keewee95’s story

I’ll just come out and say it: I’m an idiot. I downloaded a file I knew was dodgy, and the internet gods punished me for it almost immediately.

The next morning, I woke up to a notification that someone had burned $100 on my credit card. Losing the cash stung, but then things got weird. I got a random email from Steam saying my password had been reset, except I hadn't requested a reset. That was the "oh crap" moment. If they could get into my Steam, they were probably already digging through my Gmail, and that’s where my entire life lives.

I went into full-blown survival mode. I force-logged out of every single account I own, changed the passwords for my main emails, and did a total factory reset on my PC. But now, I’m stuck with this one problem. The file I downloaded is sitting on an external hard drive on my desk. I have no intention of ever touching that file again, but there’s a bunch of other stuff on that drive that I actually need. I’m just sitting here staring at the drive, wondering if plugging it in is safe.