IlluminatingBikr
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I was casually browsing the internet today when I clicked the middle button on my mouse, which usually pops open two arrows, pointing up and down...and I move my mouse up or down and it starts scrolling. Right?... no!
I clicked it once, and the mouse moved to the left, and clicked off of it. I tried it again and again, same thing. My mouse has never freaked out like this before. A "left" move of the mouse was involved, and also a click. Both happening at the same time? Nearly impossible I though. But the, I saw a cursor in the adress line of my browser...scanning the CPF URL from left to right. I was SPOOKED!!!! I tried to shut down my computer immediately, now thinking I was being hacked. I panickedly went to start => shut down. I clicked the shut down button. Nothing. In fear, I must have clicked it about 6 more times. Every other time, it goes into shutdown mode right away....but this time NOTHING was happening. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icon6.gif I held down the power button on my laptop, and shut down the comp. Phewf!
Was I hacked? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/jpshakehead.gif Or a really bad chain of events? Well I was spooked, so I waited a while.
Not only am I behind a hardware firewall, I have my XP firewall enabled too. I also have Norton Anti-Virus, which is always updated. My OS (XP Professional) is always updated too. I intermitently run Ad-Aware and Spybot too.
After waiting a while, to catch my breath, I booted up again. I was very cautious and perturbed, but nothing happened. I did a whole bunch of stuff. I updated Nortong (no new updates though) and ran anti-virus scanner. I ran ad-aware after looking for new updates for it, and also ran spybot. Additionally for added comfort, I installed ZoneAlarm (the basic free kind, that is only a firewall).
So what do you think happened to me? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icon3.gif
I clicked it once, and the mouse moved to the left, and clicked off of it. I tried it again and again, same thing. My mouse has never freaked out like this before. A "left" move of the mouse was involved, and also a click. Both happening at the same time? Nearly impossible I though. But the, I saw a cursor in the adress line of my browser...scanning the CPF URL from left to right. I was SPOOKED!!!! I tried to shut down my computer immediately, now thinking I was being hacked. I panickedly went to start => shut down. I clicked the shut down button. Nothing. In fear, I must have clicked it about 6 more times. Every other time, it goes into shutdown mode right away....but this time NOTHING was happening. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icon6.gif I held down the power button on my laptop, and shut down the comp. Phewf!
Was I hacked? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/jpshakehead.gif Or a really bad chain of events? Well I was spooked, so I waited a while.
Not only am I behind a hardware firewall, I have my XP firewall enabled too. I also have Norton Anti-Virus, which is always updated. My OS (XP Professional) is always updated too. I intermitently run Ad-Aware and Spybot too.
After waiting a while, to catch my breath, I booted up again. I was very cautious and perturbed, but nothing happened. I did a whole bunch of stuff. I updated Nortong (no new updates though) and ran anti-virus scanner. I ran ad-aware after looking for new updates for it, and also ran spybot. Additionally for added comfort, I installed ZoneAlarm (the basic free kind, that is only a firewall).
So what do you think happened to me? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icon3.gif