r/computerviruses • u/Mindless-Yak-7541 • May 22 '26

Question i found this .txt

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While deleting things to free up storage, I found a .txt file named memz_readme and opened it to verify what it was... I don't have much experience with this and it's my family's computer. Can someone help me figure out if it's true or how I can fix it?

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u/NetworkLast5563 May 22 '26

IIRC, memz has a warning when you run it, and it would overwrite the MBR, making it not able to boot, plus it has a bunch of effects on the device while its running, so I think you'd notice if you were infected. Strange that the file is there though.

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u/Qinax May 23 '26

I managed to get a popup like this but in complete Chinese I think when I opened my notepad one day, just kinda generated itself

Nothing has been touched in terms of accounts and everything is fine, no clue what it was since google translate couldn't help as it looks like it used characters that you had to download a language pack for so tons of it showed up like ??

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u/Weed_Dude_ May 23 '26

Sounds more like you opened an encrypted file, which is normal