Hi everyone - This seems to be a thread that could help me at the moment....
I'm not exactly an expert when it comes to computers - I bought my laptop just over a year ago & was 'advised' to purchase Norton for security - It ran out a few weeks ago & i've been looking into what would be best now - Either renew it (looking at you views i doubt that now!), or using something else....
Unfortunately in the meantime it seems someone has hacked into my computer & obtained my passwords for Hotmail, Facebook & god knows what else
They've also been impersonating me (sending harmful & hurtful messages, & emails as me etc etc). Firstly i thought someone might've guessed my passwords so changed them, but the next day they were back in doing the same thing again - Now i can't get back into my Facebook at all (They've changed my password & somehow unregistered my email address from Facebook so i can't even request a reset) Could they have somehow installed a key logger on my system & if so how would i go about getting rid of it?? All help & advise would be gratefully received....
Oh, and just remembered that from what i could see, some of the hackers material appears to have been pulled off my laptop from when Norton was still active. So was it pointless ever having it if they could get in when they wanted anyway??
As for new security - I only really use my laptop for casual internet use & emails. Norton is still installed on my system but has expired. I'm a bit skint at the moment too so ideally i don't want to be spending too much on new security software, but i obviously want it to be reliable. So what do you think would be best suited to me??
I'd really appreciate any advise on all of the above - Thanks in advance.....