MiYarnStalker
Well-Known Member
Yesterday morning I turned on my laptop and discovered a new user account had appeared during the night.
We searched, removed it, ran ESET, deleted Edge since the user seemed to be associated with it. My webcam is turned off, disabled, all features are disabled, microphone off, piece of painters' tape over the lens.
This morning, it's back.
Went through the check up routine again. Now, no sign of the interloper.
Here's the question. How do they get there when your laptop is turned off and not actively connected to any network. My internet is through my mobile hotspot which isn't running when I'm not on my laptop. I don't use it for anything else so I turn it off.
Right now, I'm going to turn off my laptop until later this afternoon. My hotspot will also be turned off.
We searched, removed it, ran ESET, deleted Edge since the user seemed to be associated with it. My webcam is turned off, disabled, all features are disabled, microphone off, piece of painters' tape over the lens.
This morning, it's back.
Went through the check up routine again. Now, no sign of the interloper.
Here's the question. How do they get there when your laptop is turned off and not actively connected to any network. My internet is through my mobile hotspot which isn't running when I'm not on my laptop. I don't use it for anything else so I turn it off.
Right now, I'm going to turn off my laptop until later this afternoon. My hotspot will also be turned off.