Hackers on Mylot???
By sweetierook
@sweetierook (311)
United States
August 27, 2008 8:14am CST
I am so sad to say that I have had odd things going on with my computer since shortly after I began here at mylot. I am sad about this because I really enjoy mylot and feel now that maybe it is not a safe place to be.
It is sad that people have to be so cautious about giving personal information or even worrying about who they might accidentally offend because of this sort of thing.
Has anyone else had problems like for example: your computer slows down, suddenly pop ups that you cannot stop on mylot where you should not be getting any and then your computer freezing up! Not being able to respond to certain postings.
I even wonder if you are having these problems if you might be afraid to speak about it for fear of having your computer crashed.
I am just here for fun. If I have offended anyone that was not my goal. It is unfortunate that there always have to be people to spoil things for everyone else.
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3 responses
@mark_m57 (5)
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27 Aug 08
The only way for a hacker to gain access to your computer would be to install software on it, so unless you've been purposely downloading different files from untrustworthy websites, don't worry about it, it'd be extremely difficult for anyone to install software on your computer without your knowledge.
Slow performance and pop ups indicate spyware, download AVG antivirus for free at http://free.avg.com/ and scan your computer regularly, be careful with what you download in the future.
@sweetierook (311)
• United States
27 Aug 08
Thank you to everyone for the comments. I will be way more careful in the future.
Happy~Mylotting!!!!
@douchrti (176)
• United States
27 Aug 08
I dont think this community has been hacked.
How old is your puter? Have you de-fragged lately? Are all your updates current?
What Anti Virus and Anti Spyware are you using?
What Firewall are you using also?
Are you using IE or Firefox?
Let me know, I'll help you get it cleaned up. This is too nice a community for you to leave because of Malware.
@sweetierook (311)
• United States
27 Aug 08
I already got the problem resolved, but I do appreciate the offer of help. I have a fairly new computer. Got it new for Christmas!~
It makes me really sad that anyone would do somthing like that. Without going into too many details, because I really shouldn't... I really feel that this is what happened.
I love Mylot and want to stay!
@sutanhartanto (4122)
• Indonesia
27 Aug 08
hi sweetierook,
i am sorry to hear about that. is it possible that you were also surfing other sites along with mylot?
i have been here for 7 month and i have never get such problems. i don't know what is happening to your computer. anyway, i use an anti virus named nod32 which is working continuously to protect my computer from virus, malicious programs or any threat from internet. you can download its free trial for (of course) free and try it. you just need to visit its website or download.com. hope it help. good luck.
