How do I turn off my webcam on my HP mini?

Go to the control panel, go to system, look for where the hardware is all listed. Some place round there it will have your webcam, select it, right click, and choose “deactivate”, and that should do the job.

That sounds disturbing. I know there are hackers who get into computers and set it up so that the webcam doesn’t turn off, hoping to see something important – maybe where jewelry or money is stored, safe combinations, or when the house is empty (more often than not, they just see people getting undressed). I know it’s probably far-fetched, but you might want to cover the webcam with a piece of paper and some tape or something until it gets fixed. Better safe than sorry.

Okay so Easter sunday I was playing a game, my webcam was off, (finnally!) I turned it off an played scrabble with my dad and brothers. So then I get back on it. My screensaver was changed, my background image was changed, my toolbar was different, I couldn’t connect to my mom’s internet, AT ALL no matter what I tried. I Could not accesses any of my old background images, And I couldn’t run my antivirus program or put up windows firewall or anything like that. Any help? My mom says it’s a worm or a virus, or maybe a hacker. I don’t use it anymore. Thank you for any help.