When I was watching a DVD on my laptop, I noticed that the light on my webcam is lit, which is firmly integrated above the screen. Apparently the cam is currently active, which has not been the case forever.
In my paranoia I quickly stuck something in front of it. Because I have not been using programs for years, in which you need the webcam. Not Skype or similar.
If I want to open the program of the webcam, it only says 'could not be initialized'.
Can someone get access to it outside?
Actually, I have no Wi-Fi and use the PC for a long time no longer for the Internet. However, I have to say that he often quite automatically connects with unknown networks with 'limited access' and it is a yellow exclamation mark to see.
Is it possible that someone is accessing my PC during this time?
What should I do best now to be completely safe from such hackers? Unfortunately, I'm quite paranoid and just a bit unsure.
The paranoia is justified.
The easiest way would be if you do not use the laptop online, disable the Wi-Fi (flight mode) or directly uninstall the wireless driver.
Of course, it can also be coincidences and defects on your laptop… However, you are right with the assumption… That the red lamp for access to the cam is. I know from laptops, that quite a bit foreign access could come about (some already know from mobile apps.)
The thing with the unknown networks also sounds strange…
Please download a good protection program, such as Kaskpersky… Norton… Please no cheap scanners… Some people say you have hundreds of Trojans and secretly push your own.
If you do not use Internet on the PC anyway, you can then gladly remove your W-Lan adapter / stick or disable the "wireless Internet" in the case of an integrated hardware in the PC under the adapter settings until you need it again
Should I have forgotten something or other possibilities, please complete the other readers or correct me
Ok, wireless disabled. I can't find the setting for disabling the driver. The lamp is now off again.
As someone tries to penetrate and activate the webcam. The best protection is by covering the webcam.
Then I recommend creating a Kaspersky Rescue Bootstick. The stick must be created on an uninfected system. It works like this:
Install this tool: https://www.balena.io/...io/etcher/ This is called balenaEtcher, so you can create bootable sticks.
Download Kaspersky Rescue Disk ISO: https://support.kaspersky.com/de/viruses/krd2018
Insert a blank formatted USB stick.
start balenaEtcher. Then open the Kaspersky Rescue Disk ISO at Select Image, select the stick at Select Drive and click on Flash.
Once the stick has been created, simply boot that stick on the infected system and scan it.
I have a Norton virus protection on it, just scans, but it has not been updated for a long time since I no longer use the Internet for years, or exclusively only via smartphone.
How should I do that without WLAN? I can't connect my PC to any internet.
If you are not on the internet then something else is crazy
