Good and Bad. This article revolves around these two words. Good people adopt genuine means to move forward, whereas few bad ones pull them down by hacking their technical wealth. Many countries now have cyber laws where you can report your theft, but how will you know that you have been hacked. Before analyzing this let us see the limitation of an antivirus program.
As you know technology is becoming advanced to secure the things with antivirus software, but the irony is that these malicious hackers can change their tactics any time. This makes the previous version of anti malware programs ineffective. To fight with this issue another step taken by antimalware software programs is that they monitor program behaviours or heuristics in order to recognize the previous unrecognized malware. But in spite of all these efforts like the use of virtualized environment, effective system monitoring and detection of network traffic, there have been a rise in hacking cases.
Coming to the topic once again, let us find out the ways that may be the reasons behind hacking.
You get fake antivirus messages
I am sure you recognize your child well. So the next time you receive fake antivirus warning messages other than your regular antivirus message. There is a chance that your system has been hacked. This fake scan is an attempt to lure you to buy their product. As you click on the provided link you will be taken to a professional looking website with many recommendation letters. Now, it will ask about your credit card number and other billing information. What can be done in this case? Simply shut down your computer once you see a fake antivirus warning message. Boot your computer in safe mode. Exempt networking. If you find a new program installed uninstall it at once. Perform complete antivirus scan with your genuine antivirus program.
Another sign that suggest your computer is on the verge of exploitation is when you see few unwanted browser toolbars that are ready to help you. Always be cautious while installing the new toolbars. Remove the fake toolbars.
This is very common. When you click on a particular website of internet searches and your click gets land you on a different website other that where you want to go. This is a result of malicious redirection.
Programmers use additional proxies to hide redirected internet searches.
If you see random pop-ups from genuine websites which generally don’t generate them then possibly your system has been hacked.
Some times when your friends start receiving fake emails from your email account then this could be the sign that your computer has been hacked. In this case, run a complete antivirus scan on your computer and uninstall the unwanted programs and toolbars.
In case your online password gets changed suddenly then there are chances that your online service has been hacked by malicious hackers. This happens when you respond to a genuine looking dubious email that claimed that it is from the same online service. It acquires your logon information, logs on and changes your password without telling you. This procedure can also be used to steal money from you.
In case you have suffered from this scam then immediately contact that online service to report about this activity. Most of the online services help you in getting full control of the problem by giving you a new password within few minutes.
This malicious attack on your system is not very common. If you see your mouse pointer moving automatically and selecting a particular program to run. Definitely there is malicious program which is involved behind it which can trade stocks, transfer money and manipulate the bank accounts. To address this attack power off the system, detach the network cable or disable the wireless router and using another system change your logon names and passwords. In case, you have lost money then see law enforcement authorities and file a case.
Another signal that your system is under the control of malicious attackers is when you find that your antimalware software, Task Manager or Registry Editor has been disabled. To address this problem, perform a complete restore to get the lost functionality and then restart your computer in Safe Mode.
It has been found that in most of the cases the hacking find its origin from unpatched software, running Trojan horse programs and giving a response to false phishing emails. It is better to avoid these three steps to prevent hacking.