Whoa Whoa before i say anything or now is I just Reinstalled Windows 8.1 on my PC connected to wifi everythings fine legitimate software all installed everything fine until my screen started switching between desktop and black screen until my antivirus program finally detected something called Crypto and there were different folders with the names RSA i know its a encryption key combination lock looks like bitdefender stopped before it even started but im worried it might come back.
Is there anyway to prevent this malware from installing on this computer?
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Jump to PostIf you just reinstalled and you think there's something on it then reinstall again.
If by "something called Crypto" you mean CryptoLocker then the key that was used to encrypt your files may have been recovered during
Jump to Post"I just Reinstalled Windows 8.1"
So where was the loader for the malware?
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