I tried to torrent a $7 game, which led to my instagram being hacked, didn’t matter much cause I don’t really use it… until they hacked my discord. Funnily enough, that discord was a throwaway so even I didn’t know the password. By this point, I had come to the conclusion that it was a session hacker stealing my cookies? But I have to ask, how would they have been able hack my discord account if I was logged into the app and not the brower/website. Cherry on the icing on the cake, they hacked my amazon and ordered antivirus software to a confidential address and since it’s a software download I haven’t been able to return/refund it. I should mention they posted Mr Beast crypto scams everywhere (instagram and discord) and it wouldn’t matter if I changed the password or not.
I’ve since reset my computer completely (from cloud versus USB? does that make a difference?) and before I reset it I wiped cookies in my browser. I’m just a bit paranoid about the whole situation, definitely teaches me not to torrent again, but any recommendations to make sure the virus is gone? next steps