i believe my computers were and still mayb controlled by someone: boyfriend/friends stranger gov? had dialup found  network connections file sharing, search began these factors occurred repeatedly..callwave,netscape,os files,hosting, y messenger, nview,nividia,people pc.earthlink,realplayer,Aol common, winamp files,AolCall Alert. strange characters in text, no audio on with most programs, hidden commun in frames,html formats file types unknown to me,xml,xls.ink.cvs,odd rss feeds,javaformats,home phone system haywire /strange telephone num./phone messages to home heard over others comp cellphones/sim cards ,text messaging ,faxing xm radio bands annt. boosters  infared car stereos home dvd system music w/ hidden messages came into play.  kind of sounds like a list of today's technologhy huh?, taught 4 15 yrs.thought i was fairly comp literate no way!  someone used these things to nearly destroy my world\nsanity ? 2yr old daughter in middle,now hv broken home still\nneed answers??
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get a computor specailist in, and don't put any deatails on the computor. Infact turn it off! NOW.... Huh hum NOW! Are you listening to me NOW! Fine I wont help you then! Ha I know I'm loony, NOW
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Its most probably a dialer. If you can acess the net from your computer, then download a free anti-virus and anti-spyware, update them and thoroughly scan your computer. If you have poated this question from someone else's computer, then download the setup file onto his computer, paste it to a pen drive or burn it to a CD(its too big for a floppy) and run it on your computer.\nAOL Active Virus Shield:\nhttp://www.activevirusshield.com/antivirus/freeav/index.adp\n\nSpyBot Search and Destroy: http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/spy...
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A friend of my mine had the same problem after he installed a wireless router between his bussiness computer and his kids computer. It even went as far as installing googles e-mail on it and making Outlook so that he good only receive e-mail and not send it, he had to use googles to send. Evdently what is going on is that google has been paying router companies to put their crap on the router install disc. When you install the router and load the drivers and router programs  from the install disc you get google also, basicly without your knowledge or even wanting it. At the least the disc should do is ask you if want to install google. I have installed many of programs that asked me if I wanted google or not. I feel what google is doing is the same as adding spieware, adware,spam and other things, in other words It should be illegal!! But like the saying goes money talks and bullsh+t walks if you know what I mean!! Now to get back to helping you. Open my computer, open control panel, in the control panel open the box that says internet options, on the general window you will see a box that says home page. More then likely it will say something like google.com or something with googles name in it. Click on the button below it that says Use Default this should change it back to MSN, if it doesnt clear the box then type in msn.com, while you have the window still open in the box below click on delete cookies, when it gets done doing that  click on delete files. Dont worry all this does it delete the garbage that the web sites put on your computer when you were in them, which they say that the next time you go to one of their sites these files help you connect faster. Problem is that they are talking about a millonth of a second faster in other words BIG DEAl and as I feel who wants these websites crap on their computer. Also if you dont clear these files once in a while they will actually start slowing your computer down.You can check how many of these files you have by clicking on the settings button next to the delete files button.then in the box that pops up just click veiw files. Now to get to what we were doing. After you get done doing all this, go to the box that says programs and open it. If you use outlook express and it is messed up also, in the e-mail box make sure it says outlook express. At the box on the bottom make sure there is a check mark in the box that says internet explorer should check to see whether it is the default browser, above it click the box that says reset web settings (you have to do this so that it changes back to all the settings that you just got done putting back in. In other words google was so nice that it made itself the default browser. If you had problems with the e-mail also, you will need to call your internet service provider so they can walk you thru setting it back up!! They have to tell you what to type in the POP box(outgoing e-mail) and the SMTP box (incoming e-mail or what is better known as simple mail transfer protocol) After doing all this restart your computer so that it can delete the old settings and install the new ones. Hopefully this changed everything back to normal for you!!! you can send the $400.00 dollars to (just kidding)!!! If this does not work make the guy change your computer back to the way it was for free. Be very threatening he messed it up he needs to fix it. Tell him if he doesnt fix it that you will take it some where else to get it fixed and under the law he would have to pay the bill.(actually this is true) and you can sue him!!! Make sure that you keep all the reseats. Also if he gives you any grief threaten to call Best Buys Corporate Office and file a complaint on him!!! The number can be found in their web site. Also tell him you will file a complaint with The Better Bussiness Bureau usually a large company like Best Buy likes keeping their customers and doesnt like bad publicity. Well hopefully this has been helpful!!!\n\n                      ZEUS
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Thare are sites whare you can buy persanal info over the internet for like $50 i have heard about tham.  Inloding wher you live, whare you work, haw much you make, all most evry thing soshal suerity no, crditcar no, and much more. \n\nthares all so all kindas nasty stuff on the net like vires, spy ware, ad ware and now a new one i for get its name but it atches to your sytom rerites it so normal scaning aplications cant see it. I know it was made popler by sony .ink thay used it to pertected thare music cd from prisy but it back fiered thay got in trubal and ened up makeing it popler for crimals to use.\n\nall so thare a new scame where eval people put small thin plasic strips pver ATM card readers the ATM will work normaly but the small strip will store care nubers and eny thing elss on the magntic strip. \n\nThe only whay to 100% pertect your self thes days is to go live some whare far away from eny one with no contact to the out side world.\n\nThe only relaistic thing you can do it take sinsabule percostions dont do eny thing that mite be risky.\n\nI sugest being onist its the best cores of action.
