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Zexis
Newbie
I'm currently if safe mode. Why? I was reading something of wolf-what's-his-face and saw a link to the download of the desktop version of Gear Calculator. I went on MegaUploads and began downloading, because I love Borderlands and thought that a desktop version of GC would be pretty darn cool.
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So, as I'm later using the application, can you guess what happens? BAM! Biggest virus attack I've ever suffered on my copmputer. What the hell? Trojans, rootkits, rogue anti-malware...and it didn't stop. I used rkill to stop the processes and Malwarebytes to take out what I could, BUT IT ALL JUST KEPT COMING BACK.
The extent of the damage is unknown. I still have plenty to repair. For example, none of my internet browsers work outside of Safe Mode. Safe Mode was, for some time, not even available to me. However, while I really DO need help figuring out whether or not I can salvage my system, my real reason for coming here is to figure out WHY IN THE HELL I was nailed with so much crap in the first place? Was it the GC, or MegaUploads? Either way, SOMETHING isn't safe; my computer can testify to that.
I know that this thread will probably be locked/moved, and that's okay. But I really need help or, at the very least, an explanation. Or hypothesis. Or SOMETHING. Because I don't see why my love for Borderlands should force me to whipe my system (if it comes to that).
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So, as I'm later using the application, can you guess what happens? BAM! Biggest virus attack I've ever suffered on my copmputer. What the hell? Trojans, rootkits, rogue anti-malware...and it didn't stop. I used rkill to stop the processes and Malwarebytes to take out what I could, BUT IT ALL JUST KEPT COMING BACK.
The extent of the damage is unknown. I still have plenty to repair. For example, none of my internet browsers work outside of Safe Mode. Safe Mode was, for some time, not even available to me. However, while I really DO need help figuring out whether or not I can salvage my system, my real reason for coming here is to figure out WHY IN THE HELL I was nailed with so much crap in the first place? Was it the GC, or MegaUploads? Either way, SOMETHING isn't safe; my computer can testify to that.
I know that this thread will probably be locked/moved, and that's okay. But I really need help or, at the very least, an explanation. Or hypothesis. Or SOMETHING. Because I don't see why my love for Borderlands should force me to whipe my system (if it comes to that).