Comments on: Has my computer been hacked?

Question: Has my computer been hacked?

number9dream — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 20:29:34 -0800

There's a brand-new user account showing up on my Windows XP SP2 desktop. Only thing is, I didn't create it, and nobody else has physical access to my machine.

This just showed up a couple of days ago. The account is called ASP.NET Machine A... (the ellipsis is part of the name). It is a limited account, password protected.

Has my computer been hacked? If not, then what?

I know I can just delete the account since I'm an administrator. But are there other steps I can/should take? And what can I do to prevent this from happening again?

By: paulsc

paulsc — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 20:33:10 -0800

"Has my computer been hacked?"
July 10, 2007 11:29 PM

No.

By: Cat Pie Hurts

Cat Pie Hurts — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 20:34:14 -0800

It's from .Net Framework 1.1.

By: number9dream

number9dream — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 20:40:32 -0800

Well, that about settles it. Thanks.