Help, please. I have been hacked!

Ok, I have read some of the answers to other posts. Here is my problem: there is a guy who is fixated on my girlfriend. (Well, ex- now, more on that later.) First, he cracked my yahoo and hotmail passwords, and sent her much email I didnt want her to see, if you know what I mean. And he changed the personal info so I cannot request a new password because I dont know the friggin zip code he used. Second, he must have got me with a trojan, because he recorded a voice conversation I had with another girl and sent it to the first. (Hence, the ex- in girlfriend!) After visiting this site, I downloaded "The Cleaner 3", and ran it. It found nothing. And I downloaded zonelabs firewall. But apparently that didnt stop him, so I am not sure if he has a keylogger or something, or just a password crack program. Also, before he cracked my hotmail, he sent me a junk email from my yahoo account, probably with something attached, I would think, but I thought the firewall would block access. Yes, I use windows 98, and I am not a technically informed person. (Call me ignorant, and stupid, if you want.) Any suggestions?

:p U need not worry if the girl in question is u're ex-girlfrien just as long as nothing reaches u're current girl. Ouch!!:eek:

Ouch! You didn't use some password that's easy to guess, or a password that is the same for all of those accounts?

As for the voice message... WHOAH! Was this near your computer? Where was this conversation? When was it?

Does he have physical access to your computer or house?

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..sent her much email I didnt want her to see, if you know what I mean.

..he recorded a voice conversation I had with another girl and sent it to the first.

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hmnn.. looks like you're in some big trouble down there.

first, why would the hacker do that if he doesnt see the flaw in you? he sent your ex some emails, what kind of emails? are you hiding something from your ex? and you had a conversation with another girl that your gf wasnt suppose to hear? be honest man - next time. and pray your next gf wont learn about that incident. and next time, inform your next gf of your email password. well, just be honest to your girl so no hacker will ever see a "hole" in you which they can "exploit".

:p

I don't think Cleaner 3 will detect a keylogger.
You need a programme called 'WHOSWATCHINGME' from the trapware corporation.This little prog will pick up most loggers
I supposeyou must have been communicating over the net for him to record a conversation unless he's got your phone line bugged or hidden a camcorder on your premises.
LAST STOP PARANOID CENTRAL .
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Ah, you never feel you need security until you recieve a trojan in your box. Well first up either this guy is good or you are too easy to manipulate [no offence intended].

I advise you read lots about Windows security, a lot more info than anyone here could provide.

www.windows-help.net should be a starting place followed by tutorials found on most hacker sites.

let me help you oh confused one......

first of all there is a local tech support hotline for those who have their hotmail and yahoo accounts stolen. it is "911-6543". give them a call and tell them the secret password by spelling- "I CUP" aloud. and then if they are laughing that is the top secret code that they reset your email account and please never use hotmail or yahoo again. then you need to grovel to your ex-girlfriend and let her know how much of a jerk you are so she can kick you in the jimmy and then dump you again. you shouldn't hide anything from her anyways, but i'm sure you are in junior high so you're still aloud to play those games, i guess. lastely if you hadn't been having cybersex on something you downloaded from some freak nasty porn site then you probably wouldn't have caught a trojan. there are some programs i suggest that i doubt you've ever heard of, try MCAFEE ANTIVIRUS, FPROT ANTIVIRUS, NORTON ANTIVIRUS, TINY PERSONAL FIREWALL, ZONEALARM, or a hardware firewall.
ok, ok, enough of the flaming, you asked for suggestions.
you had the right idea, in my opinion, on web-based email, bc outlook proliferates viruses like no tomorrow, but use something obscure, not hotmail or yahoo, they are too easy. you probably dont have a trojan, just try using any web based email except hotmail or yahoo, and never leave anything on their server that you wouldn't want anyone else reading.

Firstly, if this guy can record conversations from your PC, then he probably knows you are looking here for assistance, and may change tactics.

Might be time to change ISP's so your address is 'lost' to him. If you have ADSL, changing the NIC will change your IP.

Secondly, Zone Alarm is only as good as you set it up. I got a nasty surprise on one computer when I found 'Notepad.exe' was allowed to access the internet. It was a Trojan that renamed itself to 'notepad.exe' and opened a port through Zone Alarm.

Check all programs allowed in and out, to ensure they are legitimate.

