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Suddenly i notice that my pc is affected by bitcoin copy paste virus! When i copy my btc address it paste another address. Please give me any solution if you known. Feeling very risky for this virus! :o :o

Ooohh boy that's not good . I didn't even know there was something like this. Clean your PC asap. Do you know how you got the virus? I once had something similar years ago when I attempted to do faucets. I couldn't change the address on the faucet, and I didn't know whose address was on there. So I just stopped doing faucets. Good luck man!

Thanks for posting.
I hope lots of people read this so that we can all take the necessary caution everytime we make a transaction.
Do you have Kaspersky by any chance? I doubt the virus can get in while you use their secure browsing procedure.

This kind of topic should be pinned IMO.

It’s really threatening thanks for information mostly I use default feature of copy and paste so thT I am in assumption everything copied correctly now onwards need to reverify pasted address before that need to clean the system it’s very much needed awareness in community.

it seems that your pc is infected try to uninstall your browser or the bitcoin wallet application if any that you are using.. look for more beter ant-virus for your pc. Have time to double check your transaction every now then . Thanks for the info you shared.cheers!

The commercial Anti-virus software with Malware protection can detect and kill most of these infections. Our IT department use a variety of commercially available anti-virus software like Kaspersky and Trend and McAfee and all of them destroy most of these infections.

The FREE Anti-virus software like AVAST has also been used to eliminate some of the nasty things that are doing the rounds.

Hope this is helpful. If everything fails, use a bootable version of the Tails OS to boot your computer and then do your Bitcoin things in a clean OS environment.

I didn't even know such type of virus existed  :-\ Thanks mate, for posting this thread.
It really creates an awareness in the common people. All of you should look for such kind of infection in your PCs.
Try to clean you PC with an anti malware program such as MalwareBytes or ZAM (Zamana Anti Malware). It looks like a malware program to me but can be something else too.

I heard also that there is a copy paste bitcoin address virus that attacks by spreading trojan horse to your computer, we must all aware of this virus if you don't want to send your coins to another address mostly bigger transaction, always be cautious in using free and suspicious software, email and browser extension as the viruses can spread easily in just one run, always use paid, premium and authentic antivirus to your PC always scan the software's that you are downloading, beware of pirated and cracked software's and if the antivirus fails to do so reformat right away.

Woah, it's good that you noticed it pasted a different address. Please be careful. If you have been affected by something like this then you could have other stuff in your computer, such as a keylogger. Run different antiviruses and see if that helps.

Other than that, I suggest you consider using Linux. Ubuntu, in particular, is easy to install and is really easy to use. You can run it alongside Windows as well. It's not bulletproof, but these kinds of viruses can't penetrate it easily.

The creator of that virus is too dumb to at least don't think that the virus is really obvious and can easily be noticed. Lucky for you that you have noticed it early. Check your Task Manager and look for Process and check if there is any suspicious exe ( some of the virus exe plays as a svchost.exe which is a very sensitive exe of Windows--if you are using windows--) or the better way is to download an Antivirus, run your computer on safe mode and Fully scan your computer.( again, if you are using windows).

that's not good, sorry for you but before panicing, listen to us.. i want to suggest you to download Hyrens cd iso, it's the best and complete solution to find and clear any virus/malware/adware.
The peculiarity of this software is that is working offline, so all the windows services are not running (it's called cold scan); in the hyrens website there are tons of tutorial how to use it and what to do.
This is for everyone and not just you, that's the best piece of software created for this kind of stuffs.

I assume that you are on Windows.
Download AVIRA rescue system (you can do this even from the infected PC!) and burn it to a CD.
Then boot from the CD and disinfect your system. It has English interface too which you have to select by hand, since when I've use it, it used to start in German :-/

The AVIRA link is https://www.avira.com/en/download/product/avira-rescue-system
There are other rescue systems, you can google for them. Kaspersky is slow imho, but here it is: https://support.kaspersky.com/4162

Disclaimer: my computers were never infected yet with this particular virus, so I don't know which of the rescue system actually cleans it (and how good).

This virus is not new but only careless people will be victimized by this virus, of course you should double check the address of the receiver before sending bitcoin to it. Since I didn't experienced having this virus the only thing I can recommend to you is you should install the best AV and scan your computer for malware and antivirus frequently. Btw this topic is already discussed here in the forum, I found this old thread maybe you can find a solution to your problem https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1841658.0

Oh its first time I heard such virus thats pretty alarming dude thanks god havent got same on my pc anyways I always double check all my entries before proceeding on next step when doing btc transaction. You better go to service center soon and give your pc a total clean up to make sure virus would gone.

Sorry to say this, but if you've been compromised this far, it would probably best if you go for a reformat. Antiviruses are far from perfect, and there may be other infections you don't know of.

