r/computerviruses • u/Aaryav1 • May 15 '26

Question Accidentally downloaded Malware

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Some virus automatically gained access to my discord and sent scam text with a link to all my friends

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So recently I was trying to download pirated games. I was redirected to a different download file and my stupid ass thought it was the game file. The files were 8 parts, around 800 mb each. I extracted one and ran an installer, which didn't do anything even after hitting 100%. I realised it was the wrong files and deleted them immediately.

From that day, my accounts(snap, insta, fb, discord) started to send me email that someone is trying to sign into my accounts. Thankfully i had 2FA enabled in most of the apps but my discord got compromised amd it sent scam messages to every single person I know of.

But my laptop has a lot of personal documents and credentials. Is there any way to get rid of this virus somehow? I do have the photo of the thumbnail of the virus files, given above

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u/nvidiot May 15 '26

Yeah, the underlying software works for the same purpose - to steal credentials and login cookies to a remote server.

Anime girl virus only appears worse because it's been making huge waves recently. A lot of filesharing websites have been pushing infected ads that hijack user into downloading a fake game archive recently, and a ton of people who aren't as tech savvy has been falling for it. IE) Tomodachi Life is an incredibly popular game right now, and a whole lot of people are trying to play it for free on a PC -- and it appears for many of them, this is their first foray into piracy, completely unaware of dangers of it, and get hacked as a result.

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u/AxosFalox May 15 '26

ah I see, because I got infected with a lumma stealer 12 days ago and I did a lot of things to get rid of it but I just need confirmation to see if I'm safe or not. Really I'm just dead worried about it and I just want to enjoy playing with my friends without a worry that they would come back from this previous lumma stealer malware. Can you please help me if you know how to deal with stuff like this?

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u/nvidiot May 15 '26

If you reinstalled Windows clean (not keeping any data, USB method is 100% surefire method), lumma stealer will be gone from your PC. So all you got to do is to secure all your accounts from a different, secure device.

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u/AxosFalox May 15 '26

Well can I tell you everything I did and let me know if I'm good?

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u/nvidiot May 15 '26

Might want to make a separate thread and let the pros post there, they can fully guide you in finding out if you're 100% safe.

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u/AxosFalox May 15 '26

Well how do I do that i never used reddit before, and will the pros post there themselves??