Have I been hacked?
Hello, before I go on I must point out that my knowledge of computers is minimal.
I am a little worried that my computer has been hacked into. My reasons for this revolves around some info on my computer getting out; this could just be a coincidence but I don't know.
The most likely way this info may have gone out is over Yahoo messenger. I have an old friend who moved abroard about a year ago and keeping in touch via messenger works well. How easy is it to eves drop on ones conversation over this medium? I believe that the intruder would have to know passwords, ID's and secret questions, but if they gained access to my computer then surely all this would follow as this all happens automatically for me. Again, this is all theory and I can not back it up. If this has happened then how long would it take and could it be done by knowing only my hotmail address??
I suppose that at the end of the day someone has to really want to eves drop on you and go to quite a bit of trouble to do this.
Any advice much appreciated,
LE.