As the title suggest, I may have installed some malicious software called Adventurous Clotth Tool from a company called Adventurous Cloth LLC.
For context, I was looking to download Driver San Francisco and because it’s no longer available for purchase anywhere my brother recommended SteamUnlocked, which he has used before. After skimming the comments I assumed it was safe, downloaded the file(big warning sign in retrospect) and installed the program, after mentioning this to my brother he told me that it should have been the game files in a zip folder, and obviously I broke down in a cold sweat.
I have run multiple checks using Malware Bytes, Windows Defender and an offline Windows Defender scan, all of which reported no problems, however obviously I’m still scared/nervous about what I have done.
Apart from don’t be an idiot, can anyone give me some advice on what I should be doing next? I tried searching for the company and program in question, but no results have come up.
Ahh the good ol’ times, I was once adventurous like you. That’s ok, my recommendation is to make a backup of everything important that you have, if you use banking in that computer just monitor your credit cards and accout. Also it is a good idea to use KeePass or Bitwarden to handle your logins. Once you have done all that just reinstall windows. Yes it is tedious but if you are sailing the seas you need to have a escape plan. Have your backup up to date, when I was younger I had an external drive that I would update before installing dangerous stuff… That after I learned the hard way.
As far as adventurous goes, this seemed like going into the shallow end of the pool with arm bands on.
I’ve bought things through Amazon and other sites and used Paypal but I don’t think I’ve ever actually logged in to my bank on my PC, but I’m guessing I should change my passwords regardless.
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Ahh the good ol’ times, I was once adventurous like you. That’s ok, my recommendation is to make a backup of everything important that you have, if you use banking in that computer just monitor your credit cards and accout. Also it is a good idea to use KeePass or Bitwarden to handle your logins. Once you have done all that just reinstall windows. Yes it is tedious but if you are sailing the seas you need to have a escape plan. Have your backup up to date, when I was younger I had an external drive that I would update before installing dangerous stuff… That after I learned the hard way.
As far as adventurous goes, this seemed like going into the shallow end of the pool with arm bands on.
I’ve bought things through Amazon and other sites and used Paypal but I don’t think I’ve ever actually logged in to my bank on my PC, but I’m guessing I should change my passwords regardless.
The first thing I did was delete Bitwarden.
You should be ok then, but don’t worry. Tis but a scratch, matey.