Remote Assitance - Was I hacked into?

[xtechx]

I have cable internet, a router to split the connection between 2 computers.
1 computer running Win98 is always off (rarely used and turned back off
immediately). They are not networked.

Last night, before I went to bed, I shut down my computer running XP home.
I did not stay to watch it shut down, and so this morning, it was still
running because it came on saying another user was logged on - did I still
want to disconnect? When I logged back on, on my start/task list was the
application Remote Assistance. I did not even know that application was on
XP, or I would certainly have disabled it. I immediately did go in and
disable it. I also ran Norton's scan to see if there was any virus' or
spyware detected.

Now, how do I know if I was hacked? How do I know what they found/took?
What do I do?

Thanks!
Cheryl

[PA Bear]

Are both machines fully patched at Windows Update?

Checking for/Help with Hijackware
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=5878
http://wiki.castlecops.com/Malware_Removal_and_Prevention:_Introduction
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/data/prevention.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/archive/tshoot.html
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm
http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/

When all else fails, HijackThis v1.99.1
(http://aumha.net/downloads/hijackthis.zip) is the preferred tool to use.
It will help you to both identify and remove any hijackware/spyware. **Post
your log to http://forums.spybot.info/forumdisplay.php?f=22,
http://castlecops.com/forum67.html,
http://forums.subratam.org/index.php?showforum=7,
http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=30, or other appropriate forums for expert
analysis, not here.**

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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org