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By gaining access to your webcam, an attacker can pose a serious threat to your privacy. The good news is that it is very difficult to control the camera without anyone guessing. One way to check which programs are using your computer's webcam is the Procesed Explorer utility (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/process-explorer) from Microsoft.
First, you need to find out the physical name of our webcam. Let's open the device manager (Win + R) and execute the devmgmt.msc command. In image processing devices, open the properties of the webcam. On the "Details" tab, in the drop-down lists, find the "Physical device object name" and copy the value that appears.
After downloading and running the program (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/process-explorer) as an administrator, in the search (Ctrl + F) insert the name of our webcam and click "Search". The list reflects all processes using our webcam. By clicking RMB and choosing "Properties", you can view the detailed properties of the selected process and complete it if necessary.
First, you need to find out the physical name of our webcam. Let's open the device manager (Win + R) and execute the devmgmt.msc command. In image processing devices, open the properties of the webcam. On the "Details" tab, in the drop-down lists, find the "Physical device object name" and copy the value that appears.
After downloading and running the program (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/process-explorer) as an administrator, in the search (Ctrl + F) insert the name of our webcam and click "Search". The list reflects all processes using our webcam. By clicking RMB and choosing "Properties", you can view the detailed properties of the selected process and complete it if necessary.
