Once someone’s gotten into your system, you have NO idea what stubs, installers, or other backdoors have been left behind. You caught the main trojan, but what else did they upload, and what is running in the background sending your files to them?
Install Win11 from a USB drive, and during the process, delete the windows partitions and start anew.
(for those more ‘revenge’ or ‘mess with the scammers’ minded, a VM installed as a honeypot system makes for fun times. I can’t go into specifics here, but watching “Scam Bait” channels like Kitboga or Pierogi should give you ideas.)
Nuke and pave time.
Once someone’s gotten into your system, you have NO idea what stubs, installers, or other backdoors have been left behind. You caught the main trojan, but what else did they upload, and what is running in the background sending your files to them?
Install Win11 from a USB drive, and during the process, delete the windows partitions and start anew.
(for those more ‘revenge’ or ‘mess with the scammers’ minded, a VM installed as a honeypot system makes for fun times. I can’t go into specifics here, but watching “Scam Bait” channels like Kitboga or Pierogi should give you ideas.)