I have to go back a long time now but it would be nice if you take a little time and tell me your assessment. About 2 months ago I was kidnapped by an extremely good phishing mail (Ebay) and people had access to my account. But that didn't help them much because I didn't have a payment method. But when I got 4 days after the incident on my email inbox what I have in the hotbar in the browser. My antivirus program hit it and said it was a phishing site. I didn't think I would have had my laptop completely scanned for viruses etc. Where nothing was found. In addition, apps open sometimes on my cell phone (iPhone XS) or it runs out at 3%. Nevertheless, everything is still chasing me and I sometimes think that someone may have logged into my home network because I'm so far for the router login I know the same password as the eBay password. (Of course I've already changed everything).
I get the same dubious advertising on all devices in the Wi-Fi for, for example, Piggy Coupon which is an add-on with a hidden virus, even though the devices have different Google Accounts among other things. And my mother for example googlet definitely nothing that goes in the direction so it has nothing to do with browser behavior. On the other hand, the devices also receive uniform normal advertising… In addition, I have the feeling that my laptop is running in the background because it often gets loud or hotter for no reason. I don't know if that's always been the case and I'm just paying more attention to it now or if there really is something going on in the background. In addition, call center types have recently been calling people who simply don't say anything when they answer the call. I looked with the app which devices are in the WLAN where I noticed nothing inconspicuous, except that my laptop somehow has a strange Mac address from Azurwave no idea what that is. And somehow 40 partial connections between router and my laptop. Do you think something is wrong there or am I just a little too paranoid. Or is someone now selling my data on the Darknet or something?
I would appreciate an assessment from someone of you!
I do not think your home network has been hacked because the dubious Google advertising thing comes from the fact that you are connected to your device via the same IP address / subnet, so what you like to google is analyzed and therefore often comes probably advertising with dubious advertising. You can only access your rooter access if you are really logged in to the rooter, if this is not the case and you have not set that you can access your rooter from outside, it is also not possible. That with the iPhone is often the problem that turns itself off earlier so that when you charge it, it wakes up quickly. As far as I know, AzureWave produces wireless modules that are used to connect to computers and Wi-Fi. That's why I don't think anything has been "hacked" at you. It is also (almost) impossible to hack or manipulate an iPhone.
In terms of network technology, this should not be possible as long as you have not set up complex remote access to your router. Especially about phishing and what you describe. About the other stories: I think Zokix already said something.
With you haunted.
OK thanks! I think maybe I'm just a little paranoid since Ebay history. On the other hand, a hacker would have done something long ago if he were able to influence my entire home network, right? I just hope not that someone is secretly watching and publishing something, for example when I change clothes. But who would be interested. I'm not a public figure.
you see I make a lot of thoughts and the topic somehow concerns me. I used to deal with something like that
OK thanks for the answer. Of course, I never set up something like this…
I believe you, however, nothing can be installed by opening a pop-up or email.
Okay, I'm going to start with the basic hacking course because I get the impression that your generation doesn't know anything about proper hacking, and then I'll come to your problem.
Phishing emails:
These emails are not viruses. They aim to ensure that you fall for their alleged "seriousness" and enter personal information such as bank details, passwords and login details and send them to the sender.
The emails look very similar to reputable providers.
Important information: Banks do not process transactions or change passwords via email.
Anti-virus software can't detect phishing mails because they have no harmful source code.
It's just fraudulent emails.
Viruses: A virus is usually downloaded from dubious sites. Usually it is not enough to download the file, you have to actively start it.
Once started, the virus spreads through active processes on your computer.
Trojans:
You download a file and start it. Similar to the virus, but only without uncontrolled multiplication, the Trojan tries to hide in the background until it has collected important information for its owner (the "hacker"). Trojans can't see entries such as PIN numbers or login data these days, but they can record all your keystrokes, ie each key press, and send them to the "hacker". Trojans are stubborn to remove, but not as stubborn as viruses.
Malware:
If you surf on a dubious page, your browser will have to read the source code of this page. These usually include programs or scripts that have to be started.
Mostly, malware problems manifest themselves in the fact that over-penetrating pops up senseless advertisements in your browser. Depending on how your browser is configured, it can happen that these settings are also transferred to browser programs on your iPhone (best example of this: the synchronization with Google's Chrome app).
Therefore, a malware problem is most likely.
What you can do about it:
There are 2 programs that will be very important for you in the future:
Spybot - Search and destroy 2 (free)
Kaspersky Antivirus Free (free)
Spybot actively searches for malware on your computer.
Kaspersky is the best virus scanner for Windows. It even blocks defective websites in the browser, so that nothing harmful can get onto your PC.
