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Hackers? computers suddenly connected to my network
These computers are now connected to personal wireless network Do you trust or do not trust these computers with Ip addresses? I get this message from Trend Micro Pc security as soon as I go online It really appears people are trying to do something. Ever 5 minutes a new one pops up. I called att and they said I should talk to dell about security settings. I never had this happen before. Please what should I do?
- by the way, I thought your screen name looked familiar....you had started a thread just recently, and had received some advice from BugBatter...but it appears you never followed-up there:
- are you absolutely sure the message is from Trend Micro itself?.... and not a "phony" message by some spyware program trying to trick you?post your HJT log as soon as possible... and this time, be sure to follow-through with any advice you receive from the helpers.
- assuming you're connected to your own home wireless network (router):if you know how to do it, I would change the wireless encryption password on your router/network, and also on each PC in your house (so that the PC's reflect the same changed password). hopefully, this will "kick the hackers out" --- at least for a while.regardless of whether you change that password, i would post the issue in the HiJackThis forum, to hopefully determine what spyware/keyloggers, if any, are running on your system:Download the latest version of Trend Micro's HiJackThis (HJT) [version 2.0.2] installer fromSave it to your Desktop.Double-click on the HJTInstall.exe file you just downloaded, and click on the Install button, to install HJT in the suggested/default folder,C:\Program Files\Trend Micro\HijackThis( As part of the installation, a shortcut to the HJT program will be placed on your Desktop, and another shortcut in your START menu [for easy-access to using HJT in the future ---you only need to run the program again, but not the installer ] ).After installation, HJT will automatically open and start running.[If this is your first time running HJT, please read and accept the EULA (End-User License Agreement)]Click on Do a System Scan and Save a LogFile
This will automatically open NotePad
Copy the entire file from NotePad: EDIT/SelectAll, EDIT/Copy
Then go to the forum dedicated for HiJack This logs (**NOT** back here), and PASTE the results there:
http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board?board.id=si_hijack
Be sure to include a detailed description of any problems/errors/warnings you are encountering.
Also, please indicate the steps you've already taken, if any, in terms of running anti-malware scanners or malware removal tools.
When you submit your HJT log, please make sure the box under your text which shows "Automatically convert carriage returns to HTML line breaks" is checked, or your log may not format correctly... it should consist of separate/readable lines, not one large "jumble".Hopefully, one of the HJT experts will get to it as quickly as possible.
WARNING: HiJack This is a VERY POWERFUL tool. While it's completely safe for you to download, generate, and post your log (as described above), you should *NOT* attempt to do anything else (in particular, do NOT use it to delete/fix any entries) until you are advised to do so by a forum expert!! Improper use of this tool can severely damage your system. - One other thing I would add is to make your wireless network invisible to all outside computers. Do this by turning off your SSID (varies by manufacturer of the router.) Once this is turned off, no outside computer can even detect your wireless router's presence (it will not show up in their list of avalibale networks to connect to.)Usually you find this setting in a checkbox or listbox under the SSID settings. Choose "disable". If you need to beable to see it in order to get a computer to connect, just turn it back on. After teh connection is found on all your remote computers, just turn it back off again.P.S. be sure to change your SSID code as it may be compromised by now (if your still using the default "admin" change it immediately).
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Posted October 17th, 2007 19:00