I?m having a problem and don?t know what to do. I have a standalone desktop at home with Windows XP. Someone has hacked into my machine because I keep getting emails from discussion boards I belong to saying I requested my password (?did you forget your password? ? press here). The problem is: I haven?t requested the passwords. So someone is getting onto machine and accessing my accounts. One password got changed (AVG Free Forum). I went back in and changed the password. But I don?t know if this person is still able to record my passwords. I?ve changed them all several times, but I received another password request email yesterday. I?ve tried all kinds of software to detect the keylogger: McAfee anti-virus, Kaspersky, Ewido, AVG, CCleaner, HijackThis and nothing is detected. I tried Zone Alarm Firewall, but I got so confused on all the information I was given I took it off. I don’t know now if the Windows XP Firewall is configured correctly. One program said I had about 7 open ports. Yesterday I downloaded the free trial of Kaspersky?s Anti-Hacker and there have now been 6 attempts to log on to my machine already. Is Kaspersky?s program strong enough to protect my PC? This is really making me mad and paranoid as I want to change from dial-up to DSL. But I?m really afraid. The very intricate IT info is over my head, so please give me ideas in layman?s terms. Thanks for any help you can give me!
