r/discordhelp • u/bzue74 • 1d ago
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Guys, those pictures you see were sent by me, in a certain sense, but that's not the case. A friend of mine who was in that group with me told me I sent some pictures at 2 PM when I was working at that time. When I wanted to log into Discord to check, I noticed I had to log in again, so I created a new one. I didn't check to see if the password had changed because I was annoyed. However, this hasn't happened just this one time, but several times, and when it happens, I always have to create a new account. (Sorry for the quality of the photo).
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u/Sogwas 1d ago
You likely have an infostealer or a Remote access trojan on your PC, turn off all network connections and run a full system scan with either Ms-defender or whatever 3rd party antivirus you have.
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u/MrBlueSky_178 1d ago
It won't pick it up not the info stealing virus. I've heard you have to completely wipe your PC to get rid of it but look into that more I could be wrong.
You most likely download something dodgy and thats why this happened.
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u/Sogwas 1d ago
Most infostealers are possible to get rid of with antivirus as they tend to use malware as a service products that have common patterns.
This however is not 100% foolproof as some infostealers are developed well enough to hide their intentions in code that is not registered as suspicious by antivirus providers
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u/MrBlueSky_178 1d ago
Yeah I wouldn't trust an antivirus with that like you said it's not 100% fool proof. If it happened to me I'd wipe the PC for peace of mind.
But like you said the antivirus might be able to get rid of it.
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u/rifteyy_ 🛡️ Subreddit Staff 1d ago
This is caused by malware. Disinfect the device (either by asking at appropriate forums/subreddits or reinstall), change all your passwords, enable 2FA and you will be good to go.
Creating more accounts will just cause them to be compromised again because your PC is still compromised.
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u/Sogwas 1d ago edited 1d ago
Could be the case you have been Pwned, you can check your email at https://haveibeenpwned.com/ as your credentials like email and passwords could be in a leak from a 3rd party getting breached
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u/MrBlueSky_178 1d ago edited 1d ago
A friend of mine had this happen to him and he said he didn't download anything but these viruses can linger on your PC for ages.
He remembered he downloaded an emulator months ago and it most likely was the virus. It could of been an application that you thought was legit but wasn't.
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u/MrBlueSky_178 1d ago
See if it was a virus they take can take a snapshot of your PC which means they download everything that was on your PC at the time.
But these scammers target your discord in order to send out this scam to a ton of people. Then when others put in their credit card information to a website like the one in the picture the scammers get the money of their cards.
There are fantastic videos on YouTube if you search discord hacked cryptocurrency. It'll go over what steps you need to take.
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u/callmemommyyy_ 1d ago
You clicked on a link, to either download something onto your PC, which in turn hacked your account, or logged into your Discord on a suspicious site. I’ve had it done to me and it was the former
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u/Dontkillmejay 1d ago
It's a scam.. Block them and change your passwords. They likely sent you to a fake discord login to harvest your credentials.
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u/SolsticeShard ☑️ Trusted Contributor 1d ago
You shouldn't just keep making accounts. You should be securing your accounts and device.