I tried to watch a film for free and I think I clicked on a dodgy website. I think the website downloaded what I believe to be a virus. I tried to factory reset after putting all my important files on a memory stick. Now it’s saying this (see photos)

Does anyone know if I’m ok to use my computer still? If not why? Thanks.

https://ibb.co/7QJy2DR https://ibb.co/Hd3Pwqy https://ibb.co/Lr2nhzQ

  • Signor65_ZA@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Of course it’s not ok to use. Your antivirus has been entirely nuked by the looks of things. And I’m pretty sure that the dude from Russia trying to gain remote access to your PC isn’t your friend. Even that “Antivirus protection has expired today” popup is a virus.

    If I were you I would format the hell out of your harddrive/ssd. If that’s a step too far, malwarebytes is a good start but I don’t know, that already looks pretty far gone to me.

  • Ok-Pack-7088@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Use adwcleaner, malwarebytes, hitman pro, and do full scan with optional options. Im not sure its possible for website to execute downloaded file.

  • Remo_253@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    A clean install is your only option. Here’s an article that gives a step by step on how to do it: How to Reinstall Windows 10

    You create the installation USB by using a clean PC, not yours, and downloading and running the Media Installation Tool to create a USB you’ll use to boot your PC.

    Step #8 is important, deleting the existing partitions. While it’s technically possible for an infection to survive this process it’s extremely unlikely, 99.9% will be nuked by this.

    This means you have to reinstall all your programs, nothing on that drive will survive this. Also do a scan of that USB you saved your personal files on in case the malware attached itself to it.