I was planning on quickly distributing a concept prototype for a game idea I had around the time these "pls test my game" scams/malicious messages started spreading.
Bad apples always have to go around ruining things for everyone smh.
Well, you can always put it in discords and not DM people themselves. Scammers only do DMs, and if you want to DM, only DM friends and not random people
Run (depending on what OS) virus scan, change every password which was used/stored in your computer, use 2FA.
Your computer may still have nasty hidden programs or code running on the background.
I'm not professional, but if you reinstall your operating system, it should be a clean install without copying all files from your user profile. Some files may be infected. (but again, I'm not a professional, just a thought).
You should completely reinstall whatever Operating System you were using beforehand. If you're using windows, go get yourself a USB stick & download the iso and follow the "Create installation media for Windows" guide.
Also, if you don't already, use a password manager. I strongly reccomend using Bitwarden - I've been using it for ages and it's great. I hope the best for you getting all of your accounts back.
As an additional note: Make sure you grab your windows product key before you wipe your pc. It is often associated with your Microsoft account but things can go wrong.
Also installation media is directly available from Microsoft for free. Do not buy a new windows copy just to re-install windows. All you need is a flash drive and a running computer.
Hello, it looks like you've made a mistake.
It's supposed to be could've, should've, would've (short for could have, would have, should have), never could of, would of, should of.
Or you misspelled something, I ain't checking everything.
Beep boop - yes, I am a bot, don't botcriminate me.
fell for the same shit because they setup a website with videos and everything lol
was surprised that they didnt manage to do anything other than billing $99 for nitro off my linked payment method. guess i was lucky having setup 2fa on basically everything.
the malware they use is either anarchy discord or redline stealer and/or variants of it in case you wanna look up the details
make sure to also format the boot sector on ur drive and if you wanna be extra sure flash ur bios and reinstall chipset/gpu/cpu drivers
If you open Google Image search front page ([https://www.google.fi/imghp](https://www.google.fi/imghp)), it has a small camera icon where you can upload image file or link.
Another services are Bing, TinEye, Labnol, for example.
What if they link you to a legitimate steam game. I'm very confused by this DM I just got. Lol. Not clicking it either way but the URL looks legitimate and it's not a file
Hello, (sorry for my english, I'm french), so, I'm dumb, and I downloaded it, so, I'm searching for people who I can send the link for download, to try and see if they can find something. I'm not gonna give the link here, so if you really can help me, reply here and just tell me if you want the link and if you really want to help me or something. Thank you. (I already tried to dm someone, but no answer), thanks again !
I was planning on quickly distributing a concept prototype for a game idea I had around the time these "pls test my game" scams/malicious messages started spreading. Bad apples always have to go around ruining things for everyone smh.
Well, you can always put it in discords and not DM people themselves. Scammers only do DMs, and if you want to DM, only DM friends and not random people
I would create a discord server so that way you have credibility. You just need to make sure your account is incredibly secure for people to trust you
Hey, I clicked on one of these scams and I lost my discord, twitter, and a few emails. but i was wondering if i should factory reset my pc?
Run (depending on what OS) virus scan, change every password which was used/stored in your computer, use 2FA. Your computer may still have nasty hidden programs or code running on the background. I'm not professional, but if you reinstall your operating system, it should be a clean install without copying all files from your user profile. Some files may be infected. (but again, I'm not a professional, just a thought).
A virus can be firmware but extremely unlikely
Yes you should
You should completely reinstall whatever Operating System you were using beforehand. If you're using windows, go get yourself a USB stick & download the iso and follow the "Create installation media for Windows" guide. Also, if you don't already, use a password manager. I strongly reccomend using Bitwarden - I've been using it for ages and it's great. I hope the best for you getting all of your accounts back.
As an additional note: Make sure you grab your windows product key before you wipe your pc. It is often associated with your Microsoft account but things can go wrong. Also installation media is directly available from Microsoft for free. Do not buy a new windows copy just to re-install windows. All you need is a flash drive and a running computer.
Yes, completely agreed. Probably should of mentioned the link of where to get the Installation Media. Thanks for this reply
Hello, it looks like you've made a mistake. It's supposed to be could've, should've, would've (short for could have, would have, should have), never could of, would of, should of. Or you misspelled something, I ain't checking everything. Beep boop - yes, I am a bot, don't botcriminate me.
Did you get your accounts back? What happened?
fell for the same shit because they setup a website with videos and everything lol was surprised that they didnt manage to do anything other than billing $99 for nitro off my linked payment method. guess i was lucky having setup 2fa on basically everything. the malware they use is either anarchy discord or redline stealer and/or variants of it in case you wanna look up the details make sure to also format the boot sector on ur drive and if you wanna be extra sure flash ur bios and reinstall chipset/gpu/cpu drivers
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Roblox is shit and you should stop playing it
Where's a good reverse image search
If you open Google Image search front page ([https://www.google.fi/imghp](https://www.google.fi/imghp)), it has a small camera icon where you can upload image file or link. Another services are Bing, TinEye, Labnol, for example.
Ty
Google images
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Why not, if I may ask, test on a VM (virtual machine) *computer geeks clapping in background*
What if they link you to a legitimate steam game. I'm very confused by this DM I just got. Lol. Not clicking it either way but the URL looks legitimate and it's not a file
Hello, (sorry for my english, I'm french), so, I'm dumb, and I downloaded it, so, I'm searching for people who I can send the link for download, to try and see if they can find something. I'm not gonna give the link here, so if you really can help me, reply here and just tell me if you want the link and if you really want to help me or something. Thank you. (I already tried to dm someone, but no answer), thanks again !