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My Amazon acct was hacked recently, and one thing I noticed, is that there were plenty of items in my browsing history I never looked at. I think my antennae are now up.
So now here I am, wanting to search for something on my cable box (I have Comcast), and I go to the search page, where I see two shows I know I searched for recently, and a whole bunch of others, I know for a fact I didn't. In fact, these are shows I would never search for - "16 & Pregnant", as one ex.
Is it possible someone has hacked into my Comcast acct, or has somehow gained access to the feed? Anyone ever see anything like this, be it with Comcast, or another provider?
Not sure how changing the pwd would do anything to the modem, but I will try it.
At the bottom right of your screen, there should be a little symbol/icon for "internet access". Click on that symbol/icon. This should then give a list of all the modems that your computer can potentially connect to in your area.
Beside the name of your modem on that list, there should be a symbol/icon of a CLOSED lock. That indicates that your modem is protected by a password and is not available to anyone without the correct password. If, beside your modem name, there is a symbol/icon of an OPEN lock, then your modem is accessible to anyone who can pick up the signal, even without a password. Then, presumably, they could log onto your websites and steal your info.
I'm no computer expert, but I believe this to be correct. Someone, somehow is getting access to your information. If they're not physically logging onto your computer, then they're somehow accessing your accounts with your ID. You might also review the password(s) that you use on the sites you go to. Hopefully you don't use the same password everywhere.
So, that box you speak of, gives me the Network and Sharing Center, but no modems are listed there. And I cant seem to find out how to get to the modem, even after searching. I know how to get to the router, by typing 192.168.1.1 into a browser, but not the modem.
So, that box you speak of, gives me the Network and Sharing Center, but no modems are listed there. And I cant seem to find out how to get to the modem, even after searching. I know how to get to the router, by typing 192.168.1.1 into a browser, but not the modem.
if you use the comcast provided router, it's likely a single unit "gateway modem/router"
So, that box you speak of, gives me the Network and Sharing Center, but no modems are listed there. And I cant seem to find out how to get to the modem, even after searching. I know how to get to the router, by typing 192.168.1.1 into a browser, but not the modem.
Does your connection have a name? Mine does. Adjacent to that name is a symbol/icon of a locked padlock and the words "Connected, secured". There are also 3 or 4 other names which I assume are the modems (networks???) of my close neighbors. All but one of them also has the locked padlock. One has no padlock. I assume that one is not secured with a password and that I could log onto it if I wanted to.
Look on the taskbar at the bottom right of your computer screen.
Click on the radar symbol, the icon of radiating arcs.
You will find a list of wifi connections there.
Yours will be at the top of the list.
Each name on the list will have a small icon of a padlock.
Check yours to see if your padlock appears locked or unlocked.
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