u/oldrain21

I've been trying to sign in to my Outlook account using the same password I've used FOR YEARS, but it keeps telling me it's incorrect.

Even though I know the password is correct, I click "Forgot password," have the verification code sent to my recovery email, and enter it. Then I'm asked to verify my identity with my phone. I enter the last four digits of my phone number and submit, only to get the message: "This verification method isn't working right now."

After trying so many times yesterday, I wasn't able to try again until today. And today I immediately got another "Too many attempts. Please try again tomorrow."

Seriously, what a terrible system. I NEED TO ACCESS MY EMAIL, and I simply can't. As soon as I manage to get back into my account, I'm switching to another email provider. I can't risk going through something like this ever again.

I reformatted my PC and noticed a .dll file with an invalid certificate inside System32. Common file corruption, or possible malware infection?

I did a clean reinstall of Windows using the official Microsoft installation media, created on a USB drive. I used a 100% clean computer to create the installation media, so there's virtually no chance of anything being on the USB.

I installed my usual programs, all from their official websites, and all installers and websites were verified on VirusTotal before running them. (Chrome, Discord, Spotify, OBS Studio, Audacity, VirtualBox, LibreOffice, ProtonVPN, etc.)

I installed Steam and went to play a game that uses Easy Anti-Cheat. When I launched it, EAC detected an untrusted system file inside System32: `IPHLPAPI.dll`.

When I checked, the file had an invalid certificate, so I uploaded it to VirusTotal. Although it got 0 detections, most of the hashes were different from the original file distributed by Microsoft.

I ran `sfc /scannow` and DISM, which restored the file via Windows Update. After being fixed, the signature became valid again and the hash matches the original Microsoft file.

What left me uncertain is that, before being fixed, the file had its executable code section (`.text`) with a different hash from the legitimate file, and in the VirusTotal sandbox, memory strings related to the UPX packer showed up. After some research, I found that Microsoft does not use UPX, which made me very suspicious about this file.

I ran scans with Windows Defender (Full scan and Offline Scan), Malwarebytes, and checked Autoruns, everything came back clean, zero detections.

- VirusTotal link for the file with the invalid signature: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/2895290ddda3eae9578472b0d25167056f6c4bb921d67e5e3dcf6632cd5d81eb/

- VirusTotal link for the legitimate file, original and distributed by Microsoft: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/33b553e04e2b4a062173d2cdda9fec59f4664f486d0831be6e1ad09a5dc59e71

My question is: could this simply be corruption that occurred during installation via the USB drive? Malware infection? Paranoia? Any help would be appreciated.

I reformatted my PC and noticed a .dll file with an invalid certificate inside System32. Common file corruption, or possible malware infection?

I did a clean reinstall of Windows using the official Microsoft installation media, created on a USB drive. I used a 100% clean computer to create the installation media, so there's virtually no chance of anything being on the USB.

I installed my usual programs, all from their official websites, and all installers and websites were verified on VirusTotal before running them. (Chrome, Discord, Spotify, OBS Studio, Audacity, VirtualBox, LibreOffice, ProtonVPN, etc.)

I installed Steam and went to play a game that uses Easy Anti-Cheat. When I launched it, EAC detected an untrusted system file inside System32: `IPHLPAPI.dll`.

When I checked, the file had an invalid certificate, so I uploaded it to VirusTotal. Although it got 0 detections, most of the hashes were different from the original file distributed by Microsoft.

I ran `sfc /scannow` and DISM, which restored the file via Windows Update. After being fixed, the signature became valid again and the hash matches the original Microsoft file.

What left me uncertain is that, before being fixed, the file had its executable code section (`.text`) with a different hash from the legitimate file, and in the VirusTotal sandbox, memory strings related to the UPX packer showed up. After some research, I found that Microsoft does not use UPX, which made me very suspicious about this file.

I ran scans with Windows Defender (Full scan and Offline Scan), Malwarebytes, and checked Autoruns, everything came back clean, zero detections.

- VirusTotal link for the file with the invalid signature: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/2895290ddda3eae9578472b0d25167056f6c4bb921d67e5e3dcf6632cd5d81eb/

- VirusTotal link for the legitimate file, original and distributed by Microsoft: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/33b553e04e2b4a062173d2cdda9fec59f4664f486d0831be6e1ad09a5dc59e71

My question is: could this simply be corruption that occurred during installation via the USB drive? Malware infection? Paranoia? Any help would be appreciated.

Sou relativamente novo nesse mundo da perfumaria e gostaria de indicações de sites e lugares bons e confiáveis para comprar amostras e decants de perfumes.

Sou relativamente novo nesse mundo da perfumaria e gostaria de indicações de sites e lugares bons e confiáveis para comprar amostras e decants de perfumes.

I’ve been following Starset for about 10 years, but I never really dove deep into all the lore behind the songs, I mostly just listened to the music.

Recently, I watched some videos of their live performances and absolutely loved all the cinematics and storytelling they include in their shows! Because of that, I became really interested in learning the full story, from the beginning up to now.

I found some amazing lore posts here on the sub, and I was wondering if there’s any place where all the lore is already organized in one structured format to read through, so I don’t have to keep searching through different posts, rereading the same parts, and connecting all the information myself.

Bought 3 Toshiba Canvio Basics 1TB (HDTB510XK3AA) from Amazon and I think 2 of them seem used/refurbished.

I ordered 3 identical Toshiba Canvio Basics 1TB external drives (HDTB510XK3AA) directly from Toshiba Amazon,

The first one arrived in perfect condition. When I plugged it in, it had the warranty/safety PDF preloaded on the drive, which, according to Toshiba's official user manual, is standard from the factory

But The other two, however, raised some serious red flags:

- No preloaded PDF — the file that should be there by default was missing

- Visible dust on the units — inconsistent with factory-sealed products

- Windows prompted a disk scan on both drives upon first connection, suggesting file system inconsistencies

Any chance this is normal? Am I being paranoic?
I don't know. All help is welcome

Bought 3 Toshiba Canvio Basics 1TB (HDTB510XK3AA) from Amazon and I think 2 of them seem used/refurbished.

I ordered 3 identical Toshiba Canvio Basics 1TB external drives (HDTB510XK3AA) directly from Toshiba Amazon,

The first one arrived in perfect condition. When I plugged it in, it had the warranty/safety PDF preloaded on the drive, which, according to Toshiba's official user manual, is standard from the factory

But The other two, however, raised some serious red flags:

- **No preloaded PDF** — the file that should be there by default was missing

- **Visible dust** on the units — inconsistent with factory-sealed products

- **Windows prompted a disk scan** on both drives upon first connection, suggesting file system inconsistencies

Any chance this is normal? Am I being paranoic?
I don't know. All help is welcome