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Originally Posted by amateur
Hello and welcome to TSF.
I guess you learned your lesson. It only takes a few seconds to get infected if you don't have any protection software. If you needed space, you should have uninstalled the NON-SECURITY programs that you no longer use or need. Windows Defender alone is not enough to protect your system.
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Obviously it seems like a stupid idea now hahaha. I had already deleted all i could, defragmented, done daily disc cleanups, deleted temp files, etc. for a few months. I figured I could just uninstall a few programs, transfer some files, and not use the computer until I had an external harddrive to make space and reinstall them. I still left a firewall and Mcaffee running, but I didn't realize how unprotected I had left my computer until afterwards. I have learned my lesson though
What additional software would you recommend to install for future reference?
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Originally Posted by amateur
If you do any banking or other financial transactions on the PC or if it should contain any other sensitive information, please get to a known clean computer and change all passwords where applicable, and it would be wise to contact those same financial institutions to apprise them of your situation.
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Would this include ordering items online using credit cards? There is no sensitive data on the computer itself.
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Originally Posted by amateur
In all honesty, if this were to be my computer, I would back up all my personal data and do a reformat&reinstall.
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OK, I guess I'll have to do this. One question though - if I transfer all of my files to another computer or hard drive, is there a chance of that computer getting infected, or is this a problem that is solely rooted in the registry of my computer?
Thanks for your help.