Some users have recently had their accounts hijacked. It seems that the now defunct EVGA forums might have compromised your password there and seems many are using the same PW here. We would suggest you UPDATE YOUR PASSWORD and TURN ON 2FA for your account here to further secure it. None of the compromised accounts had 2FA turned on.
Once you have enabled 2FA, your account will be updated soon to show a badge, letting other members know that you use 2FA to protect your account. This should be beneficial for everyone that uses FSFT.
I think in your situation since you have a 4th gen you might be on a budget so try going on the used market place route, i.e facebook marketplace or ebay etc and get a used creative x-fi pcie x1 card (any variant, they all produce decent quality, im also using the sound blaster sb1040 with my...