I'm kind of a pleb Anons. Apparently I have the knowledge of an 8 year old as far as computers go. Really all I know about are file directories, how to play games, how to browse the internet, and really, really basic stuff, but I was told I shouldn't know so little in a thread where, inan attempt to download a ROM file, I downloaded a pretty obvious trojan (not without knowing it was a risk, I knew it probably was one). I got rid of it, I THINK. Every time I would x it out, it would reopen but this time with somthing else, and when it would try to advertise features and shit for me, and it was at that moment I knew for certain it had nothing to do with the ROM I was trying to get. I force quite the program in task manager, deleted it, and I think cuts it off. I don't think it did anything. I used malware bytes and it didn't detect anything, and the same trojan virus I got on another PC from a torrent didn't end up on here, so I GUESS it's fine.
Here's the problem, I don't know how any of this works. All of these things I understand through what's alleged about them. I have no way of say, discerning what a good anti-virus is or some such thing. I don't even really know the point of selling my data or something like that, I just know they can screw up a PC and slow them down massively. I don't even know when I do have something wrong going on on my PC or not. I have 150 different things most of which I don't understand running in task manager. None of it seems outwardly clear and obvious to me. I don't know shit about CLI, and really overal, I don't have a continuity of understanding of these computers. I feel like if I used prior windows operating system I'd understand things better. Windows 11 feels like a lot of flash and pointless stuff slapped onto the back of soemthing that was once outwardly practical.
Sorry for yapping but I need help, but I'm just kinda lost and this OS doesn't help me. Most of what I know is habbit, then trial and error.
