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june23's avatar
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I am sorry this is way off topic. But is this link that can be downloaded and installed malware?

A person I was messaging with on another website sent me a link. I installed this WPS Office from a person that wanted to show me a document. But I clicked on it and installed it and tried to remove my self following manual steps:

1. first turn off wi-fi
2. obtain administrator access throughout the entire removal of malware
3. use cmd prompt icacls/cacls to unhide any files in folders
4. search files for similar names like malware WSP Office/Kingsoft, etc...
5. kill tasks for any process that has to do with the malware like WPS Office and run script that keeps killing the tasks until malware removal is complete
6. delete HKEYS from regedit
7. remove folders and files
8. run a malware scanner like windows defender
9. and uninstall the program.

After I uninstalled WPS Office. I used Malwarebytes scan nothing reported. That's why I am confused if my manual steps worked or should I reinstall my OS? and was told to just reinstall my OS. But is this even a real malware link for WPS Office/Kingsoft or is it just a regular link?

Should I continue my conversation with this person?

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JussiMannisto's avatar

If you think it's a link to malware, which it probably is, please don't spread it further.

What do you expect people to do with it? Download and install it on their own computers to help you?

Should I continue my conversation with this person?

Oh come on.

If you want to install an app, install it from the official website.

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jlrdw's avatar

I know https://www.wps.com is an official site.

See:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WPS_Office

I run links through Virustotal as well. Be aware they embed characters in some links to look official.

I also check country of origin for software and stay away from some countries, but that's your choice.

I also do backups of my drive with Macrium Reflect. If you have Linux there is software for that, search.

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