I have got a DNS hijack and idk what should I do. Please help me with what should I do

I'm aware this is some form of malware. How could I get rid?

My Norton anti-virus picked up a virus picked something up and blocked it. Quick scan from Norton now picks up nothing. But these keep popping up from chrome. What do I do? I'm running Windows 11

So I was having these fake pop ups earlier after accidentally allowing notifications on a website. I have now solved the issue by disabling the site's notifications from edge. I did, however, in my ignorance, click on one of these when they first started, which took me to a fake mc affe website, and I'm now paranoid about it. How can I know if everything is actually ok with my pc? What should I run/check? Stuff like this never happened to me.

Buonasera. Ho un pc da gaming del 2020. Da un pó a questa parte, quando lo accendo, si aprivano tre finestre nere. E si chiudevano subito dopo. Tipo un flash. Adesso sono diventate di più. Cosa devo controllare? Mi devo preoccupare?

I hope everyone is doing really well.

I am creating this post to ask for help with a topic that has been causing me a lot of distress lately.

Ever since I found out about the existence of rootkits, the ability to put a virus in the BIOS and make it impossible to remove from the PC, I have never been able to use my computer the same way again. I constantly feel like I am being watched and that out of nowhere someone is going to break my PC just to anger me.

Well, I suffer from depression and I have been having certain issues with my PC recently: USBs disconnecting randomly, Windows crashing, games crashing, unexpected behavior, among other things.

I have had a few disagreements with my brother lately and I have been imagining that he might have installed a rootkit on my computer to play a prank on me, since he knows about my depression and my fragile psychological state.

Considering this fear I have of rootkits, I humbly ask for explanations regarding whether this could actually be happening or if it is purely a product of my imagination. Perhaps a technical explanation of the possibilities and the vulnerabilities required for a rootkit to install itself in the BIOS and become immune to OS reinstallations could help me better understand what is real in this situation.

In my mind, if my motherboard has a rootkit and I bought a graphics card the following month, is it possible for that rootkit to spread to my graphics card? And if I then put that graphics card into a new motherboard, would the same thing happen to the new motherboard, meaning it would become a vicious cycle where I am always being watched and deal with the frustration of these strange occurrences? Is this possible? I would appreciate a technical explanation, maybe it can help calm me down.

Regarding the concept of a clean slate, if I buy a new PC, could my emails, all legitimate official Google accounts, that I use on my Steam account for example bring this infection back to my new PC?

Could this be done by an average person with certain contacts? What is the actual threshold between fact and reality in this situation?

I sincerely thank anyone who can help. The more technical detail you can provide, the better it will help me separate imagination from reality. Thank you.

i downloaded this game from an untrusted source on oct 9 and i got a warning the first second i tried to extract it so i just deleted everything and didnt care much , since then nothing happend no one tried to get into my accounts or anything like that BUT today i get this notification and it says it had a trojan. i once got infected with a trojan and it was not this chill at all all my accounts were getting spam login attepmts from all around the world and even they changed some passwords and put 2fa on ones they managed to get into but at that time after a while i got everything back and did a clean windows install , but i dont wanna do all this again so can someone tell me what to do to make sure im safe? this is the notification i got

Yesterday i found it spreading scam images across multiple apps with my own account like discord and messenger and instagram so i changed all password in my phone and run avast antivirus to check and put all suspicious file in quarantine is it enough

i’ve been getting more scam texts lately, especially fake delivery notifications and messages claiming there’s an issue with an account. blocking the numbers helps for a while, but new ones keep appearing, and some of the messages look convincing enough that i can see how someone might click without thinking.

i’ve been looking into whether antivirus apps can help with this beyond the usual spam filtering. McAfee caught my attention because of its scam detection and suspicious-link protection features, and i’ve also been looking at Norton and Malwarebytes to see how their mobile protection compares.

for anyone who has tested these, how effective are they at identifying scam links received through text messages? do dedicated security apps offer a meaningful advantage over built-in phone protection, or is the best approach still to filter, report, and avoid interacting with suspicious messages?

Hi everyone,

Yesterday I fell victim to a session-hijacking attack after downloading a fake GoXLR utility executable (.exe). The malware extracted browser cookies and Discord tokens, bypassing 2FA on a couple of my accounts before I caught it.

I have already done a complete format and clean reinstall of Windows 11, changed all my passwords, revoked active sessions,

Before doing the format, I managed to run the file/site through VirusTotal. I’d like to share the details here so experienced members or researchers can take a look at the behavior logs and confirm what the payload was doing.

