So, this nutjob that lives across the street from my GF is a former engineer that got laid off over the summer. The guy just lives by himself and stays up all night, dosn't talk to anyone and maybe comes outside once every 3 days. My GFs mom started to notice some files and crazy things on her PC that were not right. For example, files were moved around, pictures were missing, etc. She thought she just had a virus.
Well I hop on the clean it up and notice that her Anti-virus was disabled, and a remote client was logged on the machine! Her account was setup as the guest account and she had no administrative rights. Couldn't delete anything, change system settings, etc. This guy also changed all the router login passwords and her network is unsecured. Can't log in to the router.
My GF's laptop has been infiltrated too, and she has no administrative rights. We are worried, could this nut job have turned her webcam on without her knowing? Both machines are running Vista and I can't seem to get them back into a usable state. Her mom has gone to the cops and they have a detective on the case, and the local FBI office is coming by to pick up their computers.
I'd like to know how this guy got in to their systems and changed all of these things? I know her WiFi has been unsecured for some time, so that part I know. But how he took control of their Computers is what I'd like to know. I got her a new Router with 256 bit encryption and once the case is done, I'll install that. I also called Comcast and they are switching her Cable Modem out and giving her a new IP. Were these intelligent steps to take?
Well I hop on the clean it up and notice that her Anti-virus was disabled, and a remote client was logged on the machine! Her account was setup as the guest account and she had no administrative rights. Couldn't delete anything, change system settings, etc. This guy also changed all the router login passwords and her network is unsecured. Can't log in to the router.
My GF's laptop has been infiltrated too, and she has no administrative rights. We are worried, could this nut job have turned her webcam on without her knowing? Both machines are running Vista and I can't seem to get them back into a usable state. Her mom has gone to the cops and they have a detective on the case, and the local FBI office is coming by to pick up their computers.
I'd like to know how this guy got in to their systems and changed all of these things? I know her WiFi has been unsecured for some time, so that part I know. But how he took control of their Computers is what I'd like to know. I got her a new Router with 256 bit encryption and once the case is done, I'll install that. I also called Comcast and they are switching her Cable Modem out and giving her a new IP. Were these intelligent steps to take?