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1.  What if you bought say a used modem/router?  Then start using it.  Is it possible to get hacked very easily with this if you use a laptop and connect to the modem/router?


2.  What if you bought like a charger for your laptop?  Or what about those powerbanks that work for laptops?  Like those that connect to your laptop to give you a charge when you cannot find an outlet?  Could someone do something to it where when you connect it to your laptop, you can get malware/keylogged?


3.  What about connecting your iphone or android phone to someone's power bank?  Or what about connecting them to an outlet say at starbucks or coffeeshop?  Could someone set something up in those outlets etc?

Okay i did not know it was other electrum versions as well... thought it was only btc version of it.


The thing is this.  If you haven't used electrum in a long time, you have to agree most ppl wouldn't have a clue about this right?  I mean if someone used electrum but haven't opened it in long time and just hold their btc, you can't really fault them for seeing a message there and upgrading it right?  I know lot of ppl say its the person's fault... but if they never seen that message ever and it looks legit since its from the client, most ppl wouldnt think much of it unless they are very cautious about it right?



I didn't open my electrum for a while because of this issue as i didn't want to risk anything.

Hi only program i removed was exodus.  I just deleted exodus exe file now from my downloads to recycle bin and deleted it.


But what about electrum, electrum-ltc and electron cash?  I still have all these programs installed as it shows all of them in add/remove programs.

Does anyone know how this copy and paste issue arise from?  People say malware but from where specifically?  Does anyone know?

How did you find that electrum site?  Was it through google or electrum?  Because if you type in manually yourself


www.electrum.org


You should be fine right?

Is this wallet better or worst than nano ledger s?  Is there a reason why anyone would use any wallet besides trezor or nano ledger?

Has there been cases of this though?  I know with nano ledger s, there was a case but that seller or person who did put a preset pin.  Thus if you reset it, there would been no issue.  But has there been cases of this whether trezor or ledger nano?

Doe anyone know if this was only