I just accidentally installed a bunch of adware and possibly malware after running a malicious setup.exe
Is doing a clean windows installation and wiping everything on the drive enough to be 100% sure my PC is not infected?
I don’t know the level of danger of the stuff I downloaded. It was probably from a fake JDownloader website that I got tricked into installing.
Some of the pop-ups, different apps on the control panel and MalwareBytes detections were the following:
- WebCompanion
- PremierOpinion
- OneBrowser
- RAV VPN or RAV Endpoint Protection
- Walliant Launcher
- CCleaner
- PUP.Optional.CleverSort
Mostly looks like Adware, but MalwareBytes called a lot of them as Malware. Mostly Files, but a couple of Register Keys and Register Values.
What is the likelihood my accounts are compromised? I immediately stopped using the computer for anything after downloading these viruses, but I had accounts logged in on browsers and some windows apps.
I just did a clean windows install from a flash drive, but I saw some people commenting on how the windows installation doesn’t actually erase everything so how should I do that?
Sorry for the long question, I’m kinda paranoid about this stuff and want to be as sure as possible that my PC is completely clean.