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

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

You never know what malware is going to do. You could look up sandbox reports of what it did, and then end up with a modified version of the malware. Better to backup stuff, nuke the OS, and start fresh/change passwords on important stuff. Persistence can be a bitch to track down, better to nuke.

Take this as a learned lesson, and do better next time.

Back in the early 00's I caught thousands of infections.. I think somewhere around 3000 infections removed at once was my personal best. Live and learn.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Nuke it and pray to whatever spirits motivate them that they didn't manage to install a rootkit... I'd be praying to rum, myself.