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Did my student install a backdoor on my laptop?
One of my students removed a tiny USB-plug from my computer today. I didn't allow him to plug it in in the first place and I don't know what it was. Only that it was so little that it looked more like an adapter than a USB-pen.
Is it possible and if so how do I check whether my student just rapidly installed a backdoor on my PC to spy on me?
I have now made a harddisk search and found nothing - but how certain can I be then? How about hidden files? I don't know enough about viruses!
3 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Microsoft security essentials + malwarebytes anti-malware. the above answer is not accurate because windows modifies some files and folders daily so you might not be able to tell.
- 1 decade ago
Ok FIRST OF ALL I AM A STUDENT WELL A 9TH GRADE STUDENT SO YOU CAN LISTEN TO ME OR YOU DONT HAVE TO BUT IF THE STUDENT PLUGED THIS USB IN YOUR COMPUTER FOR NO REASON THEN YES HE PROBLEY INSTALLED A BACKDOOR PROGRAM AND SO I WOULD OPEN YOUR C DRIVE CHECK ALL YOUR FILES RUN A VIRUS SCAN AND COMPLETLY RESTART YOUR COMPUTER AFTER THAT YOU SHOULD GET THE USB FROM THE STUDENT AND HAVE THE SCHOOL CHECK IT OUT OH AND SORRY I JUST RELIZED I WAS TYPING IN CAPITALS BUT I DONT WANT TO GO BACK AND CHANGE IT SO I HOPE I HELPED YOU OUT GOOD LUCK OH AND TURN YOUR COMPUTER OFF HE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO SPY ON YOU WHEN THE COMPUTER IS OFF.
- dell_fargusLv 51 decade ago
Search (click the start button, then search) your hard drive for all files created or modified on the day that he did it. See if there are any new files that you don't recognize created around the time of the incident.