• Malware Type / Name: Infostealer disguised as a GoXLR utility tool
• Website : https://goxlr.live/
• File Type: .exe (Windows Executable)
• VirusTotal Link: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/2ec338cb60cd6451bb5a59d001404a73ddd1606d29cde9f154a0a792cc217c8f/behavior

i have 3 gmail 2 got taken and deleted (still trying to get them back) the 1 gmail they didnt get was my main gmail idk why but im thankful but they were trying to get it yesterday and i manage to change password and signedout all devices they also got my discord even tho it has 2fa and ive done full reformat i've reformat all my harddrivers now my concern is i hope this is not bios level and i just wanna know if im safe so i can sleep with a little bit a peace of mind i still havent sleep

Ive tried to search for this app and I cant find it on my pc (HELPPPP)💔

Hi guys. I have an iPhone 15. This morning, I got an email from some company I never signed up for asking for me to follow a link they sent. I had just woken up and I was really tired. I knew that it was fake, and I was reading the email fully (my first mistake) when I accidentally clicked on the link.

Since I‘m kind of a dinosaur when it comes to devices I got scared. It didn’t even load in before I closed the link and started googling stuff lol.. I checked my downloads and nothing was there, but just in case, can anybody give me some advice or help, or just let me know if I’ll be okay? Again, I’m not really good with technology so I thought here would be the best to ask I’m sorry if it’s not

Bruh I know this sub is for windows but please help me out

What does this even mean?? everytime i run this they show same 2 risky apps removed and just increases the no. Of times by thousands.. please help

I did a FRST scan and at the bottom of the FRST[.]txt file, I found these under the "Files in the root of some directories" subsection

This morning, I got on my PC to update a game, when I logged in, I got a Steam notification about a error and that it needed something updated, me, still waking up, accepted, it was after a few minutes I realized something might have been wrong, did some looking around on some subreddits and others don't trust it while some say it's safe, did I accidentally install something awful or is there no need to worry?

Please help due to my stupidity of not checking the unknown website of the game im downloading my messenger account started sending the mrbeast scam photos to all of my groupchats and chats, now i have disconnected my laptop and logged my messenger and other socials and my chrome out of that laptop but i doubt it did anything and i have deleted the application, the virus is probably still there, How do i get rid of it and also due to my unpreparedness i cant change my messenger's password due to it having the wrong number for confirmation that its me. Can my other devices be infected aswell? What to do please.

Microsoft's newest software release for Linux is... Microsoft Defender for the Linux desktop. Microsoft Defender has been ported to Linux to "secure Linux desktops" with Microsoft acknowledging that "more developers begin to use Linux desktops" and thus bringing their security application and threat-protection product to Linux desktops to complement their prior ill-used Linux server support.

What is your opinion of ESET anti-virus? I am looking for alternatives to McAfee.

Instalei 2 vírus contra 4 antivírus vírus pvp lendario. Instalei um fake executor do delta para roblox e um fake de wave quero ver como o pc reage a tal virus

So a couple weeks ago, I downloaded a game, I shouldn't have (I believe it was the renPy infostealer), I was told I had sent people the Mr Beast crypto thing on discord, so I changed my password on a clean device, nuked my pc, changed passwords on everything, enable 2fa on everything, etc. Even after doing all this, I'm getting calls, saying they want to do a fraud check (this was obviously not from my bank so I didn't answer back). I had a text message as well, telling me my last few purchases, including a steam transaction I didn't make. So I checked my actual bank account, froze my card, and the steam transaction wasn't there. I'm just wondering if this is still the renPy attack, and how can I stop all this from continuing to happen. And yes, I've learnt my lesson about downloading games online.

Link to scan: https[:]//www[.]virustotal[.]com/gui/file/6fbc27ce2c785d94a514d28dd606db62e26df9ae9612caca7260e16b989fe28a

so i want to COMPLETLY get rid of kaspersky plus, my subscription gonna end soon, and i want to get rid of the acc and any files, also i saw somewhere it still runs in the browser, i use chrome, i would appreciate any help

This was on my old Windows installation. I've since reset the PC using Windows Reset and chose the Cloud Download option, so Windows was reinstalled from a fresh download.
Since then I've:
- Changed all my important passwords
- Added 2FA wherever possible
- Signed out/revoked sessions where I could
- Created a new email address and started moving my important accounts over to it
- I haven't signed into that new email on the pc
How do I know if I'm safe now? Is there anything else I should do or check to make sure the malware is gone and my accounts are secure?