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Especially older generations are expecting work to be a tedious manual process, they can't fathom the fact that nowadays, you can also work from home, be productive, without it being to a tedious manual process. Technology is advancing, while flexible working models have become extremely popular after Covid-19.
A few years ago, when I was a teenager, I used to trade/flip bicycle parts for profit, spending quite some time on the internet in order to find decent deals/items, my parents always brushed it of as wasting my time on the computer.
OP, just ignore all the comments and focus on your work.
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Cut one tree and plant two in its place. This is another of those and the truth is, they all help. Humans, we are both creative and destructive in nature and have altered so much about the earth's structure due to our curiosity but in all that, we are doing our best to remediate and build.
If we are to look at it, nature doesn't really needs us to save it but it could save itself. I mean, the design is so unique that it goes in circles to correct what alterations that might have been done in the past but, should we let nature save itself, its going to follow a path that might bring harm to humans.
It therefore means, in our plight to save nature, we act as facilitators an indeed save ourselves in the process.
Nature doesn't need saving, it can live without us, it'll take thousands or even millions of years to recover but eventually our footprint will have been deleted. We're the ones who can't live without it, each year, we're depleting more resources that can be produced, pollution is rapidly increasing and so is the temperature of the planet, if action isn't taken now, the future generations are doomed. On top of that, our forests, the source of oxygen, are being depleted, either by wildfires or for our own personal gain. |
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Brent Crude Oil dropped below $92 today, while WTI Crude Oil at $86. However, for obvious speculation reasons, prices at the pumps won't change in the next few days, especially now that demand is increased due to August vacations. I'm really hoping that the oil prices will stay at least below $90/barrel, but I have serious doubts whether such price can be maintained. Despite the falling gas prices, inflation is still rocking high, with no intention of slowing down.
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Today is exactly one year of my acceptance in Roobet, I'd like to thank Hhampuz and the whole Roobet team for this amazing opportunity, which helped me grow both financially and intellectually, in a difficult period of my life. I'm looking forward to another great year, filled with opportunities and challenges! Thanks again |
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Inflation is soaring across Europe while tensions between countries are running high. Ukraine with Russia, China with Taiwan, Greece with Turkey, Kosovo and Serbia, the current climate is a perfect mixture for another wide-scale war. The economic situation, along with the current state of cryptocurrencies isn't going to improve unless this madness comes to an end.
Personally, I wouldn't blame someone for selling now, investments come second if you're barely making ends meet, due to the increased living cost.
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The earth will always recover no matter what, it doesn't need saving for itself, but for us, humans, who are making life unbearable for ourselves. Plastics require years to decompose and they are filling our oceans, land and beachers, we need to preserve for the future generations, for humanity. Honestly, I was thinking of participating in a master's degree related with the preservation of the environment.
Edit: Grammar and context.
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Due to inflation and having changed to a relatively lower paying job, I've been struggling a little more lately. The best principle in saving, as OP suggested, is to think twice before buying something. Ask yourself if you really need it and if you're planning to actually use it.
Personally, I ask myself if I'm going to be needing it (a tool for instance) in the 6 upcoming months and if I could possibly find other alternatives in the future, providing that I end up needing it. That way, I've managed to evade some purchases, for instance in Lidl, which often sources tools and you're caught in the marketing trick of it not being always available for sale.
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I'm glad that someone revived this thread, I was planning to do it myself too. Prices have dropped from €2.40 down to €2.05 in my area. It's still extremely expensive but at this point, it's better than nothing. However, as Sithara007 mentioned, this is probably going to be a temporary drop in prices, since the USA is selling its oil reserves.
Since yesterday, Brent and WTI crude oil have seen major spikes in their prices, with Brent being close to surpassing $100/barrel.
I agree that this is temporary. Dont know how often fuel prices in your country change, but in mine, in winter, petrol is always more expensive than in summer. I think this is due to bioadditives in fuel. But, in summer people travel more, and it will be more profitable (and unfair) to have more expensive fuel. Anyway, little decrease is better than no price decrease. I advice you to make most of that opportunity. It's the opposite here due to the tourism season during the summer. Increased demand, increased prices. The most I had seen before the current crisis was €1.80/liter of 95 Unleaded petrol, in August. In the meantime, that would look cheap now. It's astonishing that crude oil prices saw a 2-day increase, from $94 to $99 for Brent oil, and gas prices have already increased in my area. On the other hand, it took days for it to actually drop when it had reached a new low after the war started. That's pure speculation. |
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Okay, it's been a while since I last posted on this thread, and since someone revived it, I'm going to share my latest experience with credit cards. I recently bought a motorcycle, which I paid half in cash and half with 12 interest-free installments. In that case, I find it really convenient to split the total cost of purchase in 12 smaller payments.
