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My desktop pc got infected with a virus, still having problems
Hello,
Tonight around 9:14 pm I was trying to merge my friends 5 videos together... I remembered that Windows Live movie maker had a feature that you could merge the files together... I must have gotten an illegitimate version of the program because it asked me to "register" the program... So I then decided to go to chrome and search for a "patch" for the program, regardless of never recalling WLMM to ever ask me to do this in the past.
side note: I was in a rush while iIwas trying to merge the files together, which was why this happened...
So so I found something on the web called "Windows Live Movie Maker 16.4 Crack Registration"... it was really dumb, I know.
Anyways, so it actually installed some things like remote PC login and like 2 game shortcuts, which nothing it "installed" I did not open. It then completely removed firefox, it kept popping ads up on my PC, regardless that I have Adblock plus LOL - I know not funny. I then decided to very quickly purchase Malwarebytes Premium, and immediately ran a scan - which ended up finding 296 viruses etc.. I have a photo of it on my phone. I have noticed that no matter what I do, I can not launch the edge browser... it just keeps crashing/closing.
I would like to know what to do next, as I REALLY don`t want to have to re-install my OS.... -.-
Any help will be much appreciated!
Thank you :)