I kept getting request to download setup.exe from admin.magnodown.com and...

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So I downloaded this .exe file as I kept getting a message for it and being suspicious I run it in the avast sandbox. It started a setup which I allowed to run and see what Avast does. Suddenly avast gave the virus message and the computer became nonresponsive for a few seconds until I did CTRL+ALT+DEL and then it went back to usual desktop. The malicious program looked like a adobe setup and said setup completed, which I know is fake. However, it also generated an error message saying it is not getting required previleges from administrator before the compuer screen became blank for a few seconds.

Later I deleted the .exe. I ran virus scan and all was clean. I also tried to find why I was getting this request and it seems it has to do with bittorrent which I have removed from my machine.

Do I need to format the computer? Has my security and data protection been compromised? What do I do next?

[Pondus]

do you have a download link to the file?




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[Pondus]

URL you gave is blacklisted
https://www.virustotal.com/en/url/e7df9c92523b3eeec22656435000148865b1c01fd54978a989e4fd7f3e35a49f/analysis/1439232353/

http://urlquery.net/report.php?id=1439232298429

https://sitecheck.sucuri.net/results/admin.magnodown.com

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Hello,

I am getting that request as well, I have done nothing about it but cancel. How do I stop the damm thing doing that request every 2 minutes anyway? This only started after windows 10 made its way into my life btw

Cheers for your time,

Ian

[Pondus]

How do I stop the damm thing doing that request every 2 minutes anyway?

Instructions given above