On top of that, I get 3% cashback in a specific gas station brand, which is decent.
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I'm not using Preev anymore but this is where I started, I just wonder why the developer is not renewing the hosting or if he can transfer to a cheaper one like Namecheap, the domain is up until 2025, two things either the developer is not interested anymore or he forgot it and is not aware of it.
Domain:preev.com
Registrar:Name.com, Inc.
Registered On:2011-06-12
Expires On:2025-01-01
Updated On:2021-12-31
It's a shame because I've been using it since I entered the cryptocurrency scene in 2013 - 2014. It was facing the exact same issue less than 2 months ago, it's actually frustrating on what's causing the owner to neglect it. For the time being, I'll be switching to myri.io, which was recommended by another poster. |
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Unfortunately, I don't have the necessary time available to back everything up and reinstall my OS, it's certainly the best option here, but I don't have the time for it. I've proceeded and deleted any extension files I've found, and will also remove any pirated software I've downloaded in the past few months.
The fake extension folder was created in 01/07/2022, so it's been in my computer for a while, there's a chance that I had downloaded something and is now deleted, but I'll be on the lookout in case it appears again.
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I'm glad that someone revived this thread, I was planning to do it myself too. Prices have dropped from €2.40 down to €2.05 in my area. It's still extremely expensive but at this point, it's better than nothing. However, as Sithara007 mentioned, this is probably going to be a temporary drop in prices, since the USA is selling its oil reserves.
Since yesterday, Brent and WTI crude oil have seen major spikes in their prices, with Brent being close to surpassing $100/barrel.
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New update! The extension auto reinstalled itself, honestly, I don't understand what's causing its installation, but certainly it's not me. I haven't deleted its files yet, because they could possibly come in handy for other users and its declaration as a malicious extension. Could it be possible that one of them includes a script to install it without your permission?   The scammer's BTC address ( https://www.blockchain.com/btc/address/16Adp6PaLTDqejGo4W4Yy8kzixgQVwFoEx)  Real BTC deposit address  Edit: Went to the extension's folder and started opening up each file, all folders feature the same files and are exact copies of each other. I honestly don't understand what's going on.  Edit 2: Okay, here's what I also found, there are two folders named "Extension" and "Extensions", the first one consists of several other folders containing the same fake Google Sheets extension, while the latter, has all the legit ones along with a fake one as well.  |
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This is very alarming and we all thought that Malwarebytes is good at combatting clipboard malware...
The OP activated Premium protection only after he discovered the malware, and I guess it's logical that MB couldn't even protect him from the infection after it happened. Of course, the question arises as to how well programs like MB and various AVs are able to detect this kind of malware and prevent it from infecting the system. I did a little research and found that Opera browser is the first to develop some kind of protection against clipboard malware and I can say that it works. After you copy the Bitcoin address, a pop-up appears with a message that the address has been copied and protected. Perhaps we can expect a similar feature on other browsers as well. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/opera-browser-working-on-clipboard-anti-hijacking-feature/Malwarebytes Premium was present when the extension was installed, however, it did nothing to protect from it. My best guess is that it's a new type of thing going on. On the other hand, Opera might be less susceptible to such extensions, however, before it happened to me, I had only heard about the copy-pasting malware. Displaying a whole new address, though, is way out of the ordinary. Maybe if you analyze the Adobe Lightroom package, or some other program you recently downloaded, you can find the source? OP mentioned that Adobe Lightroom was downloaded several days after the extension was created. It's unlikely that software is the culprit. But I would try to retrace all my steps days before the extension was created. Maybe OP was visiting some new websites or giving them certain permissions that might have installed that extension on his PC. If he downloaded a pirated app, chances are OP has done so in the past as well. I do not think this extension came from the official Google Chrome Web Store, that is probably why it was greyed out. You are right about that. This Google support article confirms that: Extensions that have not been published on the Chrome Web Store are grayed out and you won't be able to turn them back on. However, the interesting part is that greyed out extensions should also be disabled because Google mentions that if you want to use a greyed out extension, you need to contact the developer and ask them to upload it in the Chrome Web Store. In OP's case, the extension was still working even when it was greyed out. That's correct, Adobe Lightroom was downloaded after the extension's installation/creation. I can't recall if I had downloaded something else, and is now deleted. It's surprising that even though the extension was supposed to be disabled, it run perfectly fine. |
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To be brutally honest, I haven't bothered with my computer's security too much. I simply installed Malwarebytes and never fiddled with it again. The issue is that I can't recall how I possibly installed such an extension. I recently downloaded Adobe Lightroom from a pirated source, but that was a few days after the extension was created, thus, it's not associated.
