Windows 11 Foolishly ran an msi packed with a virus but Windows Defender quarantined it, am I safe?

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Andrew Lung

Hello, I'd like some peace of mind to see if I am finally safe. I downloaded a software for CAD, but I downloaded it off a bad-actor website and it came packaged in a .rar file. I extracted the file none the wiser then ran an msi file.Windows Defender then came to my rescue and quarantined an exe file immediately after I ran the msi and now I'm left wondering if I'm safe now. I ran a full scan on my computer with Windows Defender after that and I ran MalwareBytes immediately after. There are no results. I checked my startup apps and removed some garbage application and now I am hopefully clean

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