Windows 10: how to protect my PC's data and security information from being hacked

To keep my long story short, there is a software programmer who knows me pretty well that he wants to hack (and will try to hack) my PC and steal my confidential data stored on my desktop PC. I have no any security solutions yet to protect my PC against those hacks. What is specifically thing I should take immediate action now to protect my data and my activities from being watched or stolen?

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WM 6.1 Security? Exchange 2007

We use smartphones (at&t tilt) now with windows mobile 6.1. My users sync with our exchange 2007 server. In addition to the emails themself, my users often have data in their contact folders - they use it to store information for quick access. What
is the best way to secure that data that is on the phone. I see a lot of information about wiping the data when stolen (I have this setup through Exchange 2007), but I am concerned with someone hacking into the phone while it is being used.



What should be disabled (bluetooth, wireless,?), Bluetooth seems like the weakest link but it is required for hands free communication - which is the law in california - when driving. How do I protect the data on the phone from hackers. How do I best
protect the phone from being used by hackers. This is both a policy and software / software configuration question.



Do phone passwords help at all.



I look forward to your advice.

 

How to know i am being monitoring or not

could anyone pls tell me how to know my laptop is being monitored or not

and also how to protect my pc/laptop from hacking Thank you

Moved from Virus & Malware

 

Stay offline! And prevent physical access to you computer. If this is you business machine, take out your hard drive and take it with you.

 

Tsw88,

A couple of suggestions, in addition to Antivirus, Firewall, etc.,:

1. Disable WiFi when you’re not using it!

2. Use a VPN, it acts as an intermediary between your device and the Internet server, routing all your activity through your own encrypted loop of the Internet. It hides your real IP address from hackers.

How to Setup and Add a VPN Connection in Windows 10

 

Have a solid, reliable, routine of weekly (or more often if data changes often) rotating images of your OS and Data partitions. While you cannot completely be hack-proof, you can have solid rotating restorable backups if you do get hacked or ransomwared.
There is one type of security program you could install, finetune, and use: "protect o' data pots" against ransomware. WAR - WinAntiRansomware is just one example of many such programs. WAR for me allows me to "green-light" each and every program and utility that is ok to be given access to my "data pot". My data pot is located in a different partition than my normal collection of day-to-day folders and files. I FreeFileSync 'em on a weekly basis.

addendum: supplied missing words

 

See this current post Hacking tools were stolen from NSA - Almost all Windows affected

Maybe we should all go back to sending letters and banking in person at a local branch?

 

Hi all does keyscramble help protecting against password or document contents being stolen and watched in the background? (I often need to create text documents which content confidential information)

 

was it a joke?

 

Yes and no @Tsw88. I just post message about that stolen NSA's hacking tools... and it's specific timing.

There is no 100% method, tool or practice these days to stay safe from somebody who has enough knowledge and is set to hack you.

For most users, acting responsible is good enough. Responsible means:
- set up basic security (Windows defender, firewall and maybe Malwarebytes Anti Exploit),
- be careful on net (think before you click on something, delete mails with suspicious content before you read it, ...)
- make compete backup of your files (at least documents, pictures and anything that have value to you) and put it in safe place (disconnect it from computer).
- in addition - secure your home router! Disable WPS if you have it on..

In the case of OP (thread starter), I would move important files from computer to external drive (not just copied them!) if the files are some kind of important and should be private) and be extra careful...

 

The best form of defence against a hacker is backups! No amount of software will block a determined hacker from gaining entry.

Ideally you should make regular backups to an external drive which is not normally connected to your computer at other times.

If you don't have an external backup device, now might be a good time to start investing in one.

 

Agree (and suggested). Problem is, if OP has important documents that should be kept secured from hacker, backup won't help much... We don't know that, so it's up to him.

 

A backup will absolutely help. If its kept uptodate, then if he gets attacked he can just pull the latest file from the backup.

 

Not, if somebody just want to know what's in the files *Smile

 

Which is as good a reason as any to encrypt your files using Bitlocker.