but as soon as it was connected to the internet again, it tried to run the same stuff in taskmanager

so i just said fuck it, save the last downloaded porns and wipe

never experienced something aggressive as that

i also thought it was a simple download tool

chip.de for example provides a p2p download tool which increases your download speed while asking you to install minor adware

but this one.. dunno what i downloaded at that time

instantly installed various malicious services

As far as I'm concerned, there's no such thing as a download accelerator.

The only way to accelerate your downloads is stick a better cable between the computer and network.

well. downloading p2p does accelerate if multiple people are on the botnet

and unless you work with your ISP, it's out of your hands.

Yeah, there's that with p2p.

it works on various mmorpg launchers

yeah there are huge grey areas on the interwebz

but i learned from it

don't download shady download manager

There sure are. I'm sure an obscene amount of shit online is just russian scam pages you shouldn't use.

i think the last time i got a computer disabling virus was 10 years ago

on winXP

i still prefer to run my pc without anti virus

Back when Windows had all its neat little security problems to exploit.

even after this incident

Yeah, AV is a waste of resources.

also the unecessary information gathering pisses me of

"huh you're praying gaem? let me block the anti-cheat and check various files of the game directory to slow down your loading speeds"

Gotta know e v e r y t h i n g about you in order to ~~sell the info to advertising companies~~ provide the highest quality service.

the only anti virus which helped me in some cases was spybot

it's also the only one which kindly asks about donations

and doesn't force popup windows against you

Microsoft's got its own av that doesn't harass you, fyi.

you mean defender?

Uh, are you on Win 10?

yes

Yeah, then Defender.

It used to be MSE but it got built into 10.

That's all you need.

well in the past when i deleted some minor malicious services, spybot helped me more than defender

Unless you know you're infected in which case you download HerdProtect.

microsoft security essentials

and then remove it when you're done.

i can remember