Threat: Trojan.PDF.Gen. File: C:\Users[You]\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp_2784.exe
A timeline stares back: 2:13 AM, 3:47 AM, 5:02 AM. All while you were asleep. i keep getting antivirus pop ups
Your blood pressure spikes. This is the sixth time this week. Threat: Trojan
You call your friend who “knows computers.” They ask one question: “Have you downloaded anything sketchy recently?” you thought. But yesterday
At first, you ignored it. Just a false positive, you thought. But yesterday, the pop-up appeared while your computer was idle. You weren’t even downloading anything. That’s when the itch started—the quiet, sinking suspicion that something is wrong.
You unplug the ethernet cable. Grab a USB drive. Back up only your irreplaceable photos and documents—nothing else. Then you wipe the drive clean and reinstall Windows from scratch.