So, I believe that someone found out my IP address and has been hacking me nonstop. In fact, I needed to do a factory reset this morning and I noticed that after resetting everything, I am unable to even see the option to switch from a PIN login to a password login within the sign in options menu? Why is this?
I know that I could make the PIN really long like a password, but I would just rather activate the password login option, which it seems I am unable to do. Do I need to sign in first with a security key (my Windows 10 USB stick?) once before I can activate the password login option because I just did a factory reset or is this unnecessary?
I changed my current outlook email password to something much more complicated and harder to hack, but I am still not sure if the hacker is able to hack into my PC anytime he/she wants because he/she might know my IP address?
I have been doing various netstat/task manager checks and before my factory reset, I did some system scans using the free version of Malwarebytes, which came up with nothing as well.
If a hacker knows my IP address, is there anything I can do to block them permanently from hacking my system? I noticed that the router that came with my internet package can't be flashed, so I am unable to add Tomato or Merlin to it.
I feel super vulnerable and I am hoping some of the PC experts on here can give me some advice with this. I have included a screenshot of the sign-in options menu where the password option is missing.
I know that I could make the PIN really long like a password, but I would just rather activate the password login option, which it seems I am unable to do. Do I need to sign in first with a security key (my Windows 10 USB stick?) once before I can activate the password login option because I just did a factory reset or is this unnecessary?
I changed my current outlook email password to something much more complicated and harder to hack, but I am still not sure if the hacker is able to hack into my PC anytime he/she wants because he/she might know my IP address?
I have been doing various netstat/task manager checks and before my factory reset, I did some system scans using the free version of Malwarebytes, which came up with nothing as well.
If a hacker knows my IP address, is there anything I can do to block them permanently from hacking my system? I noticed that the router that came with my internet package can't be flashed, so I am unable to add Tomato or Merlin to it.
I feel super vulnerable and I am hoping some of the PC experts on here can give me some advice with this. I have included a screenshot of the sign-in options menu where the password option is missing.
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