Re-hacking iPad air

joe134

Hi guys, appreciate advice,Has an attempt to hack my new Ipad been made, or was it a glich?
Reason being, I am convinced my PC and E-mail is compromised, after upgrading to w7 from Vista.Every check shows clean;

But,,I am not convinced,it is;It,s been very erratic.
When trying to bank, get umpteen denials, yet I know the info I,m giving is correct, so have to keep trying to log in until I get in with same info?
Also, trying to login to Hsbc, because it,s got tumbler key, I was directed twice to spoof sites, told not to proceed , as certificate not Validated.
Then my AOL E-mail, is always asking me to re-sign in, even though I clicked; remember password;, sometimes several times a day, and getting loads of spam.
Never in 8 years have I had to re-sign in, unless I ,ve used CCleaner, which sometimes wipes PW,s out:
Having no faith in PC to do internet banking until certain it, isn,t compromised,( never know 100%) too many strange events that have never occurred before , I purchased an Ipad Air yesterday,knowing that they are not hack proof, but thought it would be safer bet, plus, was thinking of one anyway.



Then whilst reading mse newsletter on it,I had saved in my e-mail just one, hour ago,the page started to wobble, then Font got larger, the keyboard appeared,then in the enlarged search bar, the type bar went across, as if typing, but leaving No letters, as if under remote contol,same as Pc, a couple of times .Just went crackers.
It settled for 5 minutes or so, turned off then back on.
Then a few odd things happened afterwards, keyboard popping up;?
My profile popping up?
Stopping me posting this, first time.?

Does anyone think that, an attempt to hack iPad,via my e-mail was attempted, and if so,what,s the chances of it being successful, OR, was it more likely a Glitch?
Any advice would be really appreciated.

Knarf44

Buying an ipad air was an expensive solution to a simple problem. It will achieve nothing that couldn't have been achieved quite simply and easily on your Windows PC with a little effort and knowledge.

Don't want to sound rude but maybe you'd have better off investing in a basic internet course which would probably have taught you all you needed to know for less than the cost of the Ipad Air.

There is an abundance of advice already on this forum about making your computer more secure, use the search tool, read the stickies etc. Essentially, it all comes down to following a few simple rules:
1) change the default password on your router/modem from "admin" to, ideally, a mixture of random letters and numbers. Hackers are lazy, there are plenty of networks where the owners never do this so they are not going to spend time on those who have.
2) Keep your computer and it's software up to date that includes the operating system and whatever programs you have downloaded.
3) Did you make the recovery disks your shiny new laptop demanded more or less as soon as you turned it on for the first time? If not, do them ASAP because they may just save your !!! one day when your laptop's hard disk decides it doesn't want to work anymore.
4) Back up or image your data regularly, use an external hard disk, pen drives, blank dvds or cloud storage or any combination of each. There are plenty of free programs around such as the often touted Macrium Reflect. Don't adopt a head in sand approach or again one day you will be sorry for not heeding the advice.
5) Get into the habit of scanning your computer regularly for viruses and malware. Again there are many free programs available to help you but stick with the often recommended ones like Malwarebytes, ADWcleaner etc. NEVER be tempted by the claims of all in one products as many are infact disguises for ransomware.
6) Minimise spam by either browsing in "incognito" tabs or using alternative, more secure browsers like "DuckDuckGo" or sandboxed versions of the popular browsers.
7) For banking sites again you can use virtual or sandboxed browsers that don't store information. Avast, Comodo, Kaspersky and Bitdefender certainly provide this facility.

Having a bit of time and patience to instigate these basic steps can potentially save you a lot of unnecessary stress.

joe134

Knarf44 wrote: »

Buying an ipad air was an expensive solution to a simple problem. It will achieve nothing that couldn't have been achieved quite simply and easily on your Windows PC with a little effort and knowledge.

Don't want to sound rude but maybe you'd have better off investing in a basic internet course which would probably have taught you all you needed to know for less than the cost of the Ipad Air.

There is an abundance of advice already on this forum about making your computer more secure, use the search tool, read the stickies etc. Essentially, it all comes down to following a few simple rules:
1) change the default password on your router/modem from "admin" to, ideally, a mixture of random letters and numbers. Hackers are lazy, there are plenty of networks where the owners never do this so they are not going to spend time on those who have.
2) Keep your computer and it's software up to date that includes the operating system and whatever programs you have downloaded.
3) Did you make the recovery disks your shiny new laptop demanded more or less as soon as you turned it on for the first time? If not, do them ASAP because they may just save your !!! one day when your laptop's hard disk decides it doesn't want to work anymore.
4) Back up or image your data regularly, use an external hard disk, pen drives, blank dvds or cloud storage or any combination of each. There are plenty of free programs around such as the often touted Macrium Reflect. Don't adopt a head in sand approach or again one day you will be sorry for not heeding the advice.
5) Get into the habit of scanning your computer regularly for viruses and malware. Again there are many free programs available to help you but stick with the often recommended ones like Malwarebytes, ADWcleaner etc. NEVER be tempted by the claims of all in one products as many are infact disguises for ransomware.
6) Minimise spam by either browsing in "incognito" tabs or using alternative, more secure browsers like "DuckDuckGo" or sandboxed versions of the popular browsers.
7) For banking sites again you can use virtual or sandboxed browsers that don't store information. Avast, Comodo, Kaspersky and Bitdefender certainly provide this facility.

Having a bit of time and patience to instigate these basic steps can potentially save you a lot of unnecessary stress.

been there, done that.encyclopedia;must be nice to be perfect.
Why do Fatalists look both ways, before crossing the road?

Knarf44

The advice was offered in good faith. You can choose to ignore it if it makes you feel better about yourself. I am far from perfect but I learn from my mistakes by making the time and effort to understand where I went wrong.

If you are that inept at understanding what you need to do to remain safe on the internet then find a local techie who can set your system up for you and show you how to use it or continue a head in sand approach and continue to be baffled.

espresso

I have to agree with Knarf44, you do seem to have many more problems with PC's than the average user does!

Perhaps getting an iPad was a good idea for you because there is not much that you can mess up on them in Apples walled garden!

WTFH

It wasn't an attempt to hack you ipad, it wasn't a technical glitch, it was someone or something putting pressure on the screen - either due too your case, how you were holding it, or how you were using it.

If the ipad starts to do it again, take it out of it's case and set it down. Then it should stop.

If that doesn't work, take it back to the shop you bought it from and tell then that you've got a PEBTAC error.