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A person I know got a spam email saying to pay a ransom of 1000$ for his personal informations.
he sent him an old password he used in an old email as prove, the email is linked to his facebook account.
he is afraid the hacker had access to his camera and his personal information and info related to work...
saying that.
is there a way the hacker could have enabled the camera and started recording after the user disabled it.
note that the laptop doesn't have any real protection.
just windows defender and firewall.
he found the webcam enabled after disabling it.
and can windows enable the camera on it own after an update?
windows-10 webcam
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A person I know got a spam email saying to pay a ransom of 1000$ for his personal informations.
he sent him an old password he used in an old email as prove, the email is linked to his facebook account.
he is afraid the hacker had access to his camera and his personal information and info related to work...
saying that.
is there a way the hacker could have enabled the camera and started recording after the user disabled it.
note that the laptop doesn't have any real protection.
just windows defender and firewall.
he found the webcam enabled after disabling it.
and can windows enable the camera on it own after an update?
windows-10 webcam
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A person I know got a spam email saying to pay a ransom of 1000$ for his personal informations.
he sent him an old password he used in an old email as prove, the email is linked to his facebook account.
he is afraid the hacker had access to his camera and his personal information and info related to work...
saying that.
is there a way the hacker could have enabled the camera and started recording after the user disabled it.
note that the laptop doesn't have any real protection.
just windows defender and firewall.
he found the webcam enabled after disabling it.
and can windows enable the camera on it own after an update?
windows-10 webcam
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A person I know got a spam email saying to pay a ransom of 1000$ for his personal informations.
he sent him an old password he used in an old email as prove, the email is linked to his facebook account.
he is afraid the hacker had access to his camera and his personal information and info related to work...
saying that.
is there a way the hacker could have enabled the camera and started recording after the user disabled it.
note that the laptop doesn't have any real protection.
just windows defender and firewall.
he found the webcam enabled after disabling it.
and can windows enable the camera on it own after an update?
windows-10 webcam
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Those emails are being sent by the millions every day. They are a HOAX. Spammers are taking email addresses and passwords from darknet sites and sending them out with some story about having movies of the recipient watching porn (or reading Fox news). Do not send them money.
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There are a lot of factors that could be at play here. The short answer is yes, malware can enable a camera on a laptop even if the user disabled it. While Windows defender provides SOME protection, I would recommend getting some true anti-malware software such as Kaspersky or Trend Micro and scan the computer.
Seeing as the scammer sent an old password, my guess is there is a key logger on the computer (a piece of malicious code that records what buttons are pressed) and that's how the information was harvested
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There is little real risk here of a keylogger. I have received a hundred threatening email in the past year that references an ancient password.
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Those emails are being sent by the millions every day. They are a HOAX. Spammers are taking email addresses and passwords from darknet sites and sending them out with some story about having movies of the recipient watching porn (or reading Fox news). Do not send them money.
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Those emails are being sent by the millions every day. They are a HOAX. Spammers are taking email addresses and passwords from darknet sites and sending them out with some story about having movies of the recipient watching porn (or reading Fox news). Do not send them money.
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Those emails are being sent by the millions every day. They are a HOAX. Spammers are taking email addresses and passwords from darknet sites and sending them out with some story about having movies of the recipient watching porn (or reading Fox news). Do not send them money.
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Those emails are being sent by the millions every day. They are a HOAX. Spammers are taking email addresses and passwords from darknet sites and sending them out with some story about having movies of the recipient watching porn (or reading Fox news). Do not send them money.
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There are a lot of factors that could be at play here. The short answer is yes, malware can enable a camera on a laptop even if the user disabled it. While Windows defender provides SOME protection, I would recommend getting some true anti-malware software such as Kaspersky or Trend Micro and scan the computer.
Seeing as the scammer sent an old password, my guess is there is a key logger on the computer (a piece of malicious code that records what buttons are pressed) and that's how the information was harvested
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There is little real risk here of a keylogger. I have received a hundred threatening email in the past year that references an ancient password.
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There are a lot of factors that could be at play here. The short answer is yes, malware can enable a camera on a laptop even if the user disabled it. While Windows defender provides SOME protection, I would recommend getting some true anti-malware software such as Kaspersky or Trend Micro and scan the computer.
Seeing as the scammer sent an old password, my guess is there is a key logger on the computer (a piece of malicious code that records what buttons are pressed) and that's how the information was harvested
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There is little real risk here of a keylogger. I have received a hundred threatening email in the past year that references an ancient password.
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1 hour ago
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There are a lot of factors that could be at play here. The short answer is yes, malware can enable a camera on a laptop even if the user disabled it. While Windows defender provides SOME protection, I would recommend getting some true anti-malware software such as Kaspersky or Trend Micro and scan the computer.
Seeing as the scammer sent an old password, my guess is there is a key logger on the computer (a piece of malicious code that records what buttons are pressed) and that's how the information was harvested
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Seeing as the scammer sent an old password, my guess is there is a key logger on the computer (a piece of malicious code that records what buttons are pressed) and that's how the information was harvested
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There is little real risk here of a keylogger. I have received a hundred threatening email in the past year that references an ancient password.
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There is little real risk here of a keylogger. I have received a hundred threatening email in the past year that references an ancient password.
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