On top of that, since it's not an actual virus, it's not detected by any antiviruses, nor VirusTotal. I don't know what other measures I could possibly take to make such a threat public.
I haven't found any information online about this malicious extension, so it's likely that it's relatively new. I found some similar extensions that have been used to steal user's data and they are mostly spread through illegally obtained programs (from a pirated source). Maybe if you analyze the Adobe Lightroom package, or some other program you recently downloaded, you can find the source? Neither have I, it's frustrating. I could have never imagined that I'd have a malicious extension swapping coin addresses. I'll take a look through my downloads to see if I find anything suspicious. On top of that, since it's not an actual virus, it's not detected by any antiviruses, nor VirusTotal. I don't know what other measures I could possibly take to make such a threat public.
You could start by switching from using Chrome to Firefox browser or even better Firefox fork called Librewolf browser. Next step you could take is switching from wiNd0ws to Linux os like Fedora or Debian, so you won't need to install any antivirus software that is mostly just security theater. I would avoid installing many extensions and I would be careful installing anything on my computer especially pirated software, but risk would be much lower with Linux. I would, but Chrome is synchronizing everything through my Gmail account, something I find extremely convenient. To be brutally honest, I haven't bothered with my computer's security too much. I simply installed Malwarebytes and never fiddled with it again. The issue is that I can't recall how I possibly installed such an extension. I recently downloaded Adobe Lightroom from a pirated source, but that was a few days after the extension was created, thus, it's not associated.
On top of that, since it's not an actual virus, it's not detected by any antiviruses, nor VirusTotal. I don't know what other measures I could possibly take to make such a threat public.
I can't claim that having Malwarebytes Premium would have helped in your case, but I've been using it for years in combination with a respectable antivirus package and I don't remember the last time I had problems with viruses/malware. It is possible that this malware can still get past any protections, but it is possible that some premium protection would warn you about this problem and put that file in quarantine. To begin with, try to change your browser, and then do not download any pirated content - because there is really no need for that, given that very cheap licenses for the most popular software can be found on the Digital goods board of our forum. Coincidentally, I have Malwarebytes' premium trial for the past few days, and it didn't help. |
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From what you wrote, it seems that you use certain security solutions, the only question is, do you have proactive protection when it comes to Malwarebytes and do you use any other AV besides Windows defender? There is no doubt that this malware somehow found a way to get into your computer, the only question is how?
I always rely on premium security software with an always updated OS and I don't download any suspicious files, but sometimes it seems that even that is not enough to protect against infection. From your example, maybe we can learn that we should check the extensions we have in the browser as often as possible, and that maybe we should avoid Chrome and use some other browsers like Firefox, which is much better when it comes to privacy anyway.
To be brutally honest, I haven't bothered with my computer's security too much. I simply installed Malwarebytes and never fiddled with it again. The issue is that I can't recall how I possibly installed such an extension. I recently downloaded Adobe Lightroom from a pirated source, but that was a few days after the extension was created, thus, it's not associated. On top of that, since it's not an actual virus, it's not detected by any antiviruses, nor VirusTotal. I don't know what other measures I could possibly take to make such a threat public. |
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Was this virus one of those clipboard viruses that changes the address you copy to the scammer's one? Or is this a new kind where you don't even see the real address on binance, only the scammer's ?
If it's the latter, holyshit how can someone actually protects himself from it? Since running an antivirus scan doesn't reveal anything.
