Comment on How do I prevent hackers from stealing my debit card information?

randomguy2323@lemmy.kevitprojects.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• Snowman44@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Running a virus scan wouldn’t be enough? I’d rather not factory reset everything.

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  • EdibleFriend@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    how do I fix this?

    probably like this.

    No :(

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    • RagingNerdoholic@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      To be fair, factory resets are a huge pain in the ass. Might as well try other things before busting out the nuclear option.

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      • nous@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Once you suspect a device is infected the only good option is the nuclear option. Anything else will not be guaranteed to 100% remove it, or really, anywhere near close to that, or even detect everything wrong in the first place or after attempted removal. And with a month long period between attacks that is a long time to wait and see to see if any other option might work.

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      • EdibleFriend@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Honestly you do have a point.

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  • Zron@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    A virus scan can only scan for something it knows. If you have something new or esoteric on your device, the scanner may not pick it up.

    If you’re not using a reputable antivirus, also consider that the database is wildly out of date at best, or the “antivirus” is malicious on its own.

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  • Runel0rd@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Are you trying to fix the issue or have this repeat? Start listening to the genuine advice being offered

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  • Saikopat@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    No, it won’t. If you value that situation enough to post here, you should also listen to the advices you’re given.

    If you have an anti virus running and you’re still being pwnd, a scan won’t change anything. Format everything, computers, phones, everything with an Internet connection really. Yes, it’s a pain, but also yes, it’s necessary.

    Do it

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  • graphite@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Running a virus scan wouldn’t be enough

    No, those can be bypassed. If your kernel is what’s infected, then it’s not going to find anything.

    Scanners are useful, but what they can look for is limited.

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  • randomguy2323@lemmy.kevitprojects.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Its not enough , why do you think you card is being used again and again? You don’t have backups of your data? A reset should be done every now and then to keep everything tidy.

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