At the very least, buy another hard drive, and save a copy of important data there. This helps if windows 'hiccups' as someone else put it. I've had an entire directory crash on me just because the OS fucked up. Did you run scandisk or anything like that to see if the disk has some problems?
Most files are retrievable afer deletion if you dont mess with your computer too much and get those allocation slots overwritten - it looks like you used a program to do just that.
As far as hacking, programs like subseven can give an outsider full access to anything on your computer, including your cam... shut the cam or face it away if you have one, and you don't want someone looking at you... I think cam manufacturers should place a light that blinks when the cam is in use, so you know when someone's hacking ya, but they are morons. Some cams dont even have a lid.
Use NETSTAT -a -n in dos to show all active connections. If you have a connection in there that is suspicous, find out what it is. Try netstat without the -n, as well, it shows the address in non-numerical form. Any trojan or virus accessing the net, or someone connection thru to your computer talking to the virus allowing access to your whole computer will show up here.
Install a firewall, and a good one, to stop these things. A few months ago I was getting probed to see if I have a subseven installed 10 or 20 times a day. These guys find one person on DSL, and scan the whole fucking IP range for DSL'ers without a firewall. If only one of these reports back, they just found someone that they can do anything with. These trojans are pretty crazy, too... they can even monitor keystrokes. Say goodbye to your credit card if you're the unlucky fool who just bought something off the net.
GRC.com explains a lot of this crap, and more, as someone has already mentioned. I recommend it to anyone, it explains it detail, too. A new page that was just put up explains how this 13 yr old fucker shut down his website with bots spread on 1000's of computer via viruses, all pinging at the same time. It's a good read.
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