My computer is alive.

[Voetsjoeba]

Hi,

I experienced something very weird and funny, and wanted to know if this has happened to anyone before. This is what happened. I started my comp and everything worked fine, as it should. No problem. But suddenly, my computer started living and doing things on it's own. The mouse moved all by itself and clicked by itself too. It started programs, shut them down, it even changed my desktop image. I had no control over it. It was very frightening, so I hit the reset button immediately. Everything works fine again now. What happened to my comp ?

[λ]

That sounds like a hacker/trojan. If you don't have/use a firewall, I would recommend getting one immediately.

[RelandR]

has somebody installed "pc anywhere" on yer box ?

remoteControl

[pinx]

GET A FIREWALL NOW!

[eilsoe]

lol :P

someones having a LOT of fun! :P

[RelandR]

disconnect from the net

find yer installer logs and look for recent exe's that are unfamiliar

use a bot cleaner too

then firewall as said

[Maxtr0sity]

AVG and Spybot up your computer.

[Niann]

Someone is messing with you. I would do everything that was said above. =)

Cheers!
-Niann

[prstudio]

what OS?

if its XP...right click the my computer icon and select properties...

then find the tab that says remote...

there should be two check boxes...

make sure the one at the bottom, or the far most bottom one is unchecked.

this setting is in reference to allowing others to connect to your computer...

we used to play tricks back in college on each other using this...lol

also make sure pc anywhere isnt installed on the machine


and look into a firewall...

get back to me with that above information though
so we can help you out!

[mlk]

10 bucks someone made a fullscreen flash app with windows mouse cursor and desktop - could be...

back-orifice intrusions and remote computing attack are REALLY REALLY REALLY rare...

[kh3mical]

lol, i think ill go with mlk's idea about the flash file

[asphaltcowboy]

Originally posted by mlkdesign
10 bucks someone made a fullscreen flash app with windows mouse cursor and desktop - could be... wouldn't they have to know exactly what's on Voet's desktop?

[kh3mical]

actually, yeah asphalt is right there...

[andr.in]

Originally posted by asphaltcowboy
wouldn't they have to know exactly what's on Voet's desktop?

Exactly my thoughts...


Scary stuff though..

[asphaltcowboy]

I suppose if it was someone Voet knew and had sent a desktop pic to (for whatever reason) then maybe.. wouldn't work for me though - my desktop appearance changes on a daily basis ;)

[amp]

Originally posted by mlkdesign

back-orifice intrusions and remote computing attack are REALLY REALLY REALLY rare... [/B]

I don't know, I know a lot of people who use the stuff. :bad: