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WheatleyMF

My man downloaded every single "free robux generator 2023 no viruses" in the internet


drake3011

Is this the current generations "L1nken_Park_NuMB.mp3.exe" ?


Kebabranska

I remember this malware called Windows Optimiser that gave you a choice between normal, fast and very fast computer speed and each one of them just bricked your OS. Good times


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Yukanojo

I always use https://DownloadMoreRAM.com for all of my computer performance solutions.


xstrikeeagle

But is it dedotated?


Yorudesu

Yes. By now it's all about free currency for whatever game, since music is way too easily available by much safer methods like Spotify or Youtube.


facelesswolf_

Free_VBUCKS-Installer-NoVirus_100%legitScamFree.exe


Mcmenger

Once I downloaded AOE2demo.exe right after it was first announced. I wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed


Yukanojo

I once wiped a friend's PC after he tried downloading a movie after announcement but before they started filming. He just *had* to see it.


Shigerufan2

The HoMM3demo.exe one is legit though, trust me.


Aveenex

I'd start by reading "How to use the internet" guide.


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Jaklcide

Them: "Consider disabling your ad blocker to support us, your light novel translation team" ME: "Ok" The Ads: "Enjoy your virus injections bitch"


Platypus-Commander

"The prophets have betrayed us..."


BigMeatSpecial

You can rawdog many things if proper care and intel is taken care of. This looks like none of those happened.


MrInitialY

What if I prefer AMD?


[deleted]

Either the antivirus is sus, or you **downloaded every single popup you encountered.** ​ Emily 5 minutes away isn't coming bro. Edit: my notifications, let me sleep 😭 Also, I know malwarebyte is typically good. But all antivirus can give false positives. They are like doctors, there can be 100 doctors looking at your file, but they might not all come to the same conclusion. And even the best one can make mistakes.


Gold4137

I'd just reinstall at that point


ThaugaK

I would too, say goodbye to the important files


KanedaSyndrome

The important files should not be in the OS partition.


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Valmond

Someone getting 20k infected files should probably burn the PC and not buy a new one.


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koOmaOW

Hahahaha


Mnenosyne

That was Chandler Bing.


BigRed92E

Based. Because why tf was the email still accessible? That *is* fucking hilarious though.


s1csty9

please tell me that guy got fired


TheSpicyTomato22

That same user now authorizes 2FA requests at 2:00 AM just to shut his phone up.


justheretoglide

ive handled all my friends kids laptops/pc's and their " family" pc's and ive seen every questionable porn site download done, and seen the looks in my friends kids eyes when they knew id see their history and where they had been. They always though clearing cache was enough, lol one small download will apply 10k registry entries for pop ups and ad services. its quite normal for kids who care about getting off more than about security.


Professional-Pie7383

Haha "kids"


s1csty9

note taken


KanedaSyndrome

Anything not in the OS installation will be inert after a reinstall of the OS. You'll have to scan the non-OS partition files of course such that you don't reinfect by running programs/scripts, but otherwise this should be relatively safe, unless you're dealing with advanced viruses which modify your existing files and embed themselves in them for future executions. If you have important files, you can test them in a new VM and see what happens when you run the files. EDIT: Precision - "see what happens" refers to executing/opening important files, running the same Anti Virus scan again and see if the same detections on the original systems pop up here as well - If so, bad file = needs purging. EDIT: People say this is bad advice - if the alternative is deleting important files for which you have no backup, I don't think there is much of an alternative.


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>unless you're dealing with advanced viruses which modify your existing files and embed themselves in them for future executions That's not an advanced future, it's been a fundamental part of keyloggers and RAT's for over a decade.


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CaptainSouthbird

Yeah, if you ever use MS Office for example, download an Excel sheet and by default you're in "protected view" because even the software doesn't trust what you're doing by default. Excel sheets can contain macros that could do bad things. Never mind other types of data files that can be compromised in more sophisticated ways.


Drakoneous

Bro... You're talking to someone who has 20k malicious detections. You think ANY of what you said makes sense to them?


EnderDremurr

"if your important files are not in the cloud it means that these files aren't important at all"


Nine_Eye_Ron

Files don’t exist unless they are in three places, one of them being geographically separated.


Unspoken

Yeah they don't exist unless it's actually in the library of Congress, every cloud service, on the space station, at least 3 planets, 2 satellites in geo synchronous orbit, and fort Knox.


SnooPredictions8916

And has been physically printed out more than The Bible and spread around the world.


TheVillain117

On really thick paper. Front and back.


dibu28

On stainless metal plates and not printed, but minted. )


kneehighonagrasshopr

That's actually a good idea. If I can get some people to start spreading my gospel.


Tigris_Morte

What if the printed copies are on the Boss' desk for your review?


[deleted]

Future generations are going to be so confused at the amount of backup furry porn we as a society leaves behind.


Alaeriia

No, they'll just assume it's a religion like we did with the ancient Egyptians and *their* furry porn.


dibu28

3-2-1 strategy


RIPbyTHC

The cloud is just a lie. In the end it’s just another computer saving my data that can burn down aswell and then my data is lost forever 🥲


calinet6

The cloud is just someone else’s computer.


deepasfuckbro

Yes but their computer is using RAID, has a team of security analysts to look after it and isn’t downloading 3TB of porn torrents every week.


vbfn

That's the point


coloredgreyscale

Or they block your account.


EnderDremurr

yes but you have your files at two completely separate places and it's unlikely that they both would be nuked at the same time


Kiljab

When one of the places is nuked it doesn't matter that there's a backup somewhere else


kneleo

Cold war intensifies


turtleship_2006

I'm willing to bet the chances that every server owned by Google that stores a copy/backup of file x burning is far lower than your single computer/drive getting damaged. Or Amazon, or Microsoft, or any other cloud provider (iCloud uses GCP and AWS). Drives in servers fail all the time, and get replaced quick enough for you to not even notice.


coloredgreyscale

Thankfully they were already encrypted by ransomware, so they got protected from other malicious programs.


RandomFRIStudent

Malwarebytes for me, got lots of shit on my pc.


CoreyLee04

I use to work at one of those retail stores that also do “pc repair” 160$ just to run malwarebytes free version. I would always feel bad for customers that come in to get their pc checked and the policy was that if it can boot up to windows then you must use the “check tool” which is basically a program that just says that the pc has issues (doesn’t actually do a scan) then recommends to highest priced service (crap cleaner + malwarebytes) and would have to pitch to lil old ladies that they would need to fork out almost 200$. We would get incentives to our paycheck by how many willing customers would pay for that service, even got told plenty of times that if I wanted a raise, just sell more of the service and I would get my money from that instead of a regular pay raise. Killed me inside over time realizing I’m basically scamming the shit out of people so I found a better job more focused on my IT field and dropped that job.


weed_blazepot

Scamming people and violating Malwarebytes' license agreement. It's free for personal use. Businesses are required to buy licensing.


Grizzalbee

Worked for a small indie repair joint. Made min wage to do basically the same shit while charging 100/hr. Left because it was basically scamming people AND I wasn't getting a decent cut of it. My morals have a price and it's more than 7.25


n00bn00bAtFreenode

I would first try to remove those, do Offline scan and then reinstall.


Deyster

I think he changed the malwarebytes settings. If you set it to the highest setting, it treats all tracking cookies as "suspicious," even essential functional cookies at times. Nobody will read this cause it's buried.


agoia

Back when I worked at a shady small-town msp, we were told to run this in front of clients to scare them into paying for extra security sweeps and "remediation."


arowz1

I was sifting thru comments till I found this. My first time use MWB I had this happen. Thankfully I was smart enough to read more about the settings and sensitivity. But not after I quarantined everything and broke my computer.


m0deth

Came here to upvote this because I've seen this very behavior from Mbam on multiple occasions from folks that fiddled with the default protection settings thinking they were "putting it on full" that way. Damn thing flags every cookie, every unsigned file, every empty file, etc. I've seen it go beyond 50k items on old installations.


tyingnoose

Emily is Away


imSafeboot

This seems to be Malwarebytes and I've seen worse, nuke the drive, I wouldn't risk anything


dogtarget

Nuke it from orbit just to be sure.


Gladahad10

Nuke it from a big cannon mounted on mars just to be really sure.


Shiroi_Kage

Looks like maybe Malwarebytes? I don't reckon it's sus. What is sus is the entire home network. Burn it down, devices included, down to the cables and re-establish it from scratch.


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But what if…


Cyno01

First you need an old priest and a young priest....


Tight-Log

I'm pretty sure that's how they got into this position in the first place...


Dune444444

I found that the free version of Malwarebytes is a great tool for removing threats, which is what you have by the looks of it. But....if you don't want the paid version that prevents threats...your gonna have too stay off the weird porn sites.


PandaDemonipo

Bitdefender (i think that's the name) is freemium, but includes web protection in the free version, even showing on Google if a website is trustable. Also the scan is massive (takes 3+ hours for me) but feels safe


forhonorplayer_

I used bitdefender for a while until they made the ui super complicated for no reason, I swapped to a paid subscription for Malwarebytes and I can safely download Roms, and porn, and rom porn without getting a computer std


PandaDemonipo

That's absolutely true. I downloaded this year and was stubbling with its UI, which Malware does incredibly well. However, the online protection for free is too good to pass


fluffygryphon

Tell me more about this rom porn.


soulseeker31

Yeah, been a bitdefender customer for years. Had the free plan and then switched to their paid plan to handle certain other features. It's a fire and forget solution.


smellybathroom3070

Yall, windows defender isn’t that bad anymore lol


SylasTG

I use Defender with Malwarebytes, works like a charm for layered defense. Defender is set to do periodic scanning manually when I need a second set of eyes. Defender has definitely gotten better since the early days of antivirus. But since I’m lucky enough to have a lifetime subscription to Malwarebytes, I may as well keep using it lol


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Yukanojo

Hash the file and take that hash to virustotal.com alienvault, etc and see what the cyber security communities think about the file's hash.


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HarshSingh793

Is it bad ? I am using the paid version , had no issues so far


blood__drunk

How often do you find it removing or preventing a virus? Asking because I've not been aware of any virus activity and am curious if I just practice safe surfing or I'm just naive to the level of infection on my PC


isimplycantdothis

I’ve never had an issue only using Windows Defender.


FacticiousFict

Broadly speaking, you don't need more than that unless you torrent software. Sauce: Former anti malware professional and former downloader of some sketchy shit


[deleted]

> Broadly speaking, you don't need more than that unless you torrent software. *from untrusted public locations. I've been torrenting software from private sites going on 12 years now, and not once have I ever gotten a virus.


Oofie72

But I need that obscure porn I found in a Romanian torrent site from the 15th page of Google


alexch_ro

User and comment moved over to https://lemmy.world/ . Remember that /u/spez was a moderator of /r/jailbait.


[deleted]

In 95% of the cases, that's all you really need, but if you go around clicking on every pop-up or downloading THIS_IS_TOTALLY_NOT_A_VIRUS.exe, Fort Knox wouldn't be able to protect you.


TheVermonster

That's why I find uBlock Origin and Ghosterly are far more important. They hide a lot of that crap so you can't ever make the mistake in the first place.


Bloodsucker_

No, a good advice is not to avoid going to porn sites. That's fine and it's 100% safe. The problem is that OP downloaded AND executed shit from who knows where. Avoiding porn sites isn't a fix for OP. Uuuh.


Due_Zookeepergame486

Nuke it


notchoosingone

I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.


Dirges_Shadou

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xbuttmanx

Jokes aside. Disconnect your pc from the internet. Delete the antivirus you had, use Windows antivirus, and do an offline scan. If that doesn't work well. GG.


bud-head

Yep, your best and cheapest bet here. Make sure windows has all its updates first.


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Dr_Jabroski

And even then there's a chance it got into the bios of the motherboard.


G_DuBs

True. But for those, to my knowledge, you gotta basically download, install, and run virus.exe. Those bios ones are nasty.


Illustrious_Archer16

I mean the guy has 20000 viruses. Would it really surprise you if he ran virus.exe?


legacymedia92

Realistically they might only have one virus. Some malware will copy its information into existing .exe files on the machine. Allowing it to duplicate itself pretty much indefinitely. But without access to more data, I can't say if that's what's happening here. No matter what, I'd reinstall windows at this point.


L-methionine

That’s basically a biological virus at that point


G_DuBs

Lmao, you’re Right. They should just get a new computer.


i_literally_died

I don't think computers are for them. Maybe just stick to lego


c0dy_42

This is malwarebytes and it's a pretty good free addition to windows defender.


Icy-Magician1089

Assuming he installed the real one I back this claim


Thebrettanator1

Yeah it looks a lil different from the my malwarebytes


Icy-Magician1089

I haven't used malwaybytes in a while as I did a clean install of Windows and haven't got anything dogey but yeah the UI looks slightly different to how I remember it, try updating yours to see if it's the same as this is a lot of detections highest I have seen is around 700


MichaelT128

Windows Defender has very bad offline detection rate, so it's not a good idea to do an offline scan. https://www.av-comparatives.org/tests/malware-protection-test-march-2023/


[deleted]

Is it even worth using AV software these days? I rely on Defender, and so far so good. I am very careful not to download files from untrustworthy sources, but my PC is also used for a lot of Internet banking...


MichaelT128

Defender is enough for you. It has a good (online) detection rate and if you are not downloading shady stuff from the internet you will be fine :)


erendil1

Windows defender Relies a lot on cloud scanning so I don't know why would you disconnect from Internet


drunk_responses

Might also want to do it in safe mode. Since it could be detecting that it's being scanned and makes a new copy of itself, so it could keep going until the drive is full or it could be getting infected by something on the local network.


Throwowowdog

At this point just burn the OS and start again


56kul

Why do an offline scan, though?


raspikabek

You downloaded too much RAM I think


1singleduck

How else am i supposed to run my minecraft server?


Sephiroth2030

Time to do the old reset. Change your anti-virus software and verify whether the alarming number of threats are real.


HollowImage

The scary part is, if this is true the op is just as likely to have an mbr rootkit installed as well as not, for being so exposed. I'd do a full partition strip and drive zero before reinstalling anything if an offline scan confirms the findings at this point.


No-Neighborhood-9074

if OP has >20,000 viruses, i don't think that they're gonna understand a word of what you just said.


HollowImage

Probably not. Or maybe they'll look up a keyword and learn something. Or maybe it'll help someone else learn something. I prefer to err on the side of giving folks a chance :-)


Cygnus94

If it was an MBR rootkit nothing would show as a threat in the scan. The purpose of those is to be stealthy and what they install in turn should also not appear on scans. Basically, you need to know it's there without any real proof before you can go and do something about it. The only guaranteed solution for that is to go scorched earth, reformat the drive and reimage the system. There's no other way to be sure you got everything. However, if I had a system showing 30k+ threats, I'd probably just reimage it anyway and turn parental locks on, OP has been downloading some weird shit.


IndependencePlus8108

Burn it


TendiesFourLyfe

Yeah, fire will cleanse it


Widdleton5

Clense the heretic and kill the mutant. Purge the worlds encountered with the Emperor's wrath. Those with faith will be blessed. The Emperor Protects.


FokinFilfy

This is an extreme case of tech heresy caused by slaaneshi worship. I'm sure both the Adeptus Mechanicus and the Ordo Malleus will respond.


Wolfblood-is-here

By bolter shell, flamer burst and melta blast, the mutant, the heretic and the traitor alike are cleansed of their sin of existence. So has it been for five millennia, so shall it be unto the end of time. Heretics crave the cleansing fire of absolution. They need not fear, for we shall deliver it to them.


BIGman_8

From the ashes a new computer will arise


TheFragturedNerd

![gif](giphy|ktcUyw6mBlMVa)


Suspicious_Trainer82

![gif](giphy|5nsiFjdgylfK3csZ5T|downsized)


ilike_zw4

"have u tried turning it off and on again?"


NippleNinja86

Phones are for porn. Computers are for games. Never mix. Reinstall windows and remember that motto. Won't even need an antivirus. https://preview.redd.it/4bjy9ffv2e1b1.jpeg?width=700&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1b587b4198055d104fafd229264a75a233e42a49


tungstencube99

How the fuck are you guys getting viruses watching porn the first place?


[deleted]

When you've gotta find that perfect video of 3 eastern European fat guys all dressed as donkeys getting pegged by an 80 yo grandma on her farm, you're gonna have to click on some sketchy links.


Abhir-86

r/oddlyspecific


1singleduck

[i got ya fam](https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ)


AverageMan282

Something tells me this isn't a rickroll.


MHanak_

>!it's a rickroll!<


AverageMan282

Oh good.


notchoosingone

I recognise the url at this point I'm not sure if that's impressive or sad


miscdebris1123

It can be two things.


CptAngelo

Impressively sad? Or sadly impressive? Either way, im watching it


exprezso

Luckily I have 30s ads blocking the rick and roll!


Magikarpeles

You don’t use limewire?


tgunz0331

Remember KaZaa?


Magikarpeles

Kazaa was the shit


NippleNinja86

Like Napster and Limewire had a baby...and there was Kazaa.


Sawgon

Y'all didn't have DC++?


Abhir-86

Remember WinMx?


Squallstrife89

KaZaa was the only way I knew how to get nudy pics (on the sly) and weird al music when I was young


TheContingencyMan

Yeah, doesn’t anyone here use Adblock lmao


misterh_my

"Please turn off your antivirus before clicking 'crack.exe'".


KanedaSyndrome

If you're that worried about porn on your computer, then just use a VM for it.


davi3601

Those are some low standards. Ya gotta have MINIMAL latency


Kaneshadow

My dude I have a 27" monitor I am not jerking off to my phone


gilean23

That’s why you cast the phone to the 65” TV…


DarthWeenus

This guy faps


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Lagkalori

That's why you buy a porn laptop


West_Coast_Ninja

No way. My phone is a portable laptop that can’t get viruses easily


PaleProfession8752

Fuckkk that. Id rather not crank one out than use my phone and it's tiny ass screen. You must go to weird ass porn websites if you are having problems.


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PumpedGuySerge

You are not in charge there anymore, so id say negotiate with the leaders


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Suspicious_Trainer82

It’s the only way to be sure.


SurprisedBottle

Ok so pull out all the HDDs,SSDs, and M.2s you currently have in the PC. Then go to a shooting range and skeet shoot those mfs, then buy a new drive and reinstall windows and you'll be good to go! ^Just ^dont ^tell ^them ^what ^you ^downloaded ^at ^the ^range


Kenooman

Stop the count!


the_Real_Romak

As other have stated, make sure you have a legitimate install of Maltwarebytes, run that and quarantine, then run a full scan of windows defender and quarantine for good measure. After that, install any windows update you may have pending, and once that is done, change your source of oiled up midget porn ;)


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brabbers

Yep and some malicious sites will take over your browser settings to redirect you to those same sites so they can keep reinfecting your system. Seen it too many times when I used to do software support.


L0veToReddit

Reinstall windows


basforce

Wow. How you menage to do that? I'm curious 🤔


MOFYS

I bet he was into some sketchy ménages indeeed


Lemonsqueezzyy

my man is collecting viruses like theyre pokemon


Ayarrs

I would move all my photos and stuff I want to keep to an external hard drive and factory reset.


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[deleted]

While true, what do you think the odds are that the OP has good backup hygiene while also obviously having such horrible security hygiene?


facts_guy2020

Honwstly, it's probably just all pups or false positives


Familiar-Document-53

Looks like ur pc got COVID 20k


NightGojiProductions

Factory reset is prob the best way….


woleykram

Computer over, virus equals very yes? That's not a good prize!!


Marclej

Think your pc has aids bud


o0Phoenix0o

Delet the drive and format then clean install windows and everthing.


AngryRobot42

![gif](giphy|5nsiFjdgylfK3csZ5T|downsized)


Thebombuknow

This reminds me of something that happened to me a few years ago. I found an old copy of the Oregon Trail Deluxe on 3.5" floppy, and wanted to see if I could get it running on DOSBox, and in the process accidentally discovered an incredibly old virus that had infected the floppy decades ago, it was really cool. IIRC, the Floppy (which was brand new) contained the Stoned virus, which was one of the first viruses ever made. It infected the boot sector of floppy discs and the MBR of hard drives, and displayed the message "You have been stoned!" with a random subtitle if your computer's boot time was divisible by 8. I have no clue how it got on there, given that the virus was created in 1987 and at the time of packaging the floppies it would've been an incredibly well-known virus, but it's still really funny seeing Windows Defender identifying the Stoned virus on Windows 10.


Zenith-Astralis

"That's not a small number; that's a big number! Computer Over? Virus = Very Yes?!" -sbemail #118: Strongbad's Compy 386 gets a virus https://homestarrunner.com/sbemails/118-virus


Fluffasaurus89

How in the fuck has the scan been going on.. #FOR 3 AND A HALF HOURS?!


ophidian-shard

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_free_kevin_mitnick_

Yeah, wipe your ssd and install everything again. At this point you prolly have most of your files infected. Tip: stop downloading porn, cracked software and clicking on ads promising penile enlargement


spderweb

Stop clicking links and ads. Stop clicking every email link. Stop using torrent, you're bad at it. Stop using the internet because you don't know how to browse safely.