Compromised card, pirated software?

[theguyfromanotherforum]

Hi,

 

My computer died recently which had original Wondows 8.1 installed. I bought a replacement, but without OS, so I grabbed a pirated version of the same OS (8.1).

 

Now, the question may be unusual or stupid, but please be patient with replies.

 

I have a Chase Visa (Canada) that I applied for 3 months ago and it is locked in a safety deposit box back in Canada. I have the numbers memorized which I used for some Amazon purchases and NOTHING ELSE. Today Chase gives me a call (actually to my mom in Canada) informing that there might be unauthorized charges... $1500 for AirBnB and another for some camera for the similar amount. Shocking because no one has an access to this card and like I said I only use it on Amazon. Furthermore I log in 4-5 times a day to check the balances and 2 hours before the account lock I didn't see any charges. Besides Amazon or Chase being hacked, my other thought is that security on my computer might be compromised because of pirated OS. Is this possible at all? (I do have Avast installed).

 

Thank you,

 

 

[AlexRRR]

Well there you are....check 5 times a day, and i bet a windows pc, god dam you make it easy for them....

 

Im an Apple fan noooooo problems in 3 ys since the switch, pay 40% more and live easier...tablet phone and mac....

 

Wouldn't matter something may have gotten in your pc...dont discount somewhere along the chain like in amazon someone has noted ur number...

 

Fraudsters are into developing software big time its an industry, and never believe the people your dealing with will keep your information private as well...

[JDGRUEN]

Apple = nanny computer - nanny phone... 

[JDGRUEN]

It could the the Pirate 8.1 but seems a bit out there... Are you sure no one in your immediate trust has the passwords/pins?  And where were the purchases traced to ... and to whom ?  

 

You would be amazed at how many times - a trusted person is behind the wheel of the misused card/fund/account, etc. 

 

[JDGRUEN]

Air BnB - who stayed at the place... call the person rented from -- who the hell was it ? 

[Rob13]

Maybe Amazon. Cap One cancelled my card 'due to a security breach of an online store'(their words not mine) I used. I only use the card at Amazon so either Cap One was hiding something or Amazon has problems they aren't publisizng. The problems on Chase,  anyways, I wouldn't worry about it.

 

In the future use a Linux USB when doing your banking. A bit obsessive to be checking your balances that much anyways. You might want to get some meds for that.

[AlexRRR]

12 minutes ago, JDGRUEN said:

Apple = nanny computer - nanny phone... 

 

I would assume your an adult right?

 

If thats the case get over it, people have preferences, i could give you a 2 hr story on my windows pc's which is why i changed to mac...in the end you pay for quality and in my mind thats what I've got, was god dam cheaper to keep 2 cars on the road that keeping 2 windows laptops working, I'm sure your just a wiz  i am not i had to pay someone to fix the shits, but hey when i have an issue with say my phone or tablet the dud that i am can just reset it back to original on shipping....now isn't that great?

[Rob13]

30 minutes ago, AlexRRR said:

i bet a windows pc,

 

 

It was Wondows, read the OP.

[theguyfromanotherforum]

2 hours ago, AlexRRR said:

Well there you are....check 5 times a day, and i bet a windows pc, god dam you make it easy for them....

 

Im an Apple fan noooooo problems in 3 ys since the switch, pay 40% more and live easier...tablet phone and mac....

 

Wouldn't matter something may have gotten in your pc...dont discount somewhere along the chain like in amazon someone has noted ur number...

 

Fraudsters are into developing software big time its an industry, and never believe the people your dealing with will keep your information private as well...

 

This is literally the first time in my life my card has been compromised. It never happened to me before. All the charges seem to originate in Canada. 

 

I check my other cards and a bank account and never had a single issue.

 

Upon doing some research on the internet, this seems to be a common problem with chase. 

 

Or it could be wondoze. I am the only one using my computer and like I said the card is in a safety deposit box back in Canada.

 

Weird.

[kkerry]

If you're using a pirated OS then maybe it also came with malware installed that captured the details used when purchasing from Amazon, regardless of where the actual card is... 

[bendejo]

6 hours ago, Rob13 said:

Maybe Amazon. Cap One cancelled my card 'due to a security breach of an online store'(their words not mine) I used. I only use the card at Amazon so either Cap One was hiding something or Amazon has problems they aren't publisizng. The problems on Chase,  anyways, I wouldn't worry about it.

 

 

Once I had some silliness with a Cap1 account, I can't recall the details.  A week later I noticed by logging into my account the problem was rectified.  I called Cap1 and asked for a post-mortem on the problem, and was told that I resolved it when I came into one of their branches and made a deposit.  Hmmm, I had been out of the country for years.  Nothing I could say would convince the person I was speaking to of it. 

Go figure...

 

 

Edited October 7, 2016 by bendejo

[JusMe]

I'm a Mac person, but this is unlikely to be related to any specific type of computer.  Even if the OS is a pirated one.

 

A year or two past, I discovered an unexplained charge on my MasterCard page (I check my account daily) for something from somewhere in Brazil.  I am and was in Canada.

 

I contacted MasterCard, they investigated, and refunded the amount that had been debited.

 

Don't immediately assume some hack or break-in.  It could simply be a numbering mistake with the credit card company.  Contact them by email, and see what they can do for you.

[Rob13]

7 hours ago, bendejo said:

when I came into one of their branches and made a deposit. Hmmm, I had been out of the country 

 

 

Did you ask  them how much you deposited? 

[impulse]

13 hours ago, theguyfromanotherforum said:

 

This is literally the first time in my life my card has been compromised. It never happened to me before. All the charges seem to originate in Canada. 

 

I don't have a clue what happened to your card, nor any suggestions for you.

 

But with the new chipped cards, I envision a Postal Worker with a hidden RFID reader scanning thousands of chipped cards every day and selling the data at night.  I'd love to hear that it's just a wingnut conspiracy thing...

[GreytMan]

How about you give some details of the laptop and we'll see if there is a possibility to install a genuine and clean OS at no further cost.

Brand and model and where purchased.

 

It's not the brightest idea to install an operating system about which you have no idea of it's provenance.