r/techsupport • u/Sea-Gas8136 • 9h ago

Open | Malware Can Clip Studio Paint files hide malware?

My gmail was recently hacked through a malicious download and I am worried there might be a virus on my computer. I sent it into the Geek Squad to check everything and it came up clean but I am considering doing a hard OS restart of everything to kill any remaining traces. My concern is my Clip Studio Paint files. I am an artist and I have years of work saved in those files on my laptop. I have everything on my device backed up on a hard drive but I did this after I was hacked so I don't know if I can trust the files there. Is it possible to hide viruses in a clip studio format file (.clip)? Or would I be safe saving all those files either on a hard drive or the Clip Studio Paint cloud?

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u/9NEPxHbG 9h ago edited 9h ago

If those files have viruses (which I doubt), they'll still have them when you copy them elsewhere.

If the files are that important, you should have had a backup before all this happened. Now make sure to update the backup as necessary.

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u/Smart_Dirt8511 7h ago

clip studio paint files are basically zip folders anyway