How can someone hack into your computer?

Question

I never downloaded anything from anyone. I feel as if someone has hacked into it because went i copied my photo and was going to paste it into paint, it pasted a screen shot of a website i was previously on. Does that mean someone has hacked into it?? How could that have happened?? What all can they see??

Answer 1

I wouldn't sweat a lone instance of a mysterious happening like that.  It could easily have been a mistake on your part (ALT/PrtScr gets such a screen capture, by the way).

If it happens often, then you may have cause for running some malware scans.

Hope that helps.

Answer 2

Um, I think the term used to describe your way of reasoning here would be "paranoia". Hacking a PC is a very hard task for someone without the know-how. For those of you who think that hacking is a simple as sending someone a trojan virus and then connecting to it; That isn't hacking, my beloved script-kiddies. More than likely you accidentally hit the Prt Screen key located at the top right hand side of your keyboard.

Hacking a PC requires protocol knowledge, as well as knowing which ports to dig through, and so on. Why would anyone bother going through your PC? Are you a rich banker? If you're really that concerned, I'd suggest you install an antivirus such as McAfee and a firewall.

Answer 3

no u probly hit ctrl>c of a picture then pasted it onto paint