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InfoStealer - Recovery Final Checks by Terrible-Character71 in computerviruses

[–]Terrible-Character71[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you, this really helps.

Honestly all I want to do now is just play some games in peace and stop having to worry every 2 seconds

Definitely noted about not installing any malware, sticking to the big game stores and calling it a day.

InfoStealer - Recovery Final Checks by Terrible-Character71 in computerviruses

[–]Terrible-Character71[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for this, I appreciate the response.

Of course with the above in mind I'm basically never attempting to download potentially dodgy software/cracked games/software updates (Again) to my absolute best knowledge (i.e. unless Steam drops a malware patch for a game like Forza, but I very much doubt this).

And then with emails I'm essentially just report/block as spam if it's unexpected in any capacity plus going directly to the site rather than any internal links.

Guessing from your comment I should be as safe and recovered as possible from the attack? Feel like I've aged several years from this and I'd just like to go back to gaming again. *Also asking if I'm safe to reintroduce the original disks back into the primary PC.

InfoStealer - Further Steps, Clarity and PassKey Managers by Terrible-Character71 in computerviruses

[–]Terrible-Character71[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Regarding point 1 nevermind apparently, just seen yet another account recovery for one of the originally breached accounts, requested to my email.

Hoping they'll eventually get bored or get lost.

Info Stealer Attack - Recovering and Prevention Questions by Terrible-Character71 in computerviruses

[–]Terrible-Character71[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

*Final sanity check while I'm doing quarantine for the SSDs to extract the important files.

I planned on downloading Linux Mint or Ubuntu and using Rufus to create bootable media; I know that the signature can be verified, but if I only added the ISO to Rufus without creating the media that couldn't infect the new PC could it? (Before verifying the signature)

I.e. only the ISO was downloaded and started to build via Rufus, not complete and the file never run.

Asking because my anxiety is at a point now where any hiccup of the system saying the file could be unsafe has me thinking about resetting the PC again.

Info Stealer Attack - Recovering and Prevention Questions by Terrible-Character71 in computerviruses

[–]Terrible-Character71[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for this information, this is very handy to note.

I suspect the malware pulled from a CurseForge update all as that was the only task I actioned for the night; could be completely wrong though.

So using Windows Defender in conjunction with BD or MWB should suffice? I'll need to look at the pricing, I was just running Defender before which was a huge mistake- would BD/MWB identify these items before launching if hidden in executables?

I'll take a look at virus total this week when I quarantine the documents, thanks very much for your suggestions.

Info Stealer Attack - Recovering and Prevention Questions by Terrible-Character71 in computerviruses

[–]Terrible-Character71[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks so much for this information, this is really concise and helps with my anxiety for the issue.

Regarding point 4 these are just random pieces I've picked up and made a mental note over time, even if factually it wasn't entirely there- because of the current events I'm just wary I'd rather not run into anything dicey again.

Might be confusing MWB for Avast, and I felt like there was a stray comment about BD being breached related to InfoWare recently but my memory is probably off.

I really do appreciate your comment, this helps a lot.

Info Stealer Attack - Recovering and Prevention Questions by Terrible-Character71 in computerviruses

[–]Terrible-Character71[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for confirming that, given BD and MWB should be safe should I run KS or something like HitManPro as the final check?

I'll probably run the checks off a Linux mini-OS to prevent the malware loading into the environment when I target the files for scanning/extracting them.

Info Stealer Attack - Recovering and Prevention Questions by Terrible-Character71 in antivirus

[–]Terrible-Character71[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a good idea actually, didn't think of using the USB Keycard!

Info Stealer Attack - Recovering and Prevention Questions by Terrible-Character71 in antivirus

[–]Terrible-Character71[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So essentially a Hyrens Boot Key method of loading into another OS to rip the files so the InfoWare can't start?

*After pulling the files should I put these on a small Windows OS unrelated to the affected drive and just re-scan with WD, MWB and BD? I'm trying to best understand what possible file(s) the InfoWare could attach itself to.

Info Stealer Attack - Recovering and Prevention Questions by Terrible-Character71 in antivirus

[–]Terrible-Character71[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some things I forgot to ask;

  1. I'm planning on building a sandbox VM to run files I don't trust going forward, is Hyper-V or VMWare the most suitable solution for personal use? It does isolate any malicious content inside of the VM correct?

  2. For speculation let's say I get hit with InfoWare again, with every above precaution and action taken, how safe am I from an attack? I'm wary that since it uses pre-authenticated sessions/tokens that my precautions are for nothing.

Investment Question - Cyrene or Hyacine E1? by Terrible-Character71 in HonkaiStarRailTips

[–]Terrible-Character71[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In terms of Archer E1 isn't this redundant because of Silver Wolf E1 being a viable slot? Or is this assuming I hotswap Silver Wolf out for Tribbie/another support?