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does chat like yahoo vulnerable for hack
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does the chat like yahoo messenger vulnerable for hacking.I was asking this because last couple of weeks before when i was chatting the my chat screen with one person started acting wierd it shows some colors.then what ever typed gets repeated and some times all get mixed like that.I am using windows 98se with dail up for net connection.After 1 week i was not able to connect to the internet.it will dial and get connected to remote modem but no sites get displayed.I used Vital Agent(lucent technology) a software to check net connection.it aslo shows the same thing that it cannot find get any webpages.It gives the message that the check the protocols.Checked that and i didnt find any problems with that.I reinstalled windows again the samne problem.So next time i formated c: and done freah installation then that was fine.Now I am using the zone alarm software to check hacking and last time when I was chatting zone alarm showed that 5 hacking attempts was blocked .Advise me in this
shane
does the chat like yahoo messenger vulnerable for hacking.I was asking this because last couple of weeks before when i was chatting the my chat screen with one person started acting wierd it shows some colors.then what ever typed gets repeated and some times all get mixed like that.I am using windows 98se with dail up for net connection.After 1 week i was not able to connect to the internet.it will dial and get connected to remote modem but no sites get displayed.I used Vital Agent(lucent technology) a software to check net connection.it aslo shows the same thing that it cannot find get any webpages.It gives the message that the check the protocols.Checked that and i didnt find any problems with that.I reinstalled windows again the samne problem.So next time i formated c: and done freah installation then that was fine.Now I am using the zone alarm software to check hacking and last time when I was chatting zone alarm showed that 5 hacking attempts was blocked .Advise me in this
shane
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Greetings!
This is what happened to a client of mine about a year ago, just -2- days after buying a brand new computer.
I set up their Cable Internet for a local cable ISP.
Next day, apparently the step-son was chatting with someone using a popular chat client. he shut down after about a half-hour session, never suspecting a thing, since everything worked fine.
Next morning, someone needed the computer. Turned it on, and system said "No Command Interpreter found".
I got a phone call (as a PC troubleshooter), and upon arrival, checked the drive to see what had gone wrong.
No files.
System had been wiped clean.
ICQ was the client.
Needless to say, I have advised all of my clients that this software be either avoided or used very carefully.
Yes, you can be hacked - realtime!
Sorry if this isn't what you wanted to hear, but hope it somehow helps!
Ted, the Modem Mixer
This is what happened to a client of mine about a year ago, just -2- days after buying a brand new computer.
I set up their Cable Internet for a local cable ISP.
Next day, apparently the step-son was chatting with someone using a popular chat client. he shut down after about a half-hour session, never suspecting a thing, since everything worked fine.
Next morning, someone needed the computer. Turned it on, and system said "No Command Interpreter found".
I got a phone call (as a PC troubleshooter), and upon arrival, checked the drive to see what had gone wrong.
No files.
System had been wiped clean.
ICQ was the client.
Needless to say, I have advised all of my clients that this software be either avoided or used very carefully.
Yes, you can be hacked - realtime!
Sorry if this isn't what you wanted to hear, but hope it somehow helps!
Ted, the Modem Mixer
Just last week, I spent a few hours getting a spoof copy of Mirc Chat removed from another client's system.
Did so based on finding no less than -4- different trojan viruses on the system, 1 of which wasn't even identified by symantec, McAfee, Trend, Sophos, Innoculan, AVG or any other major player in the AV field.
The list goes on ...
Ted
Did so based on finding no less than -4- different trojan viruses on the system, 1 of which wasn't even identified by symantec, McAfee, Trend, Sophos, Innoculan, AVG or any other major player in the AV field.
The list goes on ...
Ted
Any half-assed firewall will prevent most of these problems.
Tedsky, don't be so alarmist :)
Tedsky, don't be so alarmist :)
(NP - can't deny results in the field - this Q -is- using ZA (read Q's initial comments, NP), so ... your point?)
sorry 'bout that... they are too.
Shane, you still out there?
Try to make a new connection, start>programs>accessories
Good Luck,
Jessonmars