had to teach a friend how to see if he was being hacked..

First off, I told him "If they didn't want to be seen, you wouldn't see them.." but this is how I would check and see if I was being hacked or something... I would open command prompt and use the netstat command, he asked "How do I access the command prompt?" Legitimate question right? so I told him to open "Start menu," thats when he asked me the stupidest freaking question anyone could ask....."where is the start menu?" I died a little inside