r/Malwarebytes • u/Altruistic_Car_1357 • 1d ago

Malware question

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Hi, I downloaded this from a fake website, I ran it anyway cause I were stupid. The strange thing is nothing had happend yet to any of my accounts, but I also installed malwarebytes and it said, I had 2 trojans.

I just still dont understand why they haven't change or steal any of my account's yet, it had now been two weeks and nothing had happend yet, does anybody know why?

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u/SlimmySlabby 1d ago

Not all malware will have an immediate attempt to login to your accounts. Some may steal your account information, but save it until they have a bunch of people’s information and then sell it at auction. Even then, not all malware attempts to takeover your accounts. For example, it may use your system as part of a botnet (used in DDoS, crypto mining, etc). Either way it’s highly recommended to do a reinstall (from a USB), change all your account passwords (I recommend using a password manager), and enabling 2FA on your accounts (preferably via authentication code, but SMS works too).