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Title: My friend copy his address, but when he paste it. Its different address.
Post by: cissrawk on October 02, 2017, 09:50:09 AM
Hello, so i want to know this. His real address from wallet is started with 1Kz.... He copy it but when he paste it, its change to this addres 19Y4NSiG8kkzwWjMD17euEaQ5PErpwxWkP (https://blockchain.info/address/19Y4NSiG8kkzwWjMD17euEaQ5PErpwxWkP). Is this virus? If yes, then how i can remove it?


Title: Re: My friend copy his address, but when he paste it. Its different address.
Post by: OmegaStarScream on October 02, 2017, 09:54:35 AM
This is indeed a virus, a lot of people faced this in the last a few years. This removal method should do the trick: https://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2016-020216-4204-99&tabid=3


Title: Re: My friend copy his address, but when he paste it. Its different address.
Post by: cissrawk on October 02, 2017, 10:07:33 AM
This is indeed a virus, a lot of people faced this in the last a few years. This removal method should do the trick: https://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2016-020216-4204-99&tabid=3
Thanks. I will try it.


Title: Re: My friend copy his address, but when he paste it. Its different address.
Post by: b0x0 on October 03, 2017, 11:53:14 AM
Yep, that's a virus which is being sold in dark web.


Title: Re: My friend copy his address, but when he paste it. Its different address.
Post by: cissrawk on October 04, 2017, 10:29:48 AM
Thanks guys, i finally can remove it. I use malwarebyte and it really easy to solve it. Thanks too OmegaStarScream. Since this already solved. I will lock this thread.

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