I change my email password from time to time, but i was thinking that it may be something different , like that this person can see into all my stuff rather than having a password, maybe bypassing passwords if it possible. As you can see im not very Tec minded. but have my concerns and dont know where to turn to as phoning/emailing is prohibitive.
Many thanks Ciaran, any other suggestions anyone?
hi
did this person ever have physical access to your pc at any stage? even in the distant past?
do you use the same password for all sites? if so use unique passwords for each website..
is your antivirus up to date, ? make sure it is, and download free malwarebytes, and run a full scan to see if it finds any bad stuff there.
do you use facebook, and is any of this info there, even in messages?
you could also block this person from searching for you or even seeing your profile, in the privacy settings in facebook.. block them there from seeing anything..
review all installed software on your pc, too see what is actually installed,
go to control panel, add remove programs / uninstall program to see list of installed programs on your pc, just to make sure there is nothing dodgy there.
you could disable wifi on your router ( if you have it enabled ) and connect to the router with ethernet cable direct to the pc instead, this makes it impossible for them to sniff any wifi traffic, as its then off!
if you are currently using wifi , you need to check and see what settings you are using, such as WEP, keys can easily be hacked, also how old is the router that you are using?
also use WPA 2 and a key longer than 64 characters.
there are a number of areas , where you can lock things down on, as mentioned above, or you could set the bait, and see for sure, ie send an email with a particular piece of information that you would have told nobody ie a bogus bit of information ( such as 2Million lotto win ) , and see if you hear it back...
lastly make sure that you have the most recent windows updates installed and a firewall on the pc turned on, and are running the latest version of browsers, firefox etc.
PM if you need any more help, as this is my area of expertise...