I'll start by saying I'm a complete noob when it comes to anything computer forensics, malware analysis or anything similar.
Let's just say i hypothetically in the past had downloaded some not so nice software that contained say a RAT, rootkit or any other malicious contaminant, as far as my knowledge goes i would be compelled to just do a factory reset but I'm aware that this may be useless in some cases. I know this question may lead down a rabbit hole of replacing hardware and all sorts of other things but some advice or a direction to be pointed in would be great.
tldr: What would you do if you believed you windows 10 pc was infected by a malicious party? And how could you check?
