Hacked?
tl;dr: lost control of mouse. if being controlled remotely ... or automated.
question is, sound machine have been compromised , should rebuild it? - thanks.
problem
hi, yesterday mouse became quite awkward control decided reboot mbp. after reboot watched mouse right-clicked folders & moved between screens, rebooted again , killed wifi upon startup, after minute or happened again. watched mouse clicked number on calculator (widget-screen), highlighted line of text in sticky (widget-screen) etc.
useful info
we're in thailand, in long-stay apartments password protected (but shared) wifi chances of untoward happening heightened. i've been installing legit software: camtasia mac on 1 month ago, , boom (audio control) appstore day before yesterday, , i've not been visiting overtly dodgy sites.
* bluetooth off (so wasn't nearby mouse etc)
* using trackpad , had no other peripherals plugged in
* happened when connected wifi , after reboot when turned wifi off
* have (a legit copy of) little snitch running
* have firewall turned on
* have filevault turned on
* installed 'boom' appstore previous day
* had file sharing turned on public folder access (admin=r/w, everyoneelse=read only)
* use chrome browser
* chrome disabled textexpander (textexpander reported in "secure input" mode, partly there stop malware (see attachment))
more info
i'm sure text drag-selected rather double-click selected. saw number 4 being pressed few times on calculator, text highlighted, calculator press same button again, towards end became erratic - killed machine - after reboot cleared cache (i noted textexpander disabled - see attachment). no problems since, still have compromised machine.
thought automatic/recording process being responsible because had both photoshop , illustrator (cs5) open @ time, don't use automation , don't think these programs active after reboot. can't see how possibly else controlling machine if wifi off, perhaps wifi didn't disable properly(?)
last thing doing before weirdness started surfing websites using chrome , looking info stocks , shares, , entertained possibility of browser hijack - oddness seemed stop after cleared cache, can't sure resolution.
attached files:
your machine hasn't been hacked. file sharing turned on public folder shared nothing worried about. sounds faulty trackpad or other hardware problem. once again, have not been hacked.
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