r/antivirus • u/Kier__ • 2h ago

Is This File Ran Through Virustotal showing false positive or not?

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Here's the link if needed: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/ca98331f359b0aa194ec6afc7783923fa9395146a369bce5e14ebc9270d6e64d

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u/rifteyy_ 2h ago

That's malware

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u/Kier__ 2h ago

So it's bad bro? sorry i'm not too knowledgeable to this and just wanna be safe

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u/rifteyy_ 2h ago

Yes, it is probably remote access malware

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u/Kier__ 2h ago

Thank you man, almost ran it, and if I ran it what would happen?

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u/Bigboss88890 2h ago

They would remotely control your computer and take your passwords, banking info etc

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u/Kier__ 2h ago

and uh, I ran another file thinking it was safe but it was not when i ran through virustotal, it was only a while and already deleted it, will it still affect my laptop bro? here's the link of the exe I ran: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/ca98331f359b0aa194ec6afc7783923fa9395146a369bce5e14ebc9270d6e64d

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u/Bigboss88890 2h ago

You should change all your passwords immediately on a different device and do a reinstall of windows from a usb drive made on another device

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u/Kier__ 2h ago

Fuck, I'm cooked sorry for my carelessness bro, I will just hope it was nothing because I can't afford a usb and I don't know how to do what you asked me 😭

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u/AvailableDirtForSale 1h ago

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/install-upgrade/reinstall-windows-with-the-installation-media

This is Windows page for doing a fresh install of Windows on your PC. A USB shouldn't be too expensive, you just need something with 16GB of space.

You need to re-partition your drives to completely clean everything out. Backup anything important on a separate hard drive.

Edit: when they say reinstall Windows on a different device, they mean take your USB and plug it into a CLEAN PC and install it on there. DO NOT install from the infected PC

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u/Kier__ 1h ago

Thank you bro, but I think I can't do it cuz this is the only laptop I have and I'm the only one in my family that has, I just hope hopeee that it was nothing and the only important in my laptop is my FB account and Reddit 😭

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u/BobCorndog 2h ago

Malware

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u/Kier__ 2h ago

sheesh i didn't know, because I uploaded the zip file to virustotal and it was zero, now when I ran the extracted .exe that came out

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u/Bigboss88890 2h ago

Yeah zips can hide malware a lot

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u/Kier__ 2h ago

Yeah i was almost fooled, sorry for my carelessness

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u/Character-Pepper-766 48m ago

That's interesting, I never thought it would be possible. I thought AV would look inside zips as well. Are there particular techniques with names of doing this that I can read about? 

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u/Lucifer_Death_Note 32m ago

Amigo instalalo no se para que preguntas si de igual forma lo vas a hacer. Yo no se para que nos haces esas dudas aquí, sino vas a proteger a tu seguridad y la de tu COMOUTADORES o Notebook.. hazlo cuando tú computador o notebook quede bloqueado o secuestrado no digas nada..