They called me by name on the telefone. I let them in and coud see them move the cursor. In retrospect, I was an idiot.
They somehow turned of the computer's ability to see USB periferals, but an afternoon on the telefone with AppleCare fixed it. On Jul 6, 2013, at 4:20 PM, Lee Larson <[email protected]> wrote: > On Jul 6, 2013, at 4:11 PM, Nelsn Helm wrote: > >> Yesterday, I was naive enuf to allow hackers to "help me". I disconnected >> them when I saw "del: *.* exe. Now, only my internal HDD shows on my >> desktop. Disk Utility, Disk Warrior, TechTools, and Data REscue also don't >> see my external HDD's, both data and back-ups. >> >> My computer also does not see my camera. >> >> nor my printer > > If you gave them root access, the only things you can do is either completely > restore from a backup that wasn't connected while they were having their way > with your machine, or use the 'nuke and pave' route; i.e. reformat the hard > drive and reinstall the operating system from scratch. My preference would be > the nuke and pave route. > > How did they get access? Online or in the flesh? > > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup _____________________ Nelsn Helm 4112 Massie Av 3 Louisville, KY 40207-2179
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