r/computerviruses • u/AlejandroGussini • 10h ago

Disinfection Help I installed games from OptiProjects and next day got microsoft log in warnings and IG got haked am i cooked?

so uhh i instaled a bunch of games from optiprojects, opened them all, half worked half didint, i opened an installer of plague inc and it installed and didnt open the game, i got warnings from microsoft about people trying to log in from malasia usa rusia and shi, i did a bunch of security stuff to the point i think im good..?

today midnight my Instagram got hacked and some dude started promoting a Mr Beast cripto casino and a free 2500$ gift, send it to ALL the people i follow and posted it to story, i also did a bunch of security shi and activated 2 step verification with autenticator, i didnt even see from where it was cause it looked like he logged of cause there were no active sesions but mine.

i know i walked straight into that shi with the games cause defender told me it was suspicions ( i remember it said suspicius cause if it had been a strong word like defender protected your PC or malware detected i woudnt have opened it) and i still opened them. ( im doing a lot of security shit with chat gpt btw i think im doing good)

I dont even use reddit but i came for yall knowledge cause i know theres a lot over here. What can i do or what can you tell me

reposting from another r/ smt i alredy forgot

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u/Infinite-Grade-4485 10h ago

You downloaded a session stealer.

You downloaded some type of free game/cheat/hack/cracked software/movie/music or ran some type of code for captcha or verification on your computer which was actually a session stealer.

Session stealers bypass 2fa. All passwords saved on your browser and computer are compromised. Reinstall windows while deleting all files. If you need to backup important documents, keep the computer disconnected from the internet and manually back up individual files.

Change all passwords and enable 2fa either from another device, or from the infected computer AFTER you have reinstalled.

If you cannot reinstall windows immediately, keep the computer disconnected from the internet while changing all passwords on another device.

You cannot use anti malware to get rid of the session stealer, you MUST reinstall windows to use the computer safely in the future

You can usb reinstall or use windows built in reset as long as you remove all files while doing so.

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