Oh that is not good. I recommend to clean your pc asap. By any chance did you download something over the net? It can be a malware or something. People nowadays wanted an easy money resulting in doing shitty things to other people. I suggest to avoid unconfirmed websites or malicious programs then have your computer clean. Either reformat it so it will be good as new then have a decent anti virus. Back then what i used is deepfreeze where everything will be back to normal every restart. Keep safe. That is hard earned money right there, you dont want that to get to the wrong people.

I have heard of such virus and it might affect ETH address too. It is better to clean your PC and if possible to reformat the pc. Stay safe and always check the address you paste.

I am happy for you that you are seeing it before you made the transaction. I have read about several cases like this and someone close to me lost about 1btc because of this scheme where the money will go to another address and the party that sent coins will be expecting confirmation from the recipient while the recipient will be expecting that the amount should have been sent already. That is why I am always cross checking the address I am sending into even if its to my own other wallets or someone I know to randomly check the numbers and alphabets against the one copied before sending the coins. Its very key at this time for one to always be extra careful.

This is the first time that I've heard of this. I don't know that such virus exists! Be extra careful. Christmas is near and hackers and thieves are very active nowadays. The other address that appears hen you paste your BTC address maybe the address of the creator of the virus. I'm not a techy person and I know limited knowledge about it. I cannot advise anything but just be careful and clean your computer and download anti-virus software.

This is not good at least you noticed early. With the amount of stuff we do on the Internet with bitcoin it could be very easy to pick up a virus like this.

I also play faucet! But I can not accurately say what the real reason of this virus.

I already used avast and avira both antivirus.  after scanning all viruses have been deleted but it could not solve it!

Can i use Linux and windows same time in my pc? I don't know how to use both at a same time! 

I don't use any commercial anti-virus software. I used many antivirus and malware protection free version, such as Avast, Avira, malwarebyt, etc. but i did not find out any solution of this problem.

This tutorial might help you setting this up https://www.google.com.ph/amp/s/www.pcworld.com/article/252939/installing_windows_and_linux_on_the_same_computer.amp.html hope you fix issues soon

Just stop downloading random stuff and visiting websites you don't trust. You can get by without a antivirus but they are always recommended for extra precautions.

free antivirus are good but i would like to ask to the OP if he tried the iso file i've pointed out couple of post back.
Instead of using free antivirus, i would suggest you to activate and keep updated the embedded Windows Defender, so far it's the best piece of software you can find to protect your pc, it works flawlessly without any issue even on old machines.

Wow. What a news. Thank you for creating the topic on the forum. This is very useful information. I will be extremely attentive further. And I advise you to cheat the computer from various garbage. It can accumulate a lot and in such places that you will not find. :o

Also affected

Can anyone who has been affected by the virus post the address it is trying to use so we can have a look on the blockchain to see how many BTC are moving to the addresses to gauge an idea of how big an issue it is?

I have encountered a problem like you are a form of stealing property through address if you do not pay attention. You may have downloaded some software and it has a virus. You should reinstall the operating system and stop downloading the free software if you do not want to lose money.

This virus has been in existence years ago, I don't know why you guys still haven't heard of this copy paste virus.

So its everyone's responsibility to keep your computer safe and not to click anything you see online. And to have a updated antivirus. You can check this previous thread:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1841658.0

Just be careful. Those hackers are really targeting crypto's more than ever. Better yet do a re-format just to be sure. And it you are getting a anti-virus, I recommend Kaspersky.

Yeah I also had the same problem in my laptop. But now I am not using it. my laptop got infected when I tried the bitcoin generator software which promises 1 btc if you pay 0.06 btc. After that what I used to do is when ever I copy the btc address, I just copy half of the address first and then paste it and after that copy the next half and paste it. Or I used to add extra words on the right side of the address before copying and after pasting, I delete the extra word .

What a Great idea! This is the proper solution to me . I like your solution. Thank you

thank you for informing us about this kind of virus i read about this virus before but not in pasting bitcoin address it is program script virus like auto run maybe you can blocked this using antivirus then enable the blocking all the script from your computer that function of blocking script is available in all major antivirus software like smadav. 

I also met the same problem. I've tried a lot of methods. It will be useful to format your computer and Web browser. Especially spyware has occupied everyone's computer.

that is very bad, a friend of my was once got the copy paste virus did not know how he got that, luckily he only sending a small amount of Bitcoin and he ended up reinstalling his OS, this is why everytime I want to send I always checked the first 3 digit and 3 digit in the middle and the last 3 digit of the address, and I always make it as habit only to make sure

Tremendously interesting proposition. It has some fishy parts.  I shall analyze.

It did already exist since last year which this virus or malware do infect your pc and once you do copy your address and paste it and it show different address then your computer is already infected. Lucky for OP he did able to notice such thing but most people who do got victimized on this one did make such mistake on carelessly sending amounts into another wallet address and later on they did realize such mistakes. This is why always check or review on the address you do input.For now my best suggestion is to clean up your pc make a scan of your antivirus.If it still persist then do a complete reformat.

Luckily you manage to spot the BTC address pasted was wrong.

I suggest you to reformat your computer and reinstall the operating system. After that, get an antivirus to secure your computer.

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