Hey, all! I was curious... I am in a hotel and tried to use their wifi (to find another hotel, incidentally). I know not to buy anything, do banking, etc., on such a public system. When I had no luck signing on, I called the front desk and was connected to their provider company. They asked for my Hardware Address (in my Network Utility), saying they needed to 'find' me. I gave it to them. They told me a bunch of hooey about how safe their network was, but i'm pretty sure no open network is safe.
Anyway, no luck after an hour of trying to connect, so I gave up and tried playing an offline game. There was no sound (!), which was a mystery for another half hour. I finally found that the Sound (in System Preferences) had suddenly been hijacked by LogMeInSoundDriver, and so I clicked on the Internal Speakers option and got my sound back.
I did have LogMeIn software loaded long ago, but I did not knowingly access or use it in the last two years. Why did it just happen tonight, all of a sudden? Was someone trying to hack me? Did they try to log in/see what I was doing/access my files? Can they do so?
I am a bit worried, and I'd appreciate any input or advice.
Thanks!
Jen
Anyway, no luck after an hour of trying to connect, so I gave up and tried playing an offline game. There was no sound (!), which was a mystery for another half hour. I finally found that the Sound (in System Preferences) had suddenly been hijacked by LogMeInSoundDriver, and so I clicked on the Internal Speakers option and got my sound back.
I did have LogMeIn software loaded long ago, but I did not knowingly access or use it in the last two years. Why did it just happen tonight, all of a sudden? Was someone trying to hack me? Did they try to log in/see what I was doing/access my files? Can they do so?
I am a bit worried, and I'd appreciate any input or advice.
Thanks!
Jen
