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First post, by snorg

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So somehow I picked up a Trojan, which disabled all keyboard input and when bringing up a browser and trying to type "www.google.com" to see if I could do a search, it immediately closes the browser window.

After about an hour of running malware bytes, the keyboard started working normally again and MB found 3 items, one of which was a Trojan. Should I be fairly confident that I got the thing or do I need to nuke it from orbit and do a clean install? I know you can download a Win 10 install onto a flash drive but how do I reactivate my OS after installing, will it recognize I have a valid license or do I need to copy down the key from somewhere first?

I'd rather not reinstall but I feel like that's the only way to be safe, you know? Going to suck ass downloading Fallout 4 again 🙁

FWIW, I think it came through when Skype asked for permission to add an extension to Chrome, at least that is when I noticed everything went haywire.

Reply 1 of 2, by clueless1

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Win10 hashes the key against your motherboard, so next time you activate, MS already has the info and activates you seamlessly.

If you don't want to nuke, boot into safe mode and run rkill, then tdsskiller, then JRT, then ADWCleaner (reboot), then MB again. Connect long enough to get updated definitions, then disconnect to run scans. You can download all those from bleepingcomputer.com

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Reply 2 of 2, by snorg

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Good idea, I will do that.

I may do a clean reinstall as well but want to at least back up my work and my game saves.