hi guys i need your help again
i have a good frien who says she is having her pc hacked and her life is being made *censored* this is the problem
this person is a member of 2 chat rooms sites .
she is saying that the OWNER of 1 of the sites is hacking into her pc and is reading all her sent emails and pms that she has sent to some of her friends and copying them and showing them for all to see on his site .
im no expert and dont know where to start when it comes to hacking pcs BUT is this possible ?i didnt think you could hack into someones pc and read pms you MAY have sent .is there anyway to stop this ?cheers guysYour friend needs good Anti-Virus protection, Spyware protection, and a good Firewall. Does your friend have any protection?

Flamethanks for the fast reply flame .
on this 1 flame i would say yes but not 100% sure but will soon find out .if not what would you recomend ?
but i would have thought (but could be wrong ) if the person who runs his own site with over 2000 members would be clever enough to get past the firewall or anti virus protection ?
i know that admins on some sites can read any pms that some members may have sent but i didnt think he would able to read pms that members have sent on a different site ?cheers .nomadIf they made their custom script, then they might be using that to hack in. Otherwise, all scripts have a security hole in there somewhere. Anyway... For virus protection, I would say download AVG: http://www.grisoft.com/doc/71/lng/us/tpl/tpl01 ... CLICK on AVG 7/1 for Windows at the top. For Spyware protection, assuming this computer is able to handle it as far as requirements, Windows Defender is a good shot... http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=435bfce7-da2b-4a6a-afa4-f7f14e605a0d&displaylang=en ... For a firewall, TRY ZoneAlarm... http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/catalog/products/sku_list_za.jsp?dc=12bms&ctry=US&lang=en&lid=nav_za ... Give these a shot. Hopefully that's all there is to it.

FlameShe didn't give her password out did she? Does she use the same login and password for all sites? If not she could format her PC and reinstall Windows and then never go back to the problem site. Of course the above protection should be installed as well.I wouldn't enter a chat room anyway

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