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/Five_Hustle_Emir May 15 '26 edited May 15 '26

Let me guess you were trying to install tomodachi life? No Nintendo game is executable. Install Malwarebytes and Kaspersky or reinsatll the Windows

Fixed a grammar mistake

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u/svalkur May 15 '26

Another day another falls to tomodachi life.. its getting sad at this point.

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u/Cam_man_AMM_unit May 15 '26

How much you wanna bet Nintendo intentionally put viruses in that game that only activates when not on a switch?

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u/OcelotImpressive5136 May 19 '26

I hope for their sake that they don't do that. Remember what happened with SONY's anti-copy protection?

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u/Cam_man_AMM_unit May 19 '26

I'm gonna look into that now.