How to tell if someone is remotely accessing your computer windows 10?
Twice now I have left my home laptop active and logged in on my desk to return and find the mouse moving around the screen, the first time browsing through Xbox smartglass and the second time in the act of closing photoshop. I haven't waited around to see what it will do before force shutting the thing down. No damage was done the first time and I have yet to check from the second time. Whoever is doing it doesn't appear on my wifi network. Programs I had open when my PC was compromised both times were XAMPP, chrome, and text editors, (running Windows 10). It's quite unpleasant knowing my PC can be hacked at any moment I'm not using it and I wonder if there's anything I can do to find the person behind it or prevent these attacks in the future?
Here are some things which might help to answer your question - how to tell if someone is remotely accessing your computer windows 10:
Turn off/Unplug your router, then boot up your computer.
Open settings and go to Apps & Features, look through the list for programs like 'TeamViewer'. I suggest you google search some top remote access programs and try to identify any you might have installed
Uninstall those you find, and also anything else you don't need. If you don't know what something is, Google the name first to find out.
Go back to the main settings window, and go to System > About. In the Related settings list on the right, select System info.- Click Advanced System settings on the left, and go to the Remote tab
- Untick 'Allow Remote Assistance connections to this computer'
- Back in the settings main window, open Update & security
Ensure both Windows and Windows Defender are up to date, if they aren't reconnected to the internet and update them. Run a windows defender scan. If those steps don't work or you want to be extra sure, you will unfortunately have to Nuke it from orbit, but after doing so I suggest you step back through the above to untick the Windows built in 'Allow Remote Assistance connections to this computer'.