- Jan 4, 2019
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My debit card was recently compromised and now I'm paranoid that it's because I have malware. There is one sketchy website I visited recently, gonna link it below:
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Obviously this site could be dangerous, I'm linking it here to get advice about it. I was trying to torrent a movie from this website. The torrent had an mp4 file, an html, and a readme text file. I didn't bother downloading the html file, and the readme said to download a codec or something, which I assume is what the html file was for. I figured that might have been a virus, but I opened the mp4 file anyways, assuming mp4s were safe. Nothing happened when I double clicked it. I did also scan the mp4 and text file with Malwarebytes which didn't detect anything. Then three days later my bank blocked a fraudulent charge to my debit card.
I'm not exactly saying it was that site, maybe it was something else, but I have my debit card details saved to Chrome, and that's when I started getting paranoid about malware. I ran a full scan with Malwarebytes free version and Windows Defender. Malwarebytes didn't detect anything, and Windows Defender detected one file in my Firefox cache folder or something. I'll post a pic of that detection:
View: https://imgur.com/Fb0ujwz
Thing is I rarely use Firefox, I mostly use Chrome, and Chrome is what I used to browse that shady site. And my payment details are not saved in Firefox either. But to be honest, I clicked a few porn sites on Firefox lol, not sure if that has anything to do with it. Is that an actual malware or just a false detection?
And regarding skimming, I almost never use my debit card. I normally use Apple Pay which is linked to my debit card. So I somehow doubt it was skimmed. I do use that card online a lot though.
Is it possible that I have malware that my antiviruses are not picking up on? Also, can I get any advice on making sure my PC is clear of infection?
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Obviously this site could be dangerous, I'm linking it here to get advice about it. I was trying to torrent a movie from this website. The torrent had an mp4 file, an html, and a readme text file. I didn't bother downloading the html file, and the readme said to download a codec or something, which I assume is what the html file was for. I figured that might have been a virus, but I opened the mp4 file anyways, assuming mp4s were safe. Nothing happened when I double clicked it. I did also scan the mp4 and text file with Malwarebytes which didn't detect anything. Then three days later my bank blocked a fraudulent charge to my debit card.
I'm not exactly saying it was that site, maybe it was something else, but I have my debit card details saved to Chrome, and that's when I started getting paranoid about malware. I ran a full scan with Malwarebytes free version and Windows Defender. Malwarebytes didn't detect anything, and Windows Defender detected one file in my Firefox cache folder or something. I'll post a pic of that detection:
View: https://imgur.com/Fb0ujwz
Thing is I rarely use Firefox, I mostly use Chrome, and Chrome is what I used to browse that shady site. And my payment details are not saved in Firefox either. But to be honest, I clicked a few porn sites on Firefox lol, not sure if that has anything to do with it. Is that an actual malware or just a false detection?
And regarding skimming, I almost never use my debit card. I normally use Apple Pay which is linked to my debit card. So I somehow doubt it was skimmed. I do use that card online a lot though.
Is it possible that I have malware that my antiviruses are not picking up on? Also, can I get any advice on making sure my PC is clear of infection?
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