Please help got Malware on my PC?

jbaccrington said:
So far it appears to have gone away. Nothing popup yesterday. I'll inform you lot in a few more days. Looks like dailymail website was causing the problem. Also told chrome to block the url.
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Good idea to have a USB stick of windows, the image I use literally takes 5 minutes to install, although that's clean slate so drivers/apps needed after that
 
jbaccrington said:
Update: still no pop-ups, looks like malwarebytes browser guard is working.
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Your Flickr account has public photos in case you aren't aware. So off the back of looking at your screenshots you can also see other photos and videos. I'd also recommend what was said here:
throwaway4372 said:
  1. Remove the screenshots.
  2. Backup data you want to keep.
  3. Reset your pc (remove everything) for a clean windows install.
  4. After you reinstall Chrome install the uBlock Origin Lite extension.
  5. Change all your passwords, make sure a password is never reused, get a password manager e.g. Bitwarden to help you manage this. Ideally use a different username and email address for each site. see gmail plus addressing
  6. Never click links or attachments in emails.
  7. Stop reading the news.
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If your system is compromised then blocking pop ups won't fix it, you'll only be papering over the cracks. For note - I just ran the DM website in incognito without an adblocker and I got 0 popups.

Though it was a bit like the scene in ready player one where the guy is explaining how much space they could use for adverts - horrific.
 
loftie said:
Your Flickr account has public photos in case you aren't aware. So off the back of looking at your screenshots you can also see other photos and videos. I'd also recommend what was said here:


If your system is compromised then blocking pop ups won't fix it, you'll only be papering over the cracks. For note - I just ran the DM website in incognito without an adblocker and I got 0 popups.

Though it was a bit like the scene in ready player one where the guy is explaining how much space they could use for adverts - horrific.
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What public photos are you talking about? I edited the screen shot removing the email address.
 
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jbaccrington said:
What public photos are you talking about? I edited the screen shot removing the email address.
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Sorry, I thought I'd replied to this. So either I forgot to post it, or it broke at some point.

I can see cacti, a marketplace, presumably your name printed out for labels, tomato plants, a poly tunnel, a nice w40k display. Some stuff has changed as when I first looked at your screenshot there was a room in the process of being packed/moved.
 
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