MSN messenger...

[alegria]

Hi, I don't know if this is the correct forum to place this in, but I'm taking the plunge.

Anyway, I know very little about computers. However, recently I had someone stick their nose into my personal life and give me a scare...the immature thing to do. An anonymous MSN messenger user IMed me. I took note of their screen name and email address and saved the conversation, although nothing they said could really reaveal their identity. This anonymous user knew a lot of sensitive information, so I didn't know if they'd bugged my computer or if they had just successfully guessed my password...even though the info they revealed to me was stuff that only I knew how to get to. I had a more computer savvy friend help me out, but he said that I probably wasn't bugged.

The anonymous IMer also threatened me, so then it became a personal issue. Anyway, I had another person look into it and they found that the hotmail account the person had been using to contact me had been closed 2 years ago. So, I was labeled a liar and told that I'd made everything up for attention; I was told there was no possible way I could've been IMed by that email address. Is there any other solution to all this?

 

[Tboltness]

For one, this is your fault because you chose to talk to someone anonymous, stupid thing to do. Unless they say who/where they are from, block them immediately. Common sense caution, I thought..

 

[alegria]

alright well...if my only objective in making a post was to be berated, I would've gone elsewhere...regardless of what I should've done, that still doesn't answer my question.

 

[Static_11]

Umm... yea.... go here

http://www.techist.com/showthread.php?threadid=53623

 

[Osiris]

Well if he knew that much, I would wipe my pc, setup a stronger firewall, hardware and software, passdword protec windows logon. You can use msn messenger and not log on into your email.

 

[Tboltness]

I wouldn't talk to strangers.

 

[Piney]

I don't know how anyone could find out that a Hotmail acc't had been closed "2 years ago".

Do you have stuff listed in your 'profile'? A homepage link, perhaps? Most people put things like real addresses, likes and dislikes, family info etc. in their profiles which is great fodder for the grazers.

I would suggest you do online scans at one of these:
http://housecall.trendmicro.com
http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan
make note of what they find, and checkmark that they 'Clean' what is found.

You might also do a HijackThis scan and post it for analysis.

It is frightening when someone appears to know all about you.

Piney

Just a FYI, I am using a messenger address that doesn't exist as it was created before email verification was required.