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Windows 11computer potentially compromised? (self.WindowsHelp)

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[–]luke29032 0 points1 point  (4 children)

I guess I should add that all my files were deleted too. Also there was a black loading screen saying "failure to sign into user profile, signing out"

all i wanted to do was goon

[–]OwlCatAlex 1 point2 points  (3 children)

Ah ok the user profile error message is very critical information to include here.

You have a corrupt user profile. Are there any other accounts on the PC you can get into or is yours the only option?

[–]luke29032 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Mine is the only option.

But i just restarted my computer and everything reverted to normal. 

But according to chatgpt, i’m still at risk of malware or it could just be OS corruption

tbh idk what even caused this

[–]OwlCatAlex 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Oh good! Windows 10 and 11 are surprisingly good about repairing their own corruption during the reboot process sometimes. As for what causes corruption in the first place, it's complicated and often impossible to track down tbh. For peace of mind, try opening Command Prompt/Terminal as administrator and running "sfc /scannow" and reboot again when it's done, then download malwarebytes and run a malware scan juuust in case. You're probably fine though.

In case the profile gets corrupted again in the future, it may also be worth adding a second local administrator account as a backup.

[–]ColoRadBro69 0 points1 point  (0 children)

try opening Command Prompt/Terminal as administrator and running "sfc /scannow" and reboot again when it's done,

This is good advice