I have been scammed.

[Cricktor]

Every OS has bugs and vulnerabilities, some more, some less. It's a rather simple fact that malware creators will attack the platform with the largest market share because larger market share, more potential victims.

If you were a malware creator or criminal buying some malware-as-a-service, what would you do? Attack a niche system or go for the big boats crowding the waters?

Ease of attack surface is certainly one important aspect and luckily the biggest player has rather diminishing software quality as I perceive it. But I doubt that this is a prominent reason. It's the larger numbers due to biggest market share of installations.


Choose a more niche platform for your important stuff, simply by the numbers you're less exposed to malware fuckery. I don't really miss much while working on a Linux box, YMMV.

[BlackHatCoiner]

Every OS has bugs and vulnerabilities, some more, some less. It's a rather simple fact that malware creators will attack the platform with the largest market share because larger market share, more potential victims.

Malware creators might be choosing Windows as their primary target, but Linux isn't a "nerd's operating system" anymore. Android is based on the Linux kernel. Most web servers run on Linux. Exploiting a vulnerability in Linux could potentially lead to a more lucrative and advantageous disaster compared to targeting Windows.

"Don't trust, verify". If you don't know what's running behind Windows, how can you be confident it is secure?

[Pmalek]

I think there is definitely a language barrier here that prevents OP from writing and explaining the situation in a clear matter.
"When I turned the virus off" probably means that he disabled his antivirus to do something. The question is what?

Until that point, everything was ok with his wallet. The addresses that were emptied by the thief were funded between November 2023 and April 2024. The wallet was fine back then. Something happened on 7 May or at a time before that, resulting in his wallet and/or system to be compromised.

@mrooo what did you do? Did you disable your antivirus software, and for what purpose?

[Peanutswar]

The transaction is already irreversible and I guess it's considered a loss. @OP did you download any software?. Based on your statement you have an activated license window, next is if you download unsafe software or click any links that might possibly be a way for the attacker to access your files. Better to invest an ideal anti-virus and not just the anti-virus with your windows or any OS you are using this could add an additional layer of security including the network to prevent, next is to use a hardware wallet, seems you have a budget on it its good to have it as possible and don't store your seed or even password online or even in your computer.

[crwth]

I think the OP has already accepted his faith, knowing that he is not replying anymore with this one. It's impossible to recover the funds anymore and maybe the OP should start looking for other ways to store his cryptocurrency in different ways like hardware wallet or cold wallet using a laptop or something.

[Pmalek]

Better to invest an ideal anti-virus and not just the anti-virus with your windows or any OS you are using this could add an additional layer of security including the network to prevent...

Paying a lot of money for anti virus software isn't worth it in my opinion unless you are running a big business and need that in connection with powerful firewalls, anti-malware solutions, etc., to protect your company against some of the mistakes your workforce might commit. But for home use, logic, cautiousness, and a small and healthy dosage of paranoia will keep your systems healthy because you won't even visit or do things that might infect your computer.