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Title: Think I clicked on phishing link. what to do?
Post by: LTCesk on May 09, 2013, 12:14:13 AM
as title says. I just got an e-mail with this : 
Dear MMC Miner,
                                                                                                                 
You or someone claiming to be you has requested a password reset for your account at mining.mainframe.nl DONT CLICK ON THIS LINK
and were successfully able to authenticate themself with the email address and 4 digit pin you chose when registering your account.

Thing is I have never mined MMC, nor do I reqognise the link. But ofc I click it right away anyway... What can happen now? I have encrypted all of my wallets so they wont be getting anything from them


Title: Re: Think I clicked on phishing link. what to do?
Post by: binaryFate on May 09, 2013, 12:22:34 AM
Likely, absolutely nothing. Likely only, because if you have an old version of your browser they could exploit a vulnerability. Even in this case, the worst that can happen is they take your wallet files, but if you are sure they were encrypted you are safe. Scan for malware trojan virus, if you have any doubt.

Usually these attacks aim at making you thinking you are on usual website, so you enter your login info. If you just click and do not write anything, I would say that you should not worry.


Title: Re: Think I clicked on phishing link. what to do?
Post by: LTCesk on May 09, 2013, 12:25:56 AM
Awesome! Thanks for reply, now I can go to bed without worries :) gn m8! In way I actually benefited from this! Lesson learned, dont click on random links claiming you should know them