discord scam but on an alt account i don't log into
EDIT: is changing the hard drive disks and resetting windows enough? I doubt simply formatting them is enough? I don't think I'll be able to buy them all that soon, but still, I'd rather ask
hello
i have two discord accounts. one of them is my pain, the other is for, well. mostly nsfw stuff. i am 24/7 logged into my main and only occassionally log into the alt. barely ever anymore
i was working on something on my laptop and randomly got a dm from my alt. my heart dropped, and it was indeed the mr beast scam. i logged into the alt, changed my password, added two step verification on the main. and the thing is, i did pirate something earlier in the day. but my main account, the one i was logged into, remains untouched. my alt, the one that's on a quick "click to log into" but not actively logged in, is the one that was affected. is there any chance that the alt account got hacked because of one of the servers of questionable nature (i never click on links, haven't been on that acc in weeks) rather than the game i pirated? i know it's safe to.... go through a very demanding process of neutralizing everything on my pc, for lack of a better term, regardless of its nature but... i'd still sleep better at night knowing that it might not be my pc that's infected but the account itself.... sorry if this is a stupid question, it's just that i'm panicking a little at the moment. i'm also... realizing that one of the files was indeed suspicious before i deleted it and downloaded a different one... ah i've never felt so stupid in my life
to add to it: i wasn't logged into the browser discord either. said account had a unique password not shared with any other account. nothing else seems to be affected. i'll get to changing the passwords tomorrow because it's 3 am rn. nuking my pc or redownloading windows 11 from a usb isn't an option.