simple and a lot of you probably already know these, but there's people out there
that are unsuspecting and
naive to the fact so hopefully it helps somebody if you guys would like to see
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