Constantly being hacked , bluetooth

extrememachine · 27 Nov 2022 at 15:31

So for a while now someone in the near vicinity has been hacking me via blue tooth making comments when i type etc. Constantly adding devices on bluetooth.
I disabled bluetooth bios and uninstalled it in device manager but i somehow keep getting hacked.
Need your help here guys.

Quartz · 27 Nov 2022 at 16:00

If you uninstalled Bluetooth then Windows may have automatically reinstalled it. You need to leave it installed and disable it.

Andy_82 · 27 Nov 2022 at 18:43

If you disabled bluetooth in the bios then it will be disabled completely, the hacker must have access through your wifi/internet connection and your os is compromised, i'd wipe it and reinstall

extrememachine · 27 Nov 2022 at 18:55

Andy_82 said:
If you disabled bluetooth in the bios then it will be disabled completely, the hacker must have access through your wifi/internet connection and your os is compromised, i'd wipe it and reinstall

It happens when im offline.Can you please clarify?
Also when i try to boot to windows manager via usb it goes straight to my login page.

Quartz · 27 Nov 2022 at 19:12

Andy_82 said:
If you disabled bluetooth in the bios then it will be disabled completely,

A BIOS update may have switched it back on. Or the OP may not have saved the setting.

andy_mk3 · 27 Nov 2022 at 19:15

Surely you can't add a bluetooth device on Windows without adding it from within Windows? Otherwise that would be a security nightmare.

extrememachine · 27 Nov 2022 at 19:16

Quartz said:
A BIOS update may have switched it back on. Or the OP may not have saved the setting.

ive checked it, bios updates didnt happen as far as im aware , i turned bluetooth off and f10 saved out.

extrememachine · 27 Nov 2022 at 19:17

andy_mk3 said:
Surely you can't add a bluetooth device on Windows without adding it from within Windows? Otherwise that would be a security nightmare.

you have more to learn than me looks like.

andy_mk3 · 27 Nov 2022 at 19:23

extrememachine said:
you have more to learn than me looks like.

Show me how to connect a bluetooth keyboard to my laptop without touching my laptop then.

Deleted member 77746 · 27 Nov 2022 at 19:40

Have you tried disabling it fully in device manager?

extrememachine · 27 Nov 2022 at 23:38

GaryTheSnail said:
Have you tried disabling it fully in device manager?

Yes.
Ok even more odd i disabkled bluetooth wifi and no internet connection, playing rage 2 beat the boss all of a sudden the game quits out early and the sound goes off.
I had to repeat the last boss but now there was no sound to my game.
Can someone please find a solution to this mess?

extrememachine · 27 Nov 2022 at 23:47

I just checked there was a blutooth service running before my game quitted and the audio now doesnt work in settings.
How does someone connect when i disabled bios and in windows. Is there some kind of special device or something.
This should not happen.

Tetras · 27 Nov 2022 at 23:57

I don't know if this is happening in your case, but the BIOS on/off switch for additional hardware often doesn't actually disable things properly, it can be more like a soft off and leaves the chip powered.

andy_mk3 · 28 Nov 2022 at 00:03

extrememachine said:
you have more to learn than me looks like.

andy_mk3 said:
Show me how to connect a bluetooth keyboard to my laptop without touching my laptop then.

You know more than I do so come on….

extrememachine · 28 Nov 2022 at 00:13

Tetras said:
I don't know if this is happening in your case, but the BIOS on/off switch for additional hardware often doesn't actually disable things properly, it can be more like a soft off and leaves the chip powered.

where is the off switch for the bluetooth on the motherboard please?
I have a sus maximus hero z790

AthlonXP1800 · 28 Nov 2022 at 02:12

Hmmm interesting thread. I been used bluetooth on compute stick for 7 years to connected to bluetooth keyboard and my phones apps to turned it into keyboard and mouse and never had issue with bluetooth and also never been hacked.

I could suggest you to try download Nirsoft Bluetooth View and BluetoothLogView to detect what devices were connected to your bluetooth with pairing and without pairing within 240 metre range and block their device from access your bluetooth.

Monitor the Bluetooth activity around you

Utility for Windows that monitors the activity of Bluetooth devices around you.

www.nirsoft.net

BluetoothLogView - Creates a log of Bluetooth devices activity around you

BluetoothLogView is a small utility that monitors the activity of Bluetooth devices around you, and displays a log of Bluetooth devices on the main window.

www.nirsoft.net

Semple · 28 Nov 2022 at 02:55

What exactly do you mean by adding comments when you type? Can you get a screenshot?

ZombieFan · 28 Nov 2022 at 08:56

Are you using any other bluetooth dongles for headphones, mouse, keyboard etc? If so, disconnect them.

If you're not using any dongles then check all your USB ports (including hubs etc) to make sure a friend/family member hasn't hidden a dongle in there as a joke. Some of them are low profile nowadays and easy to miss unless you're looking for them.

james.miller · 28 Nov 2022 at 09:16

you can open powershell and type this to see a list of connected bluetooth devices:

C:\Users\james> Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object {$_.Class -eq "Bluetooth"}

You'll get something like this:

Code:

Status     Class           FriendlyName                                                                     InstanceId
------     -----           ------------                                                                     ----------
OK         Bluetooth       Microsoft Bluetooth Enumerator                                                   BTH\MS_BTHBR...
OK         Bluetooth       Bluetooth Device (RFCOMM Protocol TDI)                                           BTH\MS_RFCOM...
OK         Bluetooth       Device Identification Service                                                    BTHENUM\{000...
OK         Bluetooth       Generic Bluetooth Adapter                                                        USB\VID_13DD...
OK         Bluetooth       GuliKit Controller XW                                                            BTHENUM\DEV_...

use this instead if you want the full instanceIDs:

C:\Users\james> Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object {$_.Class -eq "Bluetooth"} | format-table -AutoSize

Haze · 28 Nov 2022 at 09:54

Mind boggles how people get in these situations, as someone else said, sounds like they are accessing you pc via WiFi, Bluetooth has quite a short range, can not see how they can do that