06-02-2020, 10:34 PM
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Re: Is It Possible For Someone To Infiltrate My OFF Account?
Last time I heard about symptoms, like these, it turned out that a neighbour was logging into the man's Router - as there wasn't a safe password set.The neighbour, presumably, was saving a bit of cash by piggybacking.
If you are using a router, the passwords, to access that router, could be a standard password which you would, hopefully, change during installation.
Also make sure that you don't have "Remote Assistance", switched on anywhere.
I'm assuming that this isn't a problem with The Forum. If there was such a problem I think quite a few would have responded so to your opening message.
Have you any other weird activity on your web use, or on your WiFi?
i.e. Is the forum the only place where you have any sort of funnies?
08-02-2020, 01:06 PM
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Re: Is It Possible For Someone To Infiltrate My OFF Account?
Originally Posted by Tedc
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Last time I heard about symptoms, like these, it turned out that a neighbour was logging into the man's Router - as there wasn't a safe password set.The neighbour, presumably, was saving a bit of cash by piggybacking.
If you are using a router, the passwords, to access that router, could be a standard password which you would, hopefully, change during installation.
Also make sure that you don't have "Remote Assistance", switched on anywhere.
I'm assuming that this isn't a problem with The Forum. If there was such a problem I think quite a few would have responded so to your opening message.
Have you any other weird activity on your web use, or on your WiFi?
i.e. Is the forum the only place where you have any sort of funnies?
08-02-2020, 05:55 PM
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Re: Is It Possible For Someone To Infiltrate My OFF Account?
Originally Posted by Artangel
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Ted, When you say ‘Remote Assistance’ are you saying my iPad or WiFi could be controlled remotely?
On a Windows 10 PC there is an option, in "Settings/System" which is called "Remote Desktop".
If that has been switched on, it means that someone who is providing support, to you, can take over and run your PC, normally subject to your agreeing that they can.
I don't know if Apple boxes have the same - but they, probably, have something similar.
Another scam is done by those who try to get on to your wifi.
If I click on the WiFi icon (bottom right on W10) I will get a list of all of the WiFi systems of everyone within range of my machine.
Ideally they will all be password protected, like mine.But, if there is one there without a password, or there is a password but it is the one supplied with the Router (& which should be changed because lots of people know it) you have a risk.
If your PC is well protected they, probably, will not be able to get into your data.
But they might be able to mess with your WiFi.
13-02-2020, 06:57 AM
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Re: Is It Possible For Someone To Infiltrate My OFF Account?
I've had that happen to me Art...just logged off for no reason...I just thought it was a glitch of some sort and log back in...yesterday my computer was so slow so I emptied the cache logged off and restarted the puter...it seemed to.work.Never occurred to me it might be something sinister..
13-02-2020, 09:52 PM
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Re: Is It Possible For Someone To Infiltrate My OFF Account?
Originally Posted by summer
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I've had that happen to me Art...just logged off for no reason...I just thought it was a glitch of some sort and log back in...yesterday my computer was so slow so I emptied the cache logged off and restarted the puter...it seemed to.work. Never occurred to me it might be something sinister..
Do you have a router and a signal coming in through it?
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