how do you know if a hacker hacked in your computer?

ok i went to the hacker lounge in a yahoo messenger chat room and i instant messeged someone trying to get help, and he said that he was gonna hack in my computer but i dont know if he was joking, i have zone alarm pro 4, i keep it updated and the security settings are on high. I was just wondering how to tell if i was hacked or anyone for that matter. can zonealarm pro 4 be breached in any way by any type of hacker no matter their skill level is? plz help me ...

[Jason425]

i doubt he was an actual hacker.. he just wants to freak you out.. think: why would a real hacket sit around in a hacking chatroom trying to scare everyone.. Zone alarm pro has intrusion detection and I think you can track him down with zone alarm if he does something illegal.

[StinkyMojo]

Originally Posted by Jason425

i doubt he was an actual hacker.. he just wants to freak you out.. think: why would a real hacket sit around in a hacking chatroom trying to scare everyone.. Zone alarm pro has intrusion detection and I think you can track him down with zone alarm if he does something illegal.

just couln't hold it... HACKET

[Prometheus]

he is bluffing plain and simple
Real "hax0rz" dont brag because they can do jail time he was what we call a tourist one who hangs out with hackers to claim the title of hacker btw i doubt that room has any hackers in it

here is something i took from www.astalavista.net

1) Hacking, in the United States is punishable by LIFE IMPRISONMENT
2) Any hacking, no matter how trivial, no matter how many precautions you take, has a chance to be caught
3) Hacking for a 3rd party (you) makes you also liable under conspiracy laws as well as accessory to a felony.
4) For me to take ANY risk for a clueless, tourist like you would have to be worth it (you don't have enough money)
5) People here did help you by telling you to contact Hotmail's support staff and what info you would need - just what you asked for.
6) We don't OWE you anything. We help who and when we like. We help people we like. I don't like you
7) Just buying an Asta membership does not guarantee that people will help you or even talk to you - that's up to you and your attitude.

Most people who ask us to "get their password back" are just trying to get us to hack their girlfriend/boyfriend/buddy/whatever so that they can snoop or appear 'leet'. Every good hacker on here gets a few of these a month. We ignore them or if we think the guy was telling the truth, like you, we tell him how to *legitimately* get their ID back. Which, BTW, is something you should be able to figure out for yourself if you bothered to use your brains for more than something to keep your ears from knocking together.

You're just way too convinced that you're the center of the universe and that everyone should stop and do your bidding. Understand that we're not here to hack at your command. We're here to enjoy each others conversation and learn from each other.

You are a tourist, you are not a hacker, not even a n00b, in fact you're lower than a script-kiddie - you area tourist. A tourist is someone who buys a membership to "hang out with hackers" or that thinks he can "hire a hacker". A tourist is a citizen who wants to be taught to hack but, God forbid, he doesn't want to have to read anything. They just want to learn the secret handshake and get the secret program that will allow them to deface websites, get hotmail passwords, keylog their spouse's PC and make popcorn on their CPU. A tourist is the same person who answers the ads on the back page of comic books to learn karate. They really think they can learn the dreaded 'death touch' and be able to kill water buffalos in 3 easy lessons.

Well, the truth is really a letdown for folks like you.

What is hacking?

1) Hacking is both an esoteric art form and a science
2) Hacking takes YEARS to learn.
3) Hacking requires knowledge of EVERY computer discipline
4) Hacking requires intelligence, education and creativity
5) Hacking requires one to think about solving problems in new ways

What is a hacker?

1) A hacker is a solid programmer in several languages
2) A hacker is a solid network engineer
3) A hacker is a perfectionist who attends to trivial details
4) A hacker is an educated person who strives to understand computers and networking at the lowest levels
5) A hacker has an obsessive drive to understand "how things work"

[Jason425]

well glad i don't know how to hack i guess?

ok in za pro 4, when i goto the hackerID, some of the whois information is from comcast communications inc, broadway communications inc, and some other companies, also it shows the city name, how do you tell by just looking at the whois hackerID information to see if its a real hacker not just ping or port scans?

[Jason425]

uh.. if they break in and do stuff?

okay in zone alarm you know turn the settings from low,medium, and high for the firewall settings? well when i turn my firewall off, and do the testing at grc.com it says all my ports are still stealthed. I was wondering what is stealthing my ports if my firewall setting is off....

[Jason425]

the windows firewall might be enabled.. also, zone alarm might have put some settings on to hide those ports. (even though it's off)

i have windows 98 se, i dont think this operating system came pre-installed with a built in firewall