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  • frivolous_fay
    frivolous_fay Posts: 13,302 Forumite
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    Both PCs are currently working their way through a Dr Web scan as suggested by Rik on my thread about our other PC. I'll take a look at SAS after that.
    As per OP, malwarebytes is already coming up clean.
    My TV is broken! :cry:
    Edit: refunded £515 for TV 1.5 years out of warranty - thank you Sale of Goods Act! :j
  • Browntoa
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    i'm convinced that these are not the reason the cards got scammed, think you got done the old fashioned way
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  • frivolous_fay
    frivolous_fay Posts: 13,302 Forumite
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    Browntoa, my initial thought was that the PCs were the source, but I'm veering towards other theories now too. When you say old fashioned... do you mean cloning, or phishing?

    We are dubious about what may have happened on a trip to India last year.. but [EMAIL="I@m"]I'm[/EMAIL] shocked that three separate cards, in two names, have been attacked.
    My TV is broken! :cry:
    Edit: refunded £515 for TV 1.5 years out of warranty - thank you Sale of Goods Act! :j
  • Browntoa
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    post intercepted or stolen ???
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  • frivolous_fay
    frivolous_fay Posts: 13,302 Forumite
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    We've never not had a card turn up, to the best of my knowledge.
    Never missed any statements AFAIK.
    My TV is broken! :cry:
    Edit: refunded £515 for TV 1.5 years out of warranty - thank you Sale of Goods Act! :j
  • asininity
    asininity Posts: 1,615 Forumite
    EDIT (in response to Browns post) I'm thinking that as well, though the amount of missing files in the log makes me suspicious.

    Run the scans anyway better safe than sorry. If you uninstalled avast and install Mircosoft Security Essentials you'd have on demand antispyware as well but thats up to you since if you run SAS and MBAM once a month manually you're still covered. I'd only suggest installing Winpatrol to monitor startup entries.

    There are loads of ways for card details to be obtained best to have them cancelled.
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