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Originally Posted by Babaganoosh
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You're making a lot of assumptions here.
What do we know?
We know her pc got infected.
We know the happili malware was identified on her pc.
So we know this
little Windows trojan somehow made it onto her pc.
The question now becomes: How?
Browser exploit? other exploit? email? an already existing infection (a bot herder selling installs)?
If its a browser exploit, how do we know this infection is the first and/or only one to occur based on this attack vector?
We could go on and on, but ultimately the only way to be sure is to wipe an reinstall.
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If you want to reformat after your computer catches a cold, have at it but it's almost never necessary.
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Having an image of a clean system at hand will save you a lot of time and will even be quicker than downloading, installing and messing with all kinds of antimalware tools.