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.
Don't go with Pro Tools. You can certainly make due without it. Many propriortery things associated with Pro Tools that I certainly don't buy into, and it's definitely not worth looking into since you mentioned the word "free". Audacity is pretty good for being free. Give it a go. There are also many trail versions of multitrack software which you can try for free.