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Originally Posted by Bill S
Hey Mick, were you running updated Windows defender on the Win10 machine?
I have been using that for three years on my Win10 stuff and have never had problems with anything of that nature. just curious if something got past it.
Thanks
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Hi, Bill.
I was running Windows Defender but the fault was mine, solely mine. I wanted a chess game for my computer. I liked Chess Titans on Windows 7, which is not on Windows 10. I found a program with that name on a download site I thought was reputable, downloaded "chesstitans.exe" and clicked install. Bad mistake.
In addition to half a dozen adware and malware programs, chesstitans.exe also installed a nasty thing called "s.exe" which destroyed my Master Boot Record. With no Boot Record, no boot. Besides, I had no idea what else the virus might have done. So, a complete reformat and reinstallation was in order.
I eventually found the old Windows 7 games, including Chess Titans, patched for Windows 10, but I made sure to run Virus Total on the installation file to make sure it was clean.
I'm somewhat computer savvy and know that the Internet is like the Wild, Wild West with everything good and bad out there. But I let my guard down and gosh, did I pay for it.