My kid downloaded some kind of password hacking software
My kid downloaded some kind of password hacking software and now I'm really concerned. I remember reading how bad it can be ~ malware installed on sectors of the hardware that can't be erased by formatting and reinstalling the OS.
This all came to light when she was working on her computer and it started doing stuff by itself. The mouse appears to move intelligently and the system even shut down by itself yesterday. She's finally concerned enough to confess to what she did ~ after we took the macbook apart to see if the battery was swelling, and then she reveals that the external control appears purposeful and she thinks she's being hacked.
I'm fine just throwing her computer away, but I'm seriously freaked out about safety on my macbook. Is my computer at risk because of her actions on our shared home network? I don't have crazy good passwords, but I do have seriously important stuff on my macbook and if it were hacked and the information leaked, the damage could be far beyond what I could ever recover from. I run a whole business from this computer, and I've always been careful and employ good internet habits and careful software habits.
Anyone have any idea what kind of risk we're at, and how I can find out of my mac is compromised, and maybe how to fix it?
Or suggest the right place to post this question? I'm sorry if this is totally the wrong place...