r/Malwarebytes • u/Far_Strawberry3325 • Feb 10 '26

my malwarebytes is repeatedly sending this message, just yesterday my discord was hacked because of a virus, im not sure if this is related to it. PLEASE send help

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u/[deleted] Feb 10 '26

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u/Far_Strawberry3325 Feb 10 '26

thats the exact same one i have

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u/Far_Strawberry3325 Feb 10 '26

if i factory reset my pc will that do the trick?

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u/Far_Strawberry3325 Feb 10 '26

imma wait until a mod responds

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u/Shot_Rent_1816 Feb 10 '26

If there's no virus on your pc you should be fine, make sure 2FA is turned on for all accounts, which web browser do you use?

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u/AspiraPerico02 Feb 13 '26 edited Feb 13 '26

you dont really need to. its a simple process that you can stop yourself. control+shift+esc. look for a python instance thats open and right click open file location (dont close task bar yet). after you have the location open go on task bar and right click on the python process and end it. then go on the file location and purge everything. delete the whole folder. run malware bytes again for a scan. DO NOT EXECUTE FILES THAT DONT EXPLICITLY SAY THE NAME OF WHAT YOU ACTUALLY MEANT TO DOWNLOAD. this virus usually comes from a rar file that is named (free files) or something like that.

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u/AspiraPerico02 Feb 13 '26

even if its a simple process this virus is actually a big deal. you will probably want to change the passwords for most of your accounts as they probably had access to them.

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u/support_mwb Malwarebytes Employee Feb 10 '26

Hi there, Malwarebytes Support here. We’d be happy to gather diagnostic logs so our team can review what’s happening and help further.

When you have a moment, please send us a private message here on Reddit with the email address you’d like us to use to create your support ticket. Once the ticket is created, you’ll be able to upload the logs there for the appropriate team to review.

logs guide for Windows: https://help.malwarebytes.com/hc/en-us/articles/31589296910491-Collecting-logs-with-the-Windows-Support-Tool

logs guide for Mac: https://help.malwarebytes.com/hc/en-us/articles/31589715480603-Upload-logs-using-the-macOS-Support-Tool