Thank you! I agree. I could not mention the involvement of the authorities until today, when they'd announced their own involvement. I have had IT techs involved for days now. The police have been involved for about a week now and continue on the case. I also highly suspect something illegal is being hidden. I hate to think so; yet, I cannot imagine what else would cause such interest and such an ongoing saga? I am very sad about this.

Just before this all had started (the remote accessing of the computer, etc.,) I had discovered a lot of files hidden in the C:drive, labeled "Backup files" and in a vault. I played with passwords until it opened the "vault." I was shocked to find so many files there, labelled "documents." definitely not all documents, as many had ".mov" suffixes. Those are movies/videos.

The vault not only was locked, it gave notification that someone had accessed those files (me). Almost immediately, the files were moved,/deleted. I could not believe it! I went back out and back into the same location and something entirely differently was there ( a very different visual... with all files folders emptied.) what does anyone want to hide so much, esp when videos/movies are involved? I think we can all make a good guess, sadly.

I have found other "vaults" and have been able to unlock the ones I have found. I cannot always open the files easily... or at all. Some were pictures and video files in a vault in places like: RealPlayer, etc. All of the contents of any media program were taken and/or wiped out.

Some videos. quite a few were previously deleted from media player, Windows picture gallery and RealPlayer. There were also vaults at 2 of these locations. There is alot more to this; yet, it all gets tedious... I'll save anyone from reading it all.

All computer backup sets were also removed or deleted. The person had the password to the backup sets. Only two people had that password. I was one of them.

All picture, movie/videos and document files are gone.

I saw some of the deleted files as they were being deleted.. That was the first action taken remotely an d I was watching it, wondering what was going on?. The file names came onto my screen for some reason? They were from the hidden vault in the C drive. Some had live links in them. I had filmed the files as they came onto my screen. I filmed those with live links, while I opened the links. I am not yet at liberty to reveal the contents. I am shocked... repulsed and deeply saddened.

I guess we never really know the possible '"complexities" of our seemingly best friend(s)? I had no idea.

Someone has still been trying to access the computer. The battery is out, so someone cannot turn it on remotely. If I plug it in for even 3 minutes, it is being "pinged" at least twice a minute... when it is not even connected to the internet.! It is being accessed from a cloud, it seems.

I have changed the password on the security and have reinstalled it just to have even a few minutes of security if/when anyone turns the computer on.
Even so, someone keeps trying to access my security password. The security company keeps notifying me of this. Whomever is doing this has my email address, as the only mistake they are making is not knowing the new password. Each attempt generates a notice to my email acct.

Anyway.. it has been quite a mystery. Much of it has been found out, but there IS more. Only the C drive is left at this point and someone still wants to access the computer. As you have noted, the C drive holds a lot of info.

The other interesting note: Whomever was involved was loading the pics, videos, files into a hard drive. This is clear from the security reports. So someone wants to keep all of the files.

Hmmm... I wonder who is that interested in deleting the files from the computer and then wants to keep/store the various types of files?
Who is interested in deleting all backup sets?

The authorities have mentioned they may want the computer, the C drive. The investigation moves forward with each passing day.

There is much more.

So this is what has had my attention lately. Sadly.

Sorry for the long rant. It has been very tough. I did not, however, disclose anything that was not made public info just today.

VERY STRESSFUL.
VERY SAD.

Thanks for reading. Thanks for your support, everyone. You all mean lot to me.