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Bitcoin => Bitcoin Technical Support => Topic started by: shagz413 on December 05, 2017, 11:11:53 AM



Title: Need help recovering unspent funds.
Post by: shagz413 on December 05, 2017, 11:11:53 AM
Hi, just want to confirm whether ive been hacked or some else.  Few days ago..  Ill make it quick, I sent .015 to my Jaxx wallet from Coinbase.  Then sent .009 to sb.io site. Loads ok.  From there hour last i send the rest to what i thought was same address but shortly after sending realized it was were diff. 

SB.io address i sent to
1FwBZu9Vy2HTXEaPrtyjxfQb2ND6d2yWJX

Hour later i send .0059 rest of funds.  Somehow this address
1FwBy7KDaVof1jX89vHDqHSo86Z6pGrqtg Got used.  Swore i was pasting the address again.  Now its sitting in address woth unspent outputs any ideas?

Its late but ill post any other info u need, thx


Title: Re: Need help recovering unspent funds.
Post by: LoyceV on December 05, 2017, 12:12:41 PM
yours: 1FwBZu9Vy2HTXEaPrtyjxfQb2ND6d2yWJX
wrong: 1FwBy7KDaVof1jX89vHDqHSo86Z6pGrqtg
I think your computer has a Copy-Paste Virus For Bitcoin (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1841658.0).
The virus changes your address while copying, and uses an address with the same starting characters so it looks the same. For that reason you shouldn't just check the first characters, but also the last, and a few in the middle too.

The "unspent outputs" are normal in Bitcoin, it will be unspent until the virus-maker decides to use it. Your money is gone.

You should consider your computer compromised: backup, format and reinstall.