Lately my computer has been doing weird stuff like sending everyone on my buddylist for aim wierd messages my bother and mom think it has a virus well just recently somebody changed my password for aim and my brothers password for aim and i figured out the password the person changed myne to and nobody knew my password or my brothers password and the only person that had a clue what my brothers password was his ex girlfriend i think we have a hacker. if not a virus. does anyone know what could be wrong with my computer or how to fix it ? also my mom has called dell who our computer is from and they have no idea what it is and have tryed to fix it many ways..
helpachick answered Monday December 5 2005, 5:56 pm: well i think maybe its a hacker. so what you should do is both of you need to get a new account and so it will be clean and unmessed with...for good hopefully:)
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ncblondie answered Sunday December 4 2005, 11:12 pm: It sounds like you have a virus. If you have a virus scan program on your computer, do a full system scan. It's generally a good idea to do one once a week anyway. If you do have a program, it's a good idea to set it up for automatic updates and scheduled scans. That way it takes care of the work for you without you having to remember. If you don't have one, I'm giving you a link for an online scanner that works fairly well and is free. [Link](Mouse over link to see full location)
It's also a good idea to run a program that searches for spyware weekly. Make sure you run the updater often as well to make sure you're covered for the most recent spyware. I recommend Spybot and AdAware. They are both free. I'm including the links to download them as well. [Link](Mouse over link to see full location) [Link](Mouse over link to see full location)
You may also want to completely uninstall AIM, then do a fresh install.
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