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My windows get hacked

Hello, today when I turned on my computer, I heard music in the background, the sound of keyboard keys and a clicking mouse. What can it be, did I get hacked? How to know and how to fix the problem so that it does not happen again. For information I use the free version of avast antivirus.

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The best option in such cases is to clean reinstall operating system (Windows)

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How can I do it please ?

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Before you go through the pain of reinstalling Windows you might want to try the MS safety scanner.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/threat-protection/intelligence/safety-scanner-download

And a Defender boot time scan.

https://www.thewindowsclub.com/offline-scan-using-windows-defender

And run whatever full scan option Avast provide.

I heard music in the background, the sound of keyboard keys and a clicking mouse.

Are you sure that you didn't just have a web browser open and some video was auto-playing? Your comment implies that the microphone of the hacker's PC is being broadcast to your speakers. While I guess that's not impossible, I would think that's highly unlikely. If true, the guy's a bad hacker and you should be able to detect the malware.

Did you install anything recently?



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Yes nothing was opened on my browser. I scanned with avast but no malware was detected. And yes I am a beatmaker so I cracked some plugins, but my antivirus detected nothing.

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Did you run the Defender and Safety scans? Different tools may detect different malware.

For my pc I use Defender but I also have Malwarebytes installed to get a "second opinion".

Is the Windows firewall still enabled? Or does Avast have it's own firewall? Just verify that some firewall is blocking unwanted activity.

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Wow, I don't know how to verify all these things lol, but thanx, I will search on youtube how to do all this.

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