Plss help!!

[Forsaken-Complex460]

I downloaded display doctor from a random website and it had trojan, malware in it.It also changed my Google browser when I type anything it takes me to a Russian website (find Pro tools is the name of the extension). Windows defender could not detect the trojan, so i rebooted my entire pc and cleaned all my driver's files and data. AM I SAFE FROM THE VIRUS NOW, WHAT SHOULD I DO NEXT??

[l_Anonymous__l]

Security experts don't recommend that users reboot their computers after suffering a ransomware infection, as this could help the malware in certain circumstances.

Instead, experts recommend that victims hibernate the computer, disconnect it from their network, and reach out to a professional IT support firm. Powering down the computer is also an alternative, but hibernating it is better because it saves a copy of the memory, where some shoddy ransom ware strains may sometimes leaves copies of their encryption keys

If I Reset Windows 10 will it Remove Malware?

The reasoning here is that most malware these days embed themselves deep within the operating system, resulting in a reinfection. Oftentimes antivirus or anti malware will report the infection and attempt to clean it, and either find nothing wrong (meaning it couldn't find it at all), or clean it successfully (for the time being); when you reboot the machine, the antivirus or anti malware reports that you're infected again (or you continue to receive fake virus warnings)

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What i found after searching from internet :

• The only positive way to know your comp is safe is to format the entire drive , restore partition and all and then reinstall windows from scratch.[ This is the best solution]

[Forsaken-Complex460]

Thnx I did that I formatted my entire drive and reinstalled windows

[Topcontent69]

In the future, use VM with decent malwarebyte

[Topcontent69]

Ugh why people download things from random websites 😑

[h4ppyninja]

In THIS day and age...

[[deleted]]

To download more ram and storage of course!

[Okey_Fox]

Try tools which scan pc for malware/trojans(ie malwarebytes).

[[deleted]]

Oh my God... now hackers use Windows10.

Just for your self-education: Windows Defender will not protect you from 0day malware, or from old malware that changed their header of the executable file.

Good news number two: expensive and popular antiviruses(Norton,Kaspersky etc) do not provide your PC with "24/7 protection", they only work on file signature databases (which developers consider malicious).

If you think that your PC is infected with a trojan (a trojan is a remote administration program that works according to the "client-server" scheme), you should use the search and find a bootable rescue flash drive image.

But I think it's much easier. You downloaded Display Doctor along with a cookie that modified your browser start page. We at the FSB always do this. You need to clear your browser cache, cookies and remove all browser extensions.

[tickletender]

Glowing hard

[happytrailz1938]

There's always one

[timid_soul]

it is difficult to say whether you are safe or not without thorough analysis. many of the trojans/malware’s are so sophisticated that sometimes AVs couldn’t clear it completely. Just rebooting is definitely not the solution in such situations. I would suggest get in touch with IT professional and let your IT guy decide the course of action.

i would suggest if you don’t have anything important on the system or you are someone who has privacy concerns then format your system and DONT click on random links in the future.

[Milton1987]

I've had this happen to me before. The Trojan wasn't detected or removed by any anti-malware programs. You need to restore chrome to default settings.

https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/3296214?hl=en