I Keep Getting Antivirus Pop Ups [new] Today

The antivirus cleans them. Reboot. Another pop-up.

Threat: Trojan.PDF.Gen. File: C:\Users[You]\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp_2784.exe i keep getting antivirus pop ups

You step into your home office, coffee in hand, ready to start the day. Then it happens again. The antivirus cleans them

Your friend sighs. “Yeah. That’s probably it.” coffee in hand

At first, you ignored it. Just a false positive, you thought. But yesterday, the pop-up appeared while your computer was idle. You weren’t even downloading anything. That’s when the itch started—the quiet, sinking suspicion that something is wrong.

You unplug the ethernet cable. Grab a USB drive. Back up only your irreplaceable photos and documents—nothing else. Then you wipe the drive clean and reinstall Windows from scratch.