Nope, it's not the well-known clipboard virus. It actually displayed the scammer's addresses instead of the actual ones. Binance's support agent was genuinely frustrated at first. This is before deleting the extension.  And this is after deleting it, displaying the address support indicated as theirs.  |
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Thank you for the warning OP. I would've never suspected the Google sheet extension to be the malware responsible for changing addresses.
btw, if an extension is grayed out doesn't that mean it's been disabled by the navigator?
This malware seems more dangerous even than the clipboard hijacker malware because it changes the actual address from source and therefore there is no way you would suspect it's been changed.
I would wipe out my computer's hard drive and reinstall the OS if I were you, though!
This time I was extremely lucky, because a few days ago I was actually planning on moving my funds from Binance in an attempt to find a better APY. Chances are, that I would have lost my money.
Damn! So my initial suspicion was correct. Yes, I think you were very lucky considering how small the amount was. For this reason, it is always a good idea to proceed each serious transaction with a smaller one to ensure that the funds will reach the intended destination. Good detective work, by the way. It is too bad you could not figure out where you downloaded the extension to your browser. Who knows, there may even be different extensions infected with malware. Does anyone know why the extension name was greyed out? My best guess is because it's not an actual functioning extension. A quick look at its main manifest.json file shows you what details it can present. If you click on any other extension, it opens up the extension or its settings (Metamask wallet opens wallet, Grammary opens up preferences etc.), the fake Google Sheets one didn't have an actual menu, thus, it doesn't have anything to open and appears grayed out.  |
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This thread is a follow-up of the previous thread I created, regarding a lost XRP deposit. For those who haven't read it and have limited time, I'll summarize. ( https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5408926.0) I tried depositing XRP from Kraken to Binance, my deposit was never credited to my account and got me frustrated, thinking I've done something wrong. After several users suggested, I contacted Binance, and they told me that this wasn't their XRP address and recommended me to install Binance's app on my phone. To my surprise, the address I had on my phone was different from the one in my computer. Same thing occurred if I tried depositing other coins, such as BTC or ETH. I was baffled, the support agent mentioned that it's probably a malware on my computer. I started with antivirus scans using Windows Defender and Malwarebytes, however, both showed no results. A few users suggested that it could be an extension on Chrome, decided to check, but nothing looked suspicious at first.  Google Sheets, Zen Mate, Ublock, Grammarly etc… Nothing suspicious, right? Except the fact that I don't recall installing the Google Sheets extension, but didn't think much of it, since I use Google services a lot (Drive, Docs, Excel), but noticed that for some strange reason, the name was grayed out, but the other extensions weren't. I deleted the extension and Binance is now showing the proper address. Upon further investigation and opening its source file, it has a Javascript code that switches coin addresses with the scammer's address. On top of that, whenever I searched the scammer's XRP or BTC address, the tab would crash.   The issue is that I don't recall installing something like this on my own, unless it popped up and accepted its installation without realizing it. The extension's folder was created on 23/07/2022, it's relatively new and can't remember if I downloaded any pirate software or what else. This time I was extremely lucky, because a few days ago I was actually planning on moving my funds from Binance in an attempt to find a better APY. Chances are, that I would have lost my money. |
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Okay, here's the latest update. As you've also mentioned, Binance has one XRP address, only the MEMO changes each time, which is assigned per user, something that was also confirmed by Binance's support agent. A quick Google search also confirms it.  That doesn't occur with the address I sent the money to. On top of that, like other users suggested, the XRP address I sent the money to has balance. The Binance agent asked me to check Binance's app to see what address it shows, to my surprise, it showed the one he had mentioned. I'm frustrated at this point, and he mentions that I possibly have a malware. I'm dumbfounded and proceed to check what address it shows if I were to deposit Bitcoin. It showed the following, 16Adp6PaLTDqejGo4W4Yy8kzixgQVwFoEx, I ask the agent to confirm if it's indeed Binance's address, but it wasn't. Of course it's not, BTC addresses are assigned per user and have no prior transactions. A quick look at a Blockchain explorer confirms that. I also checked the BTC address on the app, and it was the one the agent mentioned. https://www.blockchain.com/btc/address/16Adp6PaLTDqejGo4W4Yy8kzixgQVwFoExEdit: I don't know why, but my tab crashes each time I search the fake XRP or other coin address. Edit 2: The solution has been posted here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5409045 |
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