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I was asking Deepseek to list some apps that can backup my phone data to pc , well it did list and the first one on the list had a link and a glowing recommendation from the the ai because it works very well apparently.
Sure enough i click the link it does some generation of a download link it says secure link generated etc that lead to a mega file , and it downloaded.
Now mind you i really want to go to bed and im thinking this is some backwater app that does the job, so the installation process looks somewhat believable(red flag looking back) And not some grandiose company devoloped app.
As it downloaded really fast i mindlessly run it , but nothing happened i got confused but i never ran it twice just to see if it was booting up , It didnt, i went ahead did a windows defender custom scan it returns clean , i upload the file to virus total and start a malwarebytes download in the mean time , ~ 3/4 mins total after i ran it .
Virus total returns only service that found it as malware , and it's a fucking RAT , i realised that i indeed fucked myself and i will not be sleeping tonight i unplugged the ethernet, ran malwarebytes and sure enough found some instances tried deleting the remaining files and reg keys , no luck since it keeps coming back and im currently scrapping my files on an usb to reinstall.
Moral of the story please don't trust ai , and don't work when you are tired , as someone with experience i missed so many red flags because im a tired idiot.
About how the AI even linked to this im clueless , i even use brave which not fullproof usually stops popup sites.
And yes i did try 2-3 times with the same link only the 3rd time i opened it was flagged as dangerous.
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