Do a netstat -an at the DOS prompt to ensure there are no active connections.

If you see 'his' IP, then report him to your ISP's abuse department.

I don't really have anything to say that anything else didn't, but that's a bitch of a story. Hope everything works out for ya, man...get a new e-mail acount too, like something in Swedish. I did that once...ok forget it, that won't do any good and I should shut up before someone gives me any negative aps.

Ok, thanks for not flaming me as bad as you did some people. Yes, I know I was wrong and deserve what I got. I learned my lesson, as far as that goes, now I just want this guy to leave me alone. The conversation he recorded was over voicechat on msn messenger. My anti virus software found nothing, as did the cleaner. And zone alarm firewall is active. My passwords were not easy, he even got the one that was a combination of letters and numbers and upper and lower case. He does not have physical access, as he is in another state. Any other suggestions, besides reading for hours and hours? Thank you all in advance. And if he knows I came here, then he can read your answers, too.

Greetings: The question is valid................ Yet to a certain extent, remains extremely suspicious.

A- Does the "Suspected Person in Question", Have Complete, and Total access to your P.C.? (Keylog), not a console based Trojan.

B- If he was able to send a Trojan, how is ist possible that you accepted it? Even with a rudimentary Anti-Virus program running on your computer?

C- I have been maried for 6 years, and I still cover my tracks.

For a good trojan Prog. (Trial Version), D-Load from:

www.wilders.org

The Program is TDS3

Or go to www.grc.com Run "Leak Test"

If you have not yet dumped the girl after reading all the posts, you have problems beyond technical help!



-The Most Courageous Acts, Are Those That Remain Undetected.

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Is it possible this other "girl" you had the voice conversation with was in on it with him? She could easily have recorded the conversation on her end.

If this is true, he need not have even cracked your system. I have read exploits on Hotmail's security vulnerabilities, and there are more everyday. I have heard Yahoo is fairly vulnerable as well.

Has he sent you anything that hasn't gone out to the internet, such as personal files from your harddrive?
(Be careful, here. Someone trying to mindjob you can just provide a link in their email with an HREF="file://c:\my%20documents\doc1.doc" and make it appear they have hacked your system when they have not. They have just provided a link to a file they know or suspect exists on your computer. Since *you* have access to the file, you can open it when you click the link, but he cannot.)

You mentioned he sent you files from your Yahoo account before he cracked the Hotmail account. Did you actually download and run these files? If you did, I'd still suspect a trojan.

Did he actually send your passwords, or did he just gain access to your account? If he actually had your passwords, you probably have something ugly installed on your system. If he just accessed your account, there's probably nothing on your system.

I propose he is probably just a punk who learned how to hack hotmail and yahoo accounts (or had a friend who knew), and got a girl to buddy up to you so you would damn yourself. This would explain why your anti-virus and Cleaner 3 found nothing. I would say that a keylogger might not be detected by either, but a keylogger wouldn't explain the voice conversation.

Didn't anyone think of "custom made trojans"?

I discovered a trojan at work.
It opened a port between 23:00 and 0:00 and was open to connections only during that hour.

It was a nasty little buggar, but the firewall stopped it. ($1000-class physical firewall)

Just keep in mind that the trojan-sweepers look for a spesific file or a spesific way to reload after reboot, or maybe a spesific open port.

If this ******* made the trojan himself the sweeper programs would fail. As would a antivirus program.

Just keep it in mind.

What I would do:

Reformat harddrive, reinstall OS, keep clear of hotmail and give https://www.hushmail.com a visit

right well first of all you had to of had a dictonary word for your hotmail password. what i mean is that if you want a good password you must not make it a real word but letters and numbers combined, and at least 7 characters long, and it has to be a random thought, cannot mean anything to you or anyone else. i can't tell you how many times i've hacked into someone with the password being password. second of all you shouldn't have downloaded ANYTHING from him or anyone you don't know, or even know, without running it through a couple antivirus checkers. and the whole voice thing, hmm, i dont' know. either you have a cable connection and you were talking on the phone while at the comp and he was using your mic. (if you have one) and recording you phone conversation. or he was a complete loser and was phreaking. or he is a liar. have you confirmed the phone conversation was you, ask him to hear to it. that's all, for now, that i have to say.

-havanger