Athena,

Here a link to more info on the firewall.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2422144,00.asp

Hope is not an over kill of information. lol

Whozurdaddy gave the best advice for your problem, just to add a few notes though-
1. If he is gaining access through teamviewer I doubt it was your ip address in which he is using, teamviewer generates a its own access code and password for people to gain access. (this is not to say he didn't obtain an ip address while he was accessing it) but to stop teamviewer access just change (or create) a user-defined passcode. Also check the box that automatically records all incoming connections and monitor its save folder.

2. If he is gaining access with an ip address, log-in to your router and change your ip renewal policy to 1 day which should be the default. Ensure that your router config setting is set to a DHCP standard, which will allow for your router to change your ip every day, once again this should be your routers default.

3. Next open your task manager, select the services tag, click the services button in the bottom right hand corner, in the window that pops up filter the srvices by name and scroll down to the ones that say Remote there should be like 7 or 8 disable all of them.

This will stop him if he has basic knowledge, if he is comp savvy and a possiblke background in "hacking" lol you will need a much more in-depth approach

Hi Chris, nice to meet you.

As embarrassing as it is to admit with so many seriously intelligent and knowledgeable people on Mingle, most of what you guys are saying is Greek to me. And I'm sure it's pretty obvious with you fellas, so I'm thankful you're even taking the time to try and guide me.

But I'm like WOW they're telling me to do what now! Look where? Hide what, construct a wall against this and that... close your eyes and count to ten... then start all over again...

I fear I'm from the generation before computers was the norm and where I live in the deep woods there was only one computer class offered at the local high school back in 2001.

I jumped on it and soaked up 4 months worth of basic information, but other than that I'm lost when it pertains to all this modern technology. And I do the best I can with what I've got.

So all of ya'lls input is truly appreciated even if I never figure out if I've protected my machines against intruders or just locked myself in with them still on the inside...

I guess it's a good thing that I don't have much of anything that anybody could want...

And THAT'S a good thing Athena. :) If more people understood that an attack and breach of their system was inevitable there would be less information available to be used against themselves and others.
As has been said recently, just start flipping your passwords around on your accounts.

SYK.... the passwords here @ Mingle are not the best protected, simply because they are not running it through an encryption algorithim. If they did, we'd not get our original passwords back to us should we request a new one in the event of a lost or forgotten

That's a lot of gobbledeegook I'm sure, but it's good for others to know too.
Flip your P.W. every 6 weeks Hon, and you'll be o.k.
If it gets weird don't be afraid to toss me a p.m. and I'll walk you through it; no worries.