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Sunday, 23 September 2012

CMD Tutorial #1 : How to find whether I'm being hacked

Today I'm going to show you how to find out whether you are being hacked or spied. This is a common fear among people who don't have Anti-virus installed in their computer. We can use CMD to check  whether you are being hacked or spied.

Step 1. Go to Start > All Programs > Accessories. Right-click on CMD and and click "Run as
            Administrator."

Step 2. Type this:  netstat -an
            and press Enter.

            The first column tells you the type of connection, the second shows you the local address, the third                 the foreign address, and the final column shows the status of the connection.

Step 3. Take a look at the port numbers. The port numbers follow the ip  address or server address in the                 following pattern - IP address/server address:xxxxx
            Ports between 0 to 1023 - Safe
            Ports between 1024 to 49151 - Relatively Safe
            Ports between 49152 to 65535 - Suspicious
         
           Some peer to peer (like torrents etc.)  applications use the final port range. So, it is better to close                any P2P (peer to peer) applications and try again.

Step 4. If you find any suspicious IPs, take a look at the third column i.e. foreign address. Foreign address                refers to the location of the IP.

Step 5. If you strongly believe that you are being hacked for being spied, the best is to install an anti-virus                 and scanning your computer.

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