Computer virus help

[VINMAN]

Yeah, seeing the cursor move and click on something would freak me the hell out.

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[911 Rod]

Originally Posted by VINMAN

Yeah, seeing the cursor move and click on something would freak me the hell out.

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My IT guy uses "log me in" to work on our computers remotely. Freaks people out.
It's fun to grab the mouse and fight him on what he is trying to do. He doesn't find it funny. lol

[john70t]

It may be in windows settings or deeper.
Turn OFF remote access: https://www.lifewire.com/disable-windows-remote-desktop-153337

There is also regedit line to change it false:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/903132/turn-off-remote-connection-in-settings-via-registr

Those probably won't fix the virus/hack, but at least they won't be able to take control.

[Flatbutt1]

Originally Posted by john70t

It may be in windows settings or deeper.
Turn OFF remote access: https://www.lifewire.com/disable-windows-remote-desktop-153337

There is also regedit line to change it false:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/903132/turn-off-remote-connection-in-settings-via-registr

Those probably won't fix the virus/hack, but at least they won't be able to take control.

awesome! thanks!!

[john70t]

You may need to log into regedit as admin first, or it won't work.
Do this offline ie disconnect the wire.

[Flatbutt1]

Originally Posted by john70t

You may need to log into regedit as admin first, or it won't work.
Do this offline ie disconnect the wire.

I tried it on this laptop and received a message that my version of W10 doesn't support remote access.

[MBAtarga]

Flatbutt1 - we had a hacker take over our home PC back around April of 2021. Wife walked in the room to check email and the mouse cursor was moving within the browser and she screamed bloody murder.
I disconnected the machine from our network. First thing I did was go to Fidelity and change both mine and the wife's 401k account passwords. I won't go into details - I could tell from browser history they weren't too sophisticated - but the hacker used my Chase credit card points to purchase 4 $200 HomeDepot gift cards. I got to my email first -and discovered them before they were able to access the email. Called and cancelled credit cards, bank accounts - you name it. We were up until 11:30PM Sunday night calling and cancelling everything.

Next day I ran all sorts of scans and nothing was found. I took it to a repair shop - and they also found nothing. I went and bought a new machine 24 hours later. I kept the "infected" machine off the network and transferred files by thumbdrive running scan tools each time. I was able to rebuild our computer from scratch. I destroyed the infected HD when I finished.

[Flatbutt1]

I brought it to the Geeks at BestBuy today and they found a remote control program that I somehow downloaded. I can't figure out where I picked it up.

Fortunately my banking and credit card online stuff uses two point verification but I changed all my passwords anyway.

Fkers!

[Black968]

Have you tried a system restore? If you have an idea when it was infected chose a restore date before the infection date. I have used it a few times, works like a charm and you lose no data. Should be able to get into it safemode on startup.

[MBAtarga]

Change your email password ASAP! You don't want to take the chance that they have access to it.