Chrissedoff

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Advice after potentially downloading something. in c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
[–] Chrissedoff@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I was using Opera with Adblock Plus, would that be enough or after the formar, would it be wise to use Chrome/Firefox instead?

Advice after potentially downloading something. in c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
[–] Chrissedoff@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago (4 children)

So does that change anything, or should I still just format my pc?

Advice after potentially downloading something. in c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
[–] Chrissedoff@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As far as adventurous goes, this seemed like going into the shallow end of the pool with arm bands on.

I've bought things through Amazon and other sites and used Paypal but I don't think I've ever actually logged in to my bank on my PC, but I'm guessing I should change my passwords regardless.

The first thing I did was delete Bitwarden.

Advice after potentially downloading something. in c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
[–] Chrissedoff@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Can you write a for dummies guide on how to do that, or point me to a guide? Googling only brings up guides on how to format a USB Stick.

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Advice after potentially downloading something. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
 

As the title suggest, I may have installed some malicious software called Adventurous Clotth Tool from a company called Adventurous Cloth LLC.

For context, I was looking to download Driver San Francisco and because it's no longer available for purchase anywhere my brother recommended SteamUnlocked, which he has used before. After skimming the comments I assumed it was safe, downloaded the file(big warning sign in retrospect) and installed the program, after mentioning this to my brother he told me that it should have been the game files in a zip folder, and obviously I broke down in a cold sweat.

I have run multiple checks using Malware Bytes, Windows Defender and an offline Windows Defender scan, all of which reported no problems, however obviously I'm still scared/nervous about what I have done.

Apart from don't be an idiot, can anyone give me some advice on what I should be doing next? I tried searching for the company and program in question, but no results have come up.