How to Find Out If Someone Installed Monitoring Software on Your Laptop
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Summary
If you believe your laptop is being monitored, there are some techniques to regain control of your privacy and find out if you’re being spied on.
Take a look at your laptop and check to see if its behaviour has changed and is experiencing unusual pop-ups, slow performance, quick battery depletion, and loud fans, as these can be clues that something is wrong.
Run a full system scan with reputable antivirus software to detect and remove malware, keyloggers, and spyware, as these can be categorized as monitoring tools.
Review your browser extensions as some extensions can spy on you, log your keystrokes, and redirect you to fake websites to steal your information.
Regularly check which apps have access to your webcam and microphone as sometimes people can access your laptop’s webcam and microphone to spy on you.
Review your installed programs to find anything that seems unfamiliar, has a generic name, or was installed recently without your knowledge, as monitoring software often disguises itself as a harmless application.
Check your startup programs as monitoring software is designed to launch when you start your laptop to collect data without drawing attention to itself.
