️ The news is grim if someone’s broken into your computer, but there are steps to take to prevent it from happening again.

️ Computer compromised?
Once your computer has been compromised, you can’t assume it’s yours anymore. The hacker could have left undetectable malware so they can continue to access the machine. The only safe solutions are to restore to an image backup taken prior to the compromise or to reinstall Windows (and everything else) from scratch.

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Chapters
0:00 Compromised Computer
1:05 Perfect security doesn’t exist
1:40 It’s not your computer anymore
2:12 Restore from backup
3:30 Assume the worst: rebuild from scratch
4:20 Moving forward

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