computer hacked?

[FerLiu]

My bad, OP didn't mention anything about how it got to that state. I was talking about another thread in which the owner did leave his computer on for a while unattended.

 

[CarverFan]

Hey, I had that same warning appear a few times when logging into my email. I guess I'd better change my passord...

 

[KevinK]

i would not change password or anything secure wise on that computer until you get it checked..

 

[davonz]

Well, thing is that OP didn't visit any webpage, according to the description provided, it started to mess up by itself after leaving the computer for a while...

He actually said he didnt download anything.. but you can visit a website, it installs something on your computer, and then it doesnt do anything for a while.. i could be minute, hours, days, months etc..

You meantion (OP) a certificate warning, usually it says about installing a certificate when you login to a server that uses HTTPS for the first time, it downloads the certificate and then it doesnt show it again. However for sites like MS, webmail etc they use certificates that are provided by a company that are recognised by the browser and you are never asked to install or anything.. You can see these build-in certificates in firefox by going to OPTIONS, ADVANCE, VIEW CERTIFICATES... so yes i would be a little worried..

 

[Canick]

thank you all for your help. to clarify, the first post was a few months ago. my time/clock is set correctly. my issue now is i have someone who is SPECIFICALLY trying to access my info. it is the desperate ex-boyfriend of my best female friend who is doing his best to find information about her. he has already hacked her accounts and is now focusing on me to get more info.
i know this sounds very tele-novella, and i apologize, but the truth is i still need someone not to "fix" the mac, but to do whatever one can do to stop this invasion of privacy.
thanks again,
n

 

[notebook.fix]

Simple. Switch off your mac. Go to another 'safer' computer preferably with a different IP & log into ALL your email accounts - CHANGE YOUR PASSWORDS IMMEDIATELY pls.

Then you can take your time to research the issue at hand.

thank you all for your help. to clarify, the first post was a few months ago. my time/clock is set correctly. my issue now is i have someone who is SPECIFICALLY trying to access my info. it is the desperate ex-boyfriend of my best female friend who is doing his best to find information about her. he has already hacked her accounts and is now focusing on me to get more info.
i know this sounds very tele-novella, and i apologize, but the truth is i still need someone not to "fix" the mac, but to do whatever one can do to stop this invasion of privacy.
thanks again,
n

 

[davonz]

it is the desperate ex-boyfriend of my best female friend who is doing his best to find information about her. he has already hacked her accounts and is now focusing on me to get more info.

Has he ever had access to your computer or router ?
Because for him to be hacking from remotely he most probably would have had to have access to either install the tools he needs to access your computer and/or do port-forwarding on the router to send any requests to your computer - and unless he is a computer person he probably wouldnt know what to do or how to do it !!!!

 

[Crema Americana]

You think he has some type of remote access to your computer or has actually hacked into the email accounts themselves? If it's the latter, change your passwords and secrets words, etc on another computer which you know he doesn't have access to. He doesn't need access to your computer to hack your email accounts if he's doing it online... the only protection you have there is strong passwords and hard to guess secret answers.

Scan your computer for any type of spyware or keyloggers. Did he have access to install something on your computer or could you have downloaded something he sent you? Do you download your emails to your computer? (Using whatever mac's version of Outlook is.)

If you're really worried about having spyware on your computer, the last resort would be to format. Make sure your computer has a password and use an antivirus/spyware software. There are plenty of resources on the internet which should help you to secure your mac.

Also, he doesn't have access to your network does he? Be it through the actual network or wifi... I think if you knew how he was accessing the information it would be easier to solve. Is he a tech person? Sorry, wish I knew more... and hope you get it straightened out.

 

[dennisr]

Have you scanned computer for virus, malware in safe/boot mode? Had a virus about drove me over the edge, finally in safe/boot mode, network off got it repaired.

 

[nicoenarg]

HELP!

I think my computer is in the "process of being hacked". All my usual email sites (hotmail, yahoo, gmail) are now giving me a warning "Safari can't verify the identity of the website", whereas I used to log in without issue.
the strange thing is all my other bookmarks go directly to the sites without these warning, except my banking tabs, and my email accounts!

i am using a mac and safari. i tried it in firefox with the same result. the address of the sites are different than what i remember. for example I used to log in to hotmail as "login.live", but now its bl135.login.live etc.

ANYONE have suggestions? I have the option to "continue" after getting the "we cant certify the identity of this site and you might be connecting to a site that is pretending to be this site", but i don't want to take the risk.

be happy to pay for someone to come look at my computer or any suggestions welcome!
Thanks
n

One problem I have seen with people here is that they consider WEP password protected network as a protected network. It is not. I can hack WEP in less than five minutes. So, if you were on WEP network while you were around the area of the desperate boyfriend, it is very possible that the dude's put a trojan or something onto your computer. Its very easy to do.

Mac's are not very prone to viruses mainly because Mac's are not as much in use as Windows. Contrary to popular belief, you NEED to have an anti-virus, and a firewall installed. If not, you're basically leaving your backdoor open (or frontdoor, if you live in BsAs).

Anyway, if you've already taken care of the above and still have problems, my brother is a networking specialist type dude, I can ask him regarding this.