How Your Computer Can Be Hacked

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Here is a list of a few simple ways your computer can be hacked. With so many persons going online to do banking, shopping, social interacting and a lot of other things, it is important that we know how to protect ourselves on the internet against cybercriminals like hackers and scammers.

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A Few Simple Ways Your Computer Can Be Hacked:

clicking on a link in a Facebook post, a Tweet (Twitter), an email message, or elsewhere, that takes you to a malicious website
downloading pirated or cracked software online embed with malwares like spyware, Trojan horse or Key logger
using weak or easily guessed passwords
opening a malicious email attachment that contains a virus, Trojan horse or other malwares
downloading bogus antivirus software
downloading fake software updates
allowing an unknown person to access your computer remotely via a remote desktop software
not updating your operating system and web browsers
browsing the internet without antivirus software installed
browsing the internet without a firewall software
connecting your computer to an unsecured Wi-Fi connection at places like a coffee shop, hotel or other Wi-Fi hotspots
not protecting your Wi-Fi (wireless) connection with a password
allowing the "Auto Run" or AutoPlay feature in Windows, which opens a default program (could be a virus), when a flash/thumb drive is inserted into one of your USB ports
allow a stranger to use your computer without monitoring him/her
installing a malicious Facebook application
entering your user names and passwords on a fake or phishing website
giving your user name and password to someone who request it via email or telephone

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Nov 18, 2016 at 6:28 PM by an anonymous user from: London, England, United Kingdom

My upstairs stalking neighbour is sending myself malicious and hacking emails. How can I identity and help to support my claims.

Nov 18, 2016 at 8:19 PM by info

Send the headers of the emails you have received from him/her to us. We may be able to trace the messages to his/her IP address, which you can take to the police. The police will contact the ISP who owns the IP address, who will be able to tell who is using the IP address.
The police will then further investigate.

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