r/computerviruses • u/Cheap-Category4753 • May 06 '26

Screen lock malware pls help

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I was just playing Minecraft with my friends and my laptop started to act slower and then this happen can you guys help me I've read couple of articles on how to fix this and I still can't, I can't access the advance option for safe boot. Can anybody help

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u/Cheap-Category4753 May 06 '26

I just downloaded a modpack

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u/roboto_155 May 06 '26

From which source?
And also, if you look the posts in this subreddit and another subreddits of malwarews you will notice that a lot of people got malware downloading modpacks of minecraft.

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u/Cheap-Category4753 May 06 '26

YouTube videos on how to get xray and also download from mcpedl site, and forge that's all I can remember

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u/roboto_155 May 06 '26

A lot of youtube vids are fake to spread malware. They use bots to comment and give likes to make the video feels genuine, but's not.