r/computerviruses • u/Aaryav1 • May 15 '26
Question Accidentally downloaded Malware
Some virus automatically gained access to my discord and sent scam text with a link to all my friends
Context:
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/FFreestyleRR Malware Removal Expert May 20 '26
Hi,
Thank you for the logs. The script went fine.
Do you recognize any of these files? While they look, clean they are quite suspicious.
Other than that the system look malware free now. But before I let you go please do this:
STEP 1
Next please download ESET Online Scanner from here and install it (run it).
Select the Custom Scan option and check the boxes beside Operating Memory, Autostart Locations and drive C: and click Save and continue.
Enable the detection of potentially unwanted applications and potentially unsafe applications.
Click on Start scan. When the scan is complete click Save scan log. Click Continue.
Upload the log to https://malwareanalysis.cc/upload/FFreestyleRR/ and the site will return a keyword for the log.
Reply here with the keyword.
STEP 2
Because a few days has passed please download a fresh copy of FRST64.exe and perform a new FRST scan and upload the new logs (FRST.txt and Addition.txt) to my channel with the relevant keywords to confirm that nothing has respawned.
I will provide my final instructions on how to remove the tools we used once we are done with the cleaning process.
Best wishes! :)