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<blockquote data-quote="Victor M" data-source="post: 1115615" data-attributes="member: 96560">[USER=118385]@Rov123[/USER] ,One way to proof to yourself that you were hacked, in case of a hacked modem or router is to use nmap (the network scanner). Assuming that your modem or router configuration&nbsp; is typical, you can scan your personal network by &#039;nmap 192.168.1.0/24&#039; or &#039;nmap 192.168.0.0/24&#039;. You will catch the hacker in his tracks if you see a foreign machine present in your network.Then you would be able to remedy it if your modem or router allows you to specify which MAC addresses are allowed in your network. The feature is designed to stop hackers who have bruteforced or guessed your WiFi password from joining your network. The modem or router will have a page which shows you which MAC addresses are currently connected, or you can go to each PC and type &#039;ipconfig&#039; to see it&#039;s MAC address. Then you can put those confirmed OK MAC addresses into that Allow List. The feature may not stop all hacks, but it is a counter measure, and the counter measure would not have been built if nobody hacks modems.A safe procedure is to set a reminder on your cell phone to change your WiFi password every 2 or 3 months. And while you are at it, schedule a reminder to do Windows Update on every 2nd Tuesday of the month because that&#039;s when MS releases security patches.So far on this forum, from the handful of people who has claimed that they were hacked all relied on evidence from social media. But they didn&#039;t quote the actual messages here probably because of the personal nature of the messages. If you could quote the messages here, then we could help acertain that indeed something is wrong and suggest counter measures.Some hackers do use malware, and not all of them are good at hacking.&nbsp; Do what [USER=71262]@oldschool[/USER] suggested and start a post in our malware removal sub forum, and CHECK BACK for REPLIES Every Day. If you don&#039;t reply to messages, the thread will be closed.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Victor M, post: 1115615, member: 96560"] [USER=118385]@Rov123[/USER] , One way to proof to yourself that you were hacked, in case of a hacked modem or router is to use nmap (the network scanner). Assuming that your modem or router configuration is typical, you can scan your personal network by 'nmap 192.168.1.0/24' or 'nmap 192.168.0.0/24'. You will catch the hacker in his tracks if you see a foreign machine present in your network. Then you would be able to remedy it if your modem or router allows you to specify which MAC addresses are allowed in your network. The feature is designed to stop hackers who have bruteforced or guessed your WiFi password from joining your network. The modem or router will have a page which shows you which MAC addresses are currently connected, or you can go to each PC and type 'ipconfig' to see it's MAC address. Then you can put those confirmed OK MAC addresses into that Allow List. The feature may not stop all hacks, but it is a counter measure, and the counter measure would not have been built if nobody hacks modems. A safe procedure is to set a reminder on your cell phone to change your WiFi password every 2 or 3 months. And while you are at it, schedule a reminder to do Windows Update on every 2nd Tuesday of the month because that's when MS releases security patches. So far on this forum, from the handful of people who has claimed that they were hacked all relied on evidence from social media. But they didn't quote the actual messages here probably because of the personal nature of the messages. If you could quote the messages here, then we could help acertain that indeed something is wrong and suggest counter measures. Some hackers do use malware, and not all of them are good at hacking. Do what [USER=71262]@oldschool[/USER] suggested and start a post in our malware removal sub forum, and CHECK BACK for REPLIES Every Day. If you don't reply to messages, the thread will be closed. [/QUOTE]

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