Open a Link from a steam friend cost me $128.00 because a VIRUS INJECTION

[adrian1]

charin link with a frien on steam and click one of them and opened with my browser and something pop up like a mini screen sain that i need a new flash player so i close that and continue to the wep zide like normal all good so shut down my pc and when i turn it back on login and last thing i know my hardwere we're my windows was installed get a CMD Delete or something like that and shutdown my pc and never turn back on, so i spen 3 hours solvin this problem and ended buying a new window 8 key product, so my advice install an anty virus and do not open any link in the chat

[gwait]

Isn't the product key for Windows written on your computer case on a sticker?

[adrian1]

yeah, but i have to install the window on a diferent hardware because the motherboard wont reconaise the old hardware the one with the virus

[adrian1]

i remove virus and work with troyans virus and bonsh other virus, but this one was like a command to remove files like system32 from your hardware, and inject some code and ♥♥♥♥♥ that made the hardware unrecognizable, so when i lauch thepc the bootable system stay in a black screen so i found thats was because no hardware accepted

[LordGandhii]

So a phisher found you. I don't want to argue or anything, but that was your fault for clicking it. Most Steam users are well aware of this ongoing issue, and there's also a forum post (it's here in the New to Steam forum actually) that explains how these phishing methods work.

I can't tell if you're a newbie or not, but next time, be more aware of the situation.

[adrian1]

all i do is play ArmA3, so i never look around for news or anything, anyway i trust the guy because ur conversation was about old games, so he give me some links of old games and i click curiously as a big fan of games that was all.

[chickenjockey]

Your falt man. I know for a fact to NOT click any links. More so for trading links

[adrian1]

thx to all, remeber keep aware other player like me that never wash the news

[adrian1]

i still looking for a solution to that hard drive and i can't because my motherboard don't find this hard drive in the slots were i put him so i can't format or delete window i can't do nothing

[gokuganggang]

if you buy a pc/laptop with windows installed you technically get two licenses:
1. The one that is installed, they use an universal key in the industry two save time&efford.
2. The one that is printed somewhere on your device. so even if you, as you said, installed windows on a different hardware you could use that printed key to activate your copy, just sayin.

and yes, it works. i used the key from my laptop to acitvate my pc version ^^

[adrian1]

din't work in my case

[chickenjockey]

Worked in mine when I had one

[adrian1]

The present problem with that is, the product key still in use by the old HDD so microsoft wont let me used in a diferent HDD