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somehow someone or something has got into my pc and stole all my bitcoin. the thing is it managed to disable to the wallet so I didn't even know until I went to send bitcoin to exchanges and it just sat there as unconfirmed for about a day. it wasn't until I checked through the block chain and noticed that the account had been rinsed but the wallet still showed as synced and up to date.

I checked the addresses back and the bitcoin just filtered away to different address in blockchain checker

I found a Trojan in minerd for maxcoin so im guessing this is the issue. this came from a senior member on the maxcoin ann thread posting up a link to a wallet he had composed. got to try and remember where I was his post but will be checking.

the price you pay for trying to be the first to get something working

ggggrrrrraaaarrrrgghhhhhhhhhhhh so annoying!!!!

It will be good if you can post transaction Id's/bitcoin address of hacker, btw download your pc throughly with malware byets anti malware or some other AV and if you are already using av, check logs and search file names on google, maybe you can find some links.

Sounds like a personal problem to me. See my signature.

Don't come whining here again, or I will be forced to point out all the red flags in your obvious and despicable money-grab of a post.

The most obvious indicator that your post is utter bullshit is this, "someone or something". What a dipshit you are. GTFO.

Why don't you try spinning your tales on the forums for altcoins? Those people are probably less intelligent than the Bitcoin community.

Which trojan did your AV report? Many virus scanners flag mining software as a trojan because they assume  it could be part of a mining botnet.

Wow, you're a dick

He doesn't solicit donations once in his entire post.. you come off as some authority on BCT, you are not.

As to the OP, just a headsup, sometimes Malwarebytes (if that's what you're checking with) will give false positives to mining .exe like  minerd etc, I think it goes back to the days of solo mining where there were bad malicious mining software that would actually have you mining for someone else. the consensus is if you get the software from a good source that has been used a lot, you're probably fine. (although checksum/sigs are always best to have) I wouldn't use that anymore if you think that was the cause. your culprit stuff could be coming from somewhere else is my point.

I know not easy for everyone, but I always use new mining software on a separate computer from any of my good warm wallets. it's just much safer.

edit* and if you can find the exact link where you DL'd it from. make sure to post and follow-up.

Sorry to hear about your loss, but don't say you weren't warned. Newbies would be wise to stay out of the altcoin forum.

Hey halfwit your signature says "Anyone who creates a thread soliciting donations on this forum should be mocked and despised"

Where in his thread does he solicit donations????

because he removed it? I mean this forum sucks donkey balls, and the admin rather use $10 mill in donation to fck holes and smoke cracks.

Sorry for your loss bro.

Try and keep your wallet in an encrypted drive.
You can do this for free or buy software that allows you to encrypt parts of your hard drives as separate encrypted drives.
This is what I do.

Remeber, most of this malicious software target the default directory of Bitcoin and your wallet.dat.
if you move that to an encrypted drive then you are safe(r).

Sorry for your loss,

That's how brilliant these satoshi developers are,

Can't even make a secure wallet. Fucking morons.

http://www.secureworks.com/cyber-threat-intelligence/threats/cryptocurrency-stealing-malware-landscape/

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There is no cure for stupidity.

The only stupidity actually are those who build insecure wallets with massive security flaws and the sheeple like you who recommend them.

Obviously your BTC wallet should have been encrypted.
Really sorry about your loss.

Hey now, you were a noob once too you know...

Anywho, I do happen to agree that we need to have some sort of "guidelines" with the newbs.

Mac is such a small market share when you think about it. I can bet you ten bucks that if the roles were reversed, Macs would have just as many issues. Plus, who mines on macs anyways?

Hey dipshit, altcoins are essentially a part of the bitcoin community. As I support alt coins and Bitcoin.

Just because I support alt coins does not mean I am less intelligent than someone who is only pro bitcoin. Check your flawed logic buddy.

Leave your ego at the door. lol  :D

I hate to come off as a dick, but seriously, next time try to watch what you download. The altcoin subforum is the official home of people trying to steal your Bitcoins, either through pump and dumps or viruses. When you're in there you really got to watch your back no matter the OS you are doing. When you run a program as admin, you are giving that program access to your entire computer, I don't care what OS you have, or what security features you have installed, or what AV you have. This means that if your unencrypted Bitcoin wallet is stored on a computer, and by unencrypted I mean decryptable by looking at files on that computer or via keylogger, you are giving that program access to your Bitcoins, for better or worse.

Unless you trust the distributor of a program so much so that you would be willing to trust that distributor with your Bitcoins, then don't run that program on your computer with an unencrypted wallet.

It really is as simple as that. There's literally NO OTHER FOOLPROOF way to go about protecting yourself. If you want Bitcoin to be truly zero-trust, you're going to have to find some way of storing them offline.

I know I might get a lot of hate for saying this but its true. I'm sorry for your loss; lets hope it serves as a valuable learning experience.

I call it LEB. A cure for all problems related to crypto theft.

1) Linux
2) Encryption
3) Backup

When done properly - you just cannot loose your money.

wow i wasnt really expecting such a response. thanks for all the messages apart from 1 user. im trying to get a pic up that i took from my phone of the avg report when it found the trojan just so i can prove it and hopefully help other people in the future. its one of those life lessons i guess and im just going to have to deal with it.

in my anger ive wiped clean my laptop. but will get this pic up as soon as i fgure it out

I am sorry to read what happened to you!!!  :( I just released a wallet security application today, I wished I had released it earlier. :( Hopefully it will help prevent someone else from having their coins stolen. You can find out more here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=515381.0

I remember now downloading something similar for maxc ???oin and I remember now my friend saying it was a trojan and didn't give it much thought and I also got hacked yesterday and the day before I am trying to clean things up here on my pc. One dude that hacked me was from Thailand and the Other Dude was from Indonesia. Do you know from where the peeps that hacked you were from? I hope you clena up your comp and I am trying to d the same, so sorry for your loss Bro.

I'm shocked ! I figured you for a slackware groupie.

Wow! Trojan in a daemon?

Where did you download it from?

Thats why you should use Linux and compile yourself everything from source!

Tails!
It has everything you need including TOR!
And it can be portable ;)