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12 Signs Your Computer Has Been Hacked

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Twelve signs your computer has been hacked.

Cyber attacks have recently become a very popular problem, so everyone is worried about protecting their data.

To prevent your passwords or other important data from being stolen, you have to pay attention to any changes on your computer.

Your printer doesn't work properly, and you don't know what it means. Your webcam behaves unusually.

We're going to tell you about 12 important signs that your computer has been hacked and your data and pictures have been stolen.

Number twelve - the antivirus is switched off.

Antivirus programs are pretty hard to disable, even when you want to.

They have special safety protocols that ask you two or even three times if you are sure that you don't want the program to work.

So it's almost impossible that you turn it off accidentally.

The first thing that good hackers do is disable the antivirus, so that you can't detect the intrusion. But you are smarter than them, right???

So as soon as you notice that your antivirus is off, turn it back on and contact a specialist.

Number eleven - you receive fake antivirus warnings.

If you see antivirus warnings that look different or unusual, this is a clear sign of a hack.

Another bad sign is if you have a new antivirus you didn't install.

However before you start to worry, check if your old antivirus software was updated. Maybe it just looks different now.

Number ten - your passwords don't work.

If you can't access some of your accounts, and you're sure you didn't change your

passwords and forget about it, your computer has most likely been hacked.

Fortunately, most services have the two-factor authentication, so you can restore your passwords by having a code sent to your phone number.

Once you've done it, change passwords even for the accounts that apparently haven't been hacked yet.

Tell all your friends not to open messages from you, and not to go through the links sent from your accounts.


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