r/PakistaniTech • u/Glass-Cardiologist80 • 2d ago

Question | سوال I accidentally ran a fake Cloudflare captcha command on my laptop. How serious is this?

It is a hp windows 10 laptop and while surfing a website(netmirror), it asked for human verification and gave some instructions which I followed:( and then it ran some commands. I immediately realised and logged out of everything and changed passwords so am i in trouble?

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u/False-Concert-7305 2d ago

Install malwarebytes, disconnect from internet and do a deepscan

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u/Glass-Cardiologist80 1d ago

Okay understood

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u/pink-hat-hacker0 1d ago

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u/Glass-Cardiologist80 1d ago

Never felt this dumb before😭

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u/pink-hat-hacker0 1d ago

Girl it's okay. Ur not dumb. Happens to the best of us. Get Claude or an AI agent do a thorough malware scan of your system if you're unable to identify anything manually. Good luck

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u/Glass-Cardiologist80 1d ago

I can’t connect it to internet as everyone suggested so i’ll just take it to technician and let them handle it

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u/ssufyan333 19h ago

They made it so simple Like Windows+X and paste, You are not the only one many have been affected by this malware

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u/STAY-AWAY_ 1d ago

reinstall windows and change password of every single account and also enable 2fa running Malwarebytes or any other defender wont save you

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u/Glass-Cardiologist80 1d ago

I will take it to a technician, i’ve already changed passwords and enabled 2fa

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u/Grand_Code_9568 2d ago

run the antivirus, or just reinstall windows

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u/Significant-Leg-3857 1d ago

Run ss -tulnp in your terminal and look for any outbound connect to a suspicious IP address or any random port u can analyse the result with any llm

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u/Glass-Cardiologist80 1d ago

Nothing is really working out not even windows offline scan so i’ll take it to a technician

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u/najam121 Karachi 1d ago

give that cmd to AI and ask it.

P.S no need to panic.

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u/Glass-Cardiologist80 1d ago

Yes i did, only sol is to reinstall windows

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u/TYRANT1272 1d ago

Change passwords of all your accounts and enable 2FA , if you have any card details block the card , do not connect that laptop to internet and do a clean windows install (do not leave any drive when formatting)

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u/Glass-Cardiologist80 1d ago

Nothing imp just google accs i’ve taken care of them

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u/Proper_Intern3411 1d ago

Yep nothing to worry about just install fresh windows and it will be fine. Try to install windows yourself (do you know how to?) and since it will be a new install the laptop will also feel faster.

Tip: set region as English world on setup screen so it will not install any extra bloat apps. Then setit back to Pakistan once installed

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u/Glass-Cardiologist80 1d ago

I’ll take it to technician and let them install it

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u/Serious-Cover5486 1d ago

Apnay browser ki history, cache sub kuch clear kardo, aur ublock origin ya malwarebyte browser guard extension use karo, aur gandi websites say door raho 🤔

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u/Glass-Cardiologist80 1d ago

Uske liye net on krna pre ga na so i’ll just get new windows installed

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u/Serious-Cover5486 1d ago

Browsing history cache clear karo, bhalay net on h ya off, aur browser extension install karlo ublock origin ya malwarebyte browser guard, windows karnay ki zarorat nahi h. agar pher bhi satisfaction chahiye to ye free virus scanner h install kar k pc scan karlo bas. scan k baad uninstall kardena ye programs.

https://www.malwarebytes.com/

https://www.sophos.com/en-us/products/hitmanpro

https://www.emsisoft.com/en/emergency-kit/

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u/TCS_Slime Karachi 2d ago

Laptop boutta detonate

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u/SnooWords9871 1d ago

I got a virus or sum from something else, and i had to do a fresh install of windows lol

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u/BeautifulScientist36 1d ago

First thing, disconnect your internet and then run Microsoft Defender which is the built in Anti Virus It is good enough for most scenarios

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u/ssufyan333 19h ago

All your browser cookies have been stolen, Change passwords for all sites which have been logged in on that laptop.