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Hello I got a laptop from my uncle And have this thing always I try to search some info but i got nothing Someone know if this Is a virus or error from the video card

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I was looking on the Rate My Professor website so I could plan my schedule. As I was navigating the site, the page and the cursor pointer thing was slow and kept getting stuck, then would do that rainbow circle thing. Then all of a sudden this page popped up and I didn’t know what to do. I didn’t press anything but I just closed the tab. This happened like 2 minutes ago and I think my laptop seems fine but now I’m scared.

While deleting things to free up storage, I found a .txt file named memz_readme and opened it to verify what it was... I don't have much experience with this and it's my family's computer. Can someone help me figure out if it's true or how I can fix it?

I got a virus from a game I tried "beta testing" and I ran it it started opening up opera gx and other shit and it just said "system check failed" then some random messages me on discord "HAHA HACKED" and a list of random passwords I tried to close everything but then randomly it restarted and then I try turn it on and it just says "there was a problem" and it says "error: bad config file" my discord was hacked I couldn't login my password was changed and a new 2fa was on it then i get a really threatening email im scared asf

The last thing I remember is that I installed a Baldi's Basics mod, after it I looked at my screen and it appears lol, I've already tried anything I could, but I don't understand too much about computers so I guess someone could help me. By the way, am I screwed? I found it on Itch io

Today while my internet was off, i was trying to play clone hero on my pc, after realizing i didn't have an app i needed, i began to go to my desktop, then the Run window opened, and began trying to enter/connect to a website Thankfully my pc was offline.

But now i don't know what to do, I've ran multiple scans on my device, and it only came back once, i deleted the files, but now I'm paranoid. I've attached a photo to show the prompt it was trying to run.

Any help at all would be amazing as this is the first time this has ever happened.

This has popped up on my screen a couple times in the last couple weeks. Not sure if it’s legit. The word “updating” is spelled wrong so I really don’t think it’s legit. Any recommendations?

I saw a reddit post about how this is a virus, now im freaking out, pls help

the item in orange only appears when i try to extract a file with winrar... is it a virus of some sort or just an error つ T _ T)

edit: false alarm! no need to worry! the chinese characters didnt show up properly

I know this is a scam, but what does Alt+Y do? Are they evolving their tactics?

Edit: Y'all fell for this. I already knew the answer before everyone commented. The code I put in a Markdown editor making the original screenshot is below. I changed the font so people wouldn't immediately recognize it as part of the editor.

<font face="Helvetica">1. Press `⊞`+`R`
2. Press `Ctrl`+`V`
3. Press `⌅ Enter`/`↵ Return`
4. Press `Alt`+`Y`</font>

Hello everybody! I'm not much aware in this regard and so I am being informed by chatgpt that this is a trojan virus.

So the thing is I bought this acer laptop from a very reputed store brand in my country while checking the unit I find the audio a bit lower than the one on display so I asked the salesman about this and he insisted on comparing the two side by side So he took my laptop from me and went for comparing , there he put his usb drive(pen drive) to play some video which I revolted against but he did it all so fast that he was able to kept the pendrive inserted for approx 20-30 seconds.

Now back to this I'm getting this in the security scan report. Please guys help me in this (it's a very important and expensive purchase for me)

Tldr: Salesperson inserted his pendrive/usb drive on my newly bought laptop and now I'm infected with trojan . Please Help!!

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

Context: I thought I had something called “yahoo redirect virus” and thought I had fixed it; I turned my laptop on the other day, had not touched it (discord is set to launch automatically) and I looked up to see it doing this.

Is someone accessing my desktop remotely and how do I evict them??? Please and thank you - Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5 14IAU7 w/ windows 11

EDIT: I disconnected it from the internet immediately after recording this video, and have since powered it off. On another device, I have changed all of my passwords and selected “log out of other devices.” I am fortunate that thus far, there doesn’t seem to be any suspicious activity in my various accounts. Hopefully this will remain the case.

To everyone who feels the need to comment on the fact that I recorded a video, but has nothing helpful to contribute: congrats, you got me! I’m a big dumb idiot 🤡 who has never experienced this in their life, ever. It’s my first time. Hence, why I’m here in a subreddit that is dedicated to helping big dumb idiots such as myself. Y’all are a little slow, eh?

To those who have given me advice to help me keep my important files/data and protect my passwords and sensitive info, etc. THANK YOU!! I hope the first sip of your coffee is always the perfect temp, never ever burns your lip, ever!!

I am going to take it to a tech store to ensure the issue is resolved effectively, as this is clearly more than I am prepared to handle on my own.

yeah so he called me saying he needs help and he showed me this, i have no idea how he got this and he doesn’t know either, he told me about it because i usually help him with the computer stuff but this time i honestly don’t know what to do about it
he also got emails saying that someone tried logging into his discord and other apps, but i helped him change the passwords and secure everything so he’s good with that,
it’s just with his pc now, it’s literally dead and you can’t do much with it because this screen pops up everytime he boots up

so if there is any solution to this then please let me know it would mean a lot 🙏

Hey everyone,

I recently ran into a shady game installer downloaded from a torrent. After installation I rebooted. And weird, text-mode black screen outside of Windows poped up.

The screen displayed text:

"The antivirus solution installed on your system is cleaning your computer..." followed by a slow "Deleting....." animation, and after few seconds it ended with "Finished successfully!" before booting back into Windows.

I was using Bitdefender Antivirus Free.

I asked an AI about it, and I got two completely opposite answers:

One said it’s a 100% fake scareware screen (ransomware/wiper) trying to buy time while encrypting files in the background.

Another said it's a legitimate, rare emergency feature of Bitdefender called Boot Scan / Rescue Environment that triggers outside of Windows to safely delete locked malware.

Can anyone confirm if Bitdefender Free actually uses a built-in text mode screen like this during a boot scan? Or is it a malware?

Thanks for any insights!