Mastodawn

Pretty sure there's #spyware on my computer even though #NordVPN tells me there are no threats. #computers

Going to do a factory reset, but any other suggestions I haven't thought of?

Why I think there is at least remnants of spyware on my computer:
- My bank account was #hacked recently and it was apparently from MY computer
- My keyboard and mouse inputs have been very glitchy since the hacking including them just not working in some games

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Allie Koba

🌸23h ago

@trinityblair couldn't hurt to run Malwarebytes and see what it turns up. it's a bit obnoxious with trying to rope you into a subscription but it's a good scanner, the basic functionality is free, and you can just uninstall it afterwards. https://www.malwarebytes.com/mwb-download/thankyou (this link *does* go directly to the download, so your browser asking you if you want to save a file a couple seconds after opening it is expected.)

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Allie Koba

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@trinityblair also if you're interested in avoiding the nuclear option and you'd be willing to trust me a bit (100% understand if not), there's a program called Farbar Recovery Scan Tool (FRST) commonly used on malware help forums that produces a report you can share and also if i notice anything that looks bad on there i can send you back a "fixlist" text file FRST can use to automatically resolve many types of issues. (this is if Malwarebytes doesn't fix everything)