Re: HELP! I've been made a client on my own PC!
From: x y (jamescagney90210@excite.com)
Date: 06/25/02
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From: "x y" <jamescagney90210@excite.com> Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 23:13:42 -0400
You'd probably want to find someone local to look at the entire PC [not just
the hard drive], though unless the person was fairly knowledgable in
security, you might get a misdiagnosis. It still sounds to me like possibly
hardware or software failure, and does not seem to fit the typical hacking
profile. After all, if they wanted to steal your resources, they would do
it more covertly; if they wanted to annoy you, they could do it much more
painfully. You could install a NAT router, personal firewall software or
hardware firewall device such as Linksys BEFSR41, Netgear [both starting
around US $70] or Sygate [free for non-commercial use]. If you find
anything interesting in the firewall logs, you could post those and ask for
advice.
see below:
"JM" <Jose.Matthews@med.ge.com> wrote in message
news:10ead01c21953$6de465e0$b1e62ecf@tkmsftngxa04...
> Thanks. Frankly, I do believe that it is someone who
> knows me and has targeted me. While I do have access to
> certain BIOS settings, I do not have access to passwords,
> etc...files that have been titled in a manner that gives
> hints to who this may be.....I have looked at some log
Files titled how?
> files and can see where a person/system was "calling" and
> or the results of pinging ports for signals. Firstly, I
> have tried to reformat and re-install quite a few times,
> and it doesn't seem to help. I've also downloaded a BIOS
> upgrade from HP, with no change. I have removed all
> network options....always seem to have a "Entire Network"
> icon, that when selected gets denied due to no
> access......LOTS of restore type files all over the
> place....I disable Taskmanager, to no avail...same with
> PCHealth...the default web addy on Explorer says something
> like "blahblahblah....redir....)...ScanDisk always runs
> ok, but never seems to do a complete surface scan....I
With Windows 9x / ME you do sometimes have to boot into safe mode before
running scandisk successfully due to installed software that keeps using the
hard drive. Doing a full surface scan in safe mode could help diagnose if
there are bad sectors. The web page for your manufacturer's hard drive may
also have a diagnostic program for you to download.
> have Norton System Works, which includes antivirus
> applications, but have seen messages that the definition
> files have been corrupted....I have Symantec Internet
Could be a software problem or a sign of bad sectors on a failing hard
drive. I'm not sure how crazy I am about Norton System Works, but for
corrupt definition files there are usually suggested fixes available
www.symantec.com if you have the exact error message handy.
> Security loaded as a firewall, etc.....There are just too
> many thing. Um, again, I'm running a home/Desktop PC, yet
> in certain logs I've seen references made to a certain
> laptop.......a "wireless" device icon suddenly showed up
> one night...Feeling pretty dumb. Is there someone maybe I
> could send the HD to for analysis? Thanks again for your
> help...I sure appreciate it. It has been frustrating.
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >I don't think it's very common for a hacker to lock you
> out of BIOS
> >selections. If this is a hacker, it sounds like someone
> who knows you and
> >has targeted you. But it sounds more likely to me that
> this could be some
> >sort of system failure or maybe a virus. Can you
> describe in more detail
> >the things that are going wrong?
> >
> >One sure test would be to format and reinstall Windows
> again, and don't
> >connect it to the internet. If you still have problems
> [or if you know that
> >you had problems after installing Windows and before
> connecting it to the
> >internet], the problem is probably not a hacker. Use a
> hardware and/or
> >software firewall, starting with Netgear or Linksys
> BEFSR41 around $70, and
> >consider installing Sygate firewall as well [free for non-
> commercial use]
> >and check the log of blocked packets. Install an
> antivirus program like
> >Norton that is set to download the latest updates every
> day. Search your
> >machine for files that have changed in the past day or
> two or three to look
> >for possible evidence of hacking. Download and run fport
> from
> >foundstone.com and pstools including pslist and
> psloggedon from
> >www.sysinternals.com to look for anything unusual. You
> may want to run
> >Scandisk, and download and run some sort of hardware
> diagnostic tools on
> >your computer, and/or have someone else look at your
> computer for problems.
> >
> >I'm not convinced that fdisk is always necessary or
> beneficial when
> >reinstalling Windows. One issue is that any sectors
> marked bad on your hard
> >drive are I believe marked good again after the
> reformatting.
> >
> >
> >"JM" <Jose.Matthews@med.ge.com> wrote in message
> >news:f3e501c21948$adeec000$37ef2ecf@TKMSFTNGXA13...
> >> Hi folks... please help...My home PC is an HP Pavillion
> >> 8670C, was running Windows 98 and upgraded to ME and I
> >> believe I was struck by a virus and/or a hacker.
> Anyway,
> >> this person has gained control at his/her will, and I am
> >> now a client on my own PC and have vurtually no control,
> >> have been locked out of lots of BIOS selections, and
> have
> >> no access to the network that appears to have been
> >> established on my PC. Whoever has done this continually
> >> fu**s with me when I'm trying to use this system, and
> I'm
> >> not skilled enough to know what to do. Have tried
> >> changing hard drives, have fdisk'd a million times, but
> to
> >> no avail. This person is even accessing my system via
> >> wireless technology. I'm desperate, what can I do?
> Would
> >> really appreciate your help. How can I fix this, and
> are
> >> there any telltale signs/logs that might lead me to who
> >> this person is? (Just in case, I have pretty much taken
> >> the system apart, including removing the hard drives,
> just
> >> in case). Thanks so much!
> >
> >
> >.
> >
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