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Virus Rant: Unwanted folder keep creating itself after deleting it.

Windows Defender detected some malware & cryptominer exist and originated from Chrome folder

Solution: Remove completely Chrome and stick with Microsoft Edge for now!

I cant believe I am removing Chrome and stick with Microsoft Edge.

Lesson learn: please be vigilant at all time.

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  • 3
    6y
    Or how about uninstal chrome if you really must and then install it again after you clean up your device
  • 1
    6y
    I have clean it up, but no Chrome for now. I suppose it might be because of all the extension/addon that i use. Next time, maybe i should not use any extension to be safe. But for now, no Chrome for me
  • 2
    6y
    I use just a few extensions that I kbow are safe and so far so good
  • 2
    6y
    Keep your OS and programs on C:\ and your Data on D:\. That way you can just reinstall your OS and programs when you get a virus. It takes max 2 hours to reinstall windows + all the programs you use.
  • 2
    6y
    I just had a similar occurance last night in that starting chrome would spike and hold the cpu. So far ive only noticed the problem on windows. So ive moved to firefox developer edition.
  • 2
    6y
    Edge is nice. Chrome is shit. Firefox rocks.
  • 3
    6y
    I like opera... Comes with a built in vpn(torrenting is so easy coz of this)and whatsapp,messenger as side window,plus its made on chrome or canary i guess, so it supports many of chrome extensions. So overall good experience from past 4 years...
  • 2
    6y
    @chaostools I like opera too. Great UI and UX.
  • 1
    6y
    Have you tried adw_cleaner?

    They just got bought by malwarebytes a few years ago, and for good reason. 10/10 best way for solving issues dealing with adware, especially rogue chrome extensions.
  • 0
    6y
    @kevin51jiang not yet, but will do 👍
  • 0
    6y
    @Trablarer Looks awesome! What's its feature you like the most?
  • 0
    6y
    @Trablarer Vivaldi?
  • 1
    6y
    @RantSomeWhere then i hope some fbi cops are not coming to this side ,for downloading game of thrones xD

    But seriously, is it really not that secure? I am not much known to data security, but when i start vpn, it changes my ip to somewhere in Netherlands...is that not enough?
  • 0
    6y
    Thanks guys for all your comments and feedbacks. I've learnt a lot.

    Anyhow, after few days of digging, it turns out that those files/folders was created not by viruses but by Cybereason Ramsomfree software.
    https://security.stackexchange.com/...
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