3.1 Hacked

3.1 Hacked

By Peter Snyders

Your biggest asset against a hacker is that you can switch them out. There is another asset but let us leave that for later.

Once they are on your computer you are not going to have an easy life. This starts happening when you see only a black screen. The beautiful Google pictures are all gone. When a picture does appear, it is a distorted picture of the top of a woman. You cannot make out her face and features, because they are all distorted. This is the sign for you that they are busy going through your data. Use your biggest asset: switch off your computer.

Soon you will discover that the distorted picture is there for always. They are not always on your case. They just have a system to get onto your computer as soon as they see that you are active on it. I think that your computer would light up for them to know that you are busy. Yes, they become blatant. Often you will see a big black square over your desktop icons. It means that the hacker is working in the background. Switch off!

You will also know that they are working in the background when you cannot open your files. When Microsoft tells you that something went wrong and suggests that you go to Control Panel and select Programs and Features and do a change, your system would be restored and you would be able to open your files, but how much of your writing have they stolen in the meantime? Switching off is a better way for you to use.

I have been advised by my son-in-law that every computer has a unique IP number. What he also told me is that the hacker can only get onto your computer via the internet or your Gmail account. At the back of your computer, you will see the biggest hole to insert a connection or a flash drive. In this socket the internet connection is made. So, to keep them out, unplug your network plug. After you have done this, check to see if you have access to your Gmail account. You should not be able to access your Google account. Neither can they.

Do not open a cell or email message that you do not know. Be especially careful of messages that promise you much money that you can easily obtain. As soon as you open that cellphone message or email, they are in your computer or cellphone. They are not going to give you peace until they have all your loose money and things that they can easily sell for money.

After they have been on your computer for a while, they become arrogant and displace your beautiful Google pictures with the out of focus picture of a women I referred to.

They can only hack the IP number of one of your PC’s. Every PC has a different IP Number. So, if you have two PC’s and one got hacked, the other one would be safe if you were vigilant. You can get a cheap secondhand computer at one of those places who give money for sellable things. Use this PC for your files. The hacked PC is used only for Gmail. If, after some time, the hackers see that there is no more to hack, they will remove their ugly picture. But, since they know your IP Number, they can anytime check you out again. So, pull out the network plug of the PC that you do your everyday work on.

If you have lots of files and folders on a 4TB external hard drive, even though there is nothing of value to them on it, the hacker will spend so much time having to go through every file and getting nothing, their tyrant boss would beat them up. If you leave your computer for a while, pull out the plug of your external hard drive. They will see nothing, that is if you do not have a second PC.

They get a kick out of hacking into people’s private lives. So, you can throw this back them by writing a sympathetic letter to the hacker. They are not going to respond, but you have beaten them psychologically.

Finally, my sister put me in contact with someone who could rid me of the hacker. It turned out that he used a Bitdefender together with the Bitdefender VPN. When you are hacked, Bitdefender VPN will advise you and give you the opportunity to get rid of the hacker. If you tell VPN to block the hackers, they will do so and advise you that they have done so.

It turns out that you can get this package for R467.00 per annum together with TEN PCs on which you can use the same project. So, if you and nine others can come together and each one gives R50.00 they can have a peaceable life. You will be given all the options to protect you, but you may have to upgrade to hide your IP Number and have other advantages.

This is where these hacking experiences of mine come to an end, but you can communicate with other users of our blog and share your unique experiences.