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I got home from school today and I check my e-mail via Pod (there were 22 unread) and it was, or is still sending out WoW Authentication Messages. So I changed my password. I check it on Google Chrome, and gmail says that an I.P. from China used my account the 1st time Oct. 10th, 14th, yesterday, and today. So with my paranoid feeling I installed AVG, so now AVG and Norton are running. I also changed a lot of passwords via on-screen keyboard. I am also typing this with O-s keyboard. Now if push comes to shove I will format my PC. Can anyone provide help? I don't want to lose my games, music, Sony Vegas, etc., but if I have to I can deal. I also don't want my lap top or 360 (if possible)destroyed, or infected in any way.
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if you have to reformat, get a external storage device so you dont loose all your shit. other than that i have no idea!
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sukkafree wrote I got home from school today and I check my e-mail via Pod (there were 22 unread) and it was, or is still sending out WoW Authentication Messages. So I changed my password. I check it on Google Chrome, and gmail says that an I.P. from China used my account the 1st time Oct. 10th, 14th, yesterday, and today. So with my paranoid feeling I installed AVG, so now AVG and Norton are running. I also changed a lot of passwords via on-screen keyboard. I am also typing this with O-s keyboard. Now if push comes to shove I will format my PC. Can anyone provide help? I don't want to lose my games, music, Sony Vegas, etc., but if I have to I can deal. I also don't want my lap top or 360 (if possible)destroyed, or infected in any way.


A lot of major hackers come out of China, to be on the safe side I would wipe the system or if you don't want to lose your stuff(highly not recommended if dont know what you are doing.) go to a professional to thoroughly diagnose and hopefully clean your computer of any backdoors and such. I feel your pain, I would be paranoid too.
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I am calling my friends dad tomorrow to make sure nothing else is wrong. His computer has 16 GB ram, 3.7 TB's of HDD and 2 servers, or so for music and movies all custom built by himself. So I am relying on him. If not I will just keep the important stuff on a USB.
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Don't get keylogged?

That might help out a bit.
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TaiMaiShu wrote A lot of major hackers come out of China, to be on the safe side I would wipe the system or if you don't want to lose your stuff(highly not recommended if dont know what you are doing.) go to a professional to thoroughly diagnose and hopefully clean your computer of any backdoors and such. I feel your pain, I would be paranoid too.
That is why my friends dad is going to help. I am pretty sure he knows his way around some of this stuff. Another one of my friends had the same thing happen to him as well, except he actually isn't technologically retarded as I am.
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sukkafree wrote
TaiMaiShu wrote A lot of major hackers come out of China, to be on the safe side I would wipe the system or if you don't want to lose your stuff(highly not recommended if dont know what you are doing.) go to a professional to thoroughly diagnose and hopefully clean your computer of any backdoors and such. I feel your pain, I would be paranoid too.
That is why my friends dad is going to help. I am pretty sure he knows his way around some of this stuff. Another one of my friends had the same thing happen to him as well, except he actually isn't technologically retarded as I am.


Cool man good luck and hopefully your friends dad can fix it.
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While you get this fixxed just remember not to be singing up for any payed things, also try extracting all personal information to your usb
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Go through recovery question!
Easeliy done.
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I would say get an external hard drive and send your computer in for repair..
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