New user account

M

mrs faras

Can anybody tell me why i have a new user account appeared on my
computer. its on there as "the one" , it also had a password but i was
able to delete the account. could i have been hacked?
 
S

Shenan Stanley

mrs said:
Can anybody tell me why i have a new user account appeared on my
computer. its on there as "the one" , it also had a password but i
was able to delete the account. could i have been hacked?
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"Hacked' is a pretty strong accusation.
Anyone else able to get to your computer where ever it might be?
Install anything lately?
 
M

mrs faras

"Hacked' is a pretty strong accusation.
Anyone else able to get to your computer where ever it might be?
Install anything lately?
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"Hacked" was not meant to be a strong accusation and sorry for my
ignorance for the terminology!! there isnt anybody else who can get
to it and no i havnt installed anything recently
 
H

Harry Boyne

Have you done a FULL Virus Scan?

mrs faras said:
"Hacked" was not meant to be a strong accusation and sorry for my
ignorance for the terminology!! there isnt anybody else who can get
to it and no i havnt installed anything recently
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