Hacked??

[Guest]

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Recently I was on a craigslist discussion forum (for the first time). When I
came back in to my computer after I'd been offline for quite some time I
found that my ISP icon was active again. I had absolutely disconnected it
before I left the computer. I tried serveral times to disconnect it but
could not disconnect it without shutting down my computer.

Is there a way to search my computer to see if it has been recently hacked?

I have AVG Free and MS Antispyware (set to scan at 4 a.m. and manual
updating) with my XP (Home) firewall activated. I have a dial up ISP.

I'm not sure what other info you need to help me troubleshoot, so please
advise if more into needed.

thanks

 

[dl]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

If its dial up check your internet connections to determin if a second
dialup has been configured, or that the dialup # has been changed


"Novice User" <NoviceUser@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4E6E7AE6-2E50-483F-A1BD-F5E882A66AD0@microsoft.com...
> Recently I was on a craigslist discussion forum (for the first time).
When I
> came back in to my computer after I'd been offline for quite some time I
> found that my ISP icon was active again. I had absolutely disconnected it
> before I left the computer. I tried serveral times to disconnect it but
> could not disconnect it without shutting down my computer.
>
> Is there a way to search my computer to see if it has been recently
hacked?
>
> I have AVG Free and MS Antispyware (set to scan at 4 a.m. and manual
> updating) with my XP (Home) firewall activated. I have a dial up ISP.
>
> I'm not sure what other info you need to help me troubleshoot, so please
> advise if more into needed.
>
> thanks

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

I don't see any evidence of that. There is only the ISP's connection under
control panel/Internet connections. Is there somewhere else I should look?

"DL" wrote:

> If its dial up check your internet connections to determin if a second
> dialup has been configured, or that the dialup # has been changed
>
>
> "Novice User" <NoviceUser@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:4E6E7AE6-2E50-483F-A1BD-F5E882A66AD0@microsoft.com...
> > Recently I was on a craigslist discussion forum (for the first time).
> When I
> > came back in to my computer after I'd been offline for quite some time I
> > found that my ISP icon was active again. I had absolutely disconnected it
> > before I left the computer. I tried serveral times to disconnect it but
> > could not disconnect it without shutting down my computer.
> >
> > Is there a way to search my computer to see if it has been recently
> hacked?
> >
> > I have AVG Free and MS Antispyware (set to scan at 4 a.m. and manual
> > updating) with my XP (Home) firewall activated. I have a dial up ISP.
> >
> > I'm not sure what other info you need to help me troubleshoot, so please
> > advise if more into needed.
> >
> > thanks
>
>
>