Is this possible? [A question about RATs]

[Kakujaa]

So as you can probably tell from my status I was ratted yesterday. The guy was all over my computer putting notes everywhere attempting to delete my stuff. The weird thing is. I haven't downloaded anything fishy for quite a while since I've been grinding for supreme on CSGO. I start to get the feeling that it could be when my CSGO starts up. Is this possible? 

Thanks  

 

[TheMightyFoz.]

I could send you a website where you can ask for help but I don't think I would be allowed to post it here

 

[Kakujaa]

I could send you a website where you can ask for help but I don't think I would be allowed to post it here

No worries. Thanks anyways  

 

[Vaffla]

Doesn't need to be recent. I've seen some people with RATs installed for over a year or two before they noticed any symptoms. Corporations in particularly can get a RAT but rather than merely screwing around or making outright blackmailing attempts, they may have intentions such as stealing intellectual property or source code etc, we describe these as APTs (Advanced Persistent Threats).

Best recommendations are the age old ones:

Keep antivirus up to date

Don't click on links

Use HTTPS for logins

Use a password manager

Enable 2 factor authentication where possible

View emails using plaintext only, DO NOT view allowing HTML or scripts

My personal recommendation on anti-virus would be BitDefender which comes at a fairly reasonable price and a quick Google search can reveal some discount codes. If you are on a corporate network, get rid of conventional anti-virus and try SentinelOne out for network protection, I am doing a review of it now and it is really impressing me thus far, outclassing anything else I have used in corporate environments. For servers etc, look up GRSecurity - nothing else really compares (Nope, not even SELinux or AppArmour before somebody says it).

 

[Kakujaa]

Doesn't need to be recent. I've seen some people with RATs installed for over a year or two before they noticed any symptoms. Corporations in particularly can get a RAT but rather than merely screwing around or making outright blackmailing attempts, they may have intentions such as stealing intellectual property or source code etc, we describe these as APTs (Advanced Persistent Threats).

Best recommendations are the age old ones:

Keep antivirus up to date

Don't click on links

Use HTTPS for logins

Use a password manager

Enable 2 factor authentication where possible

View emails using plaintext only, DO NOT view allowing HTML or scripts

My personal recommendation on anti-virus would be BitDefender which comes at a fairly reasonable price and a quick Google search can reveal some discount codes. If you are on a corporate network, get rid of conventional anti-virus and try SentinelOne out for network protection, I am doing a review of it now and it is really impressing me thus far, outclassing anything else I have used in corporate environments. For servers etc, look up GRSecurity - nothing else really compares (Nope, not even SELinux or AppArmour before somebody says it).

Thanks for the information! My norton did run out recently so I do need an antivirus upgrade. Cheers.