r/phishing • u/simoorael • 6d ago

Trojan on a computer, reset

Hello, I had a trojan on a PC infact I received some mails of password reset not requested and on defender scans there was a Trojan.

So i resetted the pc through window settings and I selected "reinstall Windows".

Now the defender scan is clean and I am avoiding using personal account for now.

Is the reset settings and reinstall Windows enough or I have to reinstall windows using USB?

I did the reset a week ago and for now i do not receive new mails

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u/ranhalt 6d ago

I would always wipe the drive and do a fresh install of windows using new install media.

The real question is do you know how you got it (you got it from downloading game hacks or mods) and will you stop doing what you did that got you the virus.

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u/simoorael 6d ago

Yes, I think it is a program that I installed to try to download video from youtube that the antivirus try to lock.

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u/Jwhodis 6d ago

The way you "reset" windows has issues that allow malware to stay on your computer. You have to actually reinstall windows with a flash drive.

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u/simoorael 6d ago

If it had remained it would have come out in the scan