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First off, let me state, NO, I haven't tried and I'm not about to.  Is the information out there? - there is an awful lot of stuff on the internet - from very informative to pure crap, from completely legit to very much illegit - so frankly I wouldn't be surprised.  But here's a thought.  Are you so sure the site really is somebody telling you how to do that?  What are the chances it's a DHS sting?  Then, of course, it could be a scam to get you to unsuspectingly download a virus to your computer.  My suggestion: AVOID SUCH SITES LIKE THE PLAGUE!!!
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Yes a good hacker can access your computer anytime your modem or router is on, If there is no physical connection than you are safe. But the hacker probably put backdoor programs on almost all key systems, and yes when you are online If he's anygood he can see everything you are typing through a rogue remote access program. Here's the kicker, you never know when he's accessing your system because he is using your own external ip to get in{piggybacking}
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I had something like that happen a long,long time ago. Beware of viruses and dialers when visiting porn sites.
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It sounds more like Spyware. They are usually installed in your PC when you enter a malicious web site or install something "for free".\n\nTry downloading and using SpyBot Search & Destroy.\n\nGood luck!
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Scams? Money? Annoying people with viruses?
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A few searches on the net said this was a virus or a trojan. I would suggest running a program like ad-aware and also a anti-virus.\n\nYour net will also run slow if others on the network are infected with malware or viruses and Dial-up will be slow by itself aswell.
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It must have been Spaware what u can do is scan your pc with Spybot (http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/) or you can try Windows Defender from Microsoft (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=435bfce7-da2b-4a6a-afa4-f7f14e605a0d&displaylang=en)\n\nYou have carry this activity with windows running in safe mode
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You can’t expect people to read your previous questions.\n\nYou need to find a way to get Ad-Aware (free, lavasoft.com) and ZoneAlarm (free, zonelabs.com) installed on your computer. Try to get online by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Delete, and if the list shows keylogger32 or something like that, selecting it and then press End Task; then try to go online and download the programs. If that doesn’t work you have to transfer the setup file from another computer somehow; you can use a network, USB flash drive, external hard drive, maybe even a digital camera. Or you can just get you CD drive fixed.\n\nIf this doesn't work, find someone who is good with computers, or take it to a large electronics store like Best Buy, (most offer virus/spyware removal) and have them remove it and fix your CD drive as well. \n\nThis could be just the beginning of your problems. After it is removed you have to change all of your passwords, and if you have ever entered your credit card numbers on your computer you should change those too. You could be lucky and the keystroke logger was not able to get online to send the information it collected, but it is also possible that your computer has been infected for a while without your knowledge, and it is only now causing problems when you try to connect.
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These folks do a great public service in getting rid of lots of spyware and malware.  It's a Free download: http://www.safer-networking.org/\n\nI've used it literally hundreds of times and it works well, never had a problem to date with it.
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Uh...why is this in computer and internet?
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Their passwords have been hacked.\nSomething they've clicked on.\nIf they change their password, it will stop the bulletins.
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My guy did that. I caught him flirting online and literally blew up on him. He got rid of the computer for about a month. Then when it did come back, any type of Instant Messenger was banned from our computer (it still is!). He promised to never erase the history file and I could "check up" on him whenever I wanted to. And he didn't go to any sites that would be considered questionable. It took time, but I was able to put it behind us. His willingness to be an open book helped me to trust him again. It was never an issue again, and that was many many years ago.
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(Customer): Ummm, hi could you help me repair my machine?\n(me): Yeah sure, what seems to be the problem?\n(Customer): I ummm...cauht my...ummmm....son donwnloading explicit imagery and, i, i mean he has caused my system to become slow and has lots of virus's.\n(me) sure, leave it with me and you will have it in a few hours\n\nafter doing many checks on the machine i find over 300 explicit images on the customers screen name! i confronted him about this and he said his son got hold of his password. i later find out his son is 4!!!\n\nwell, it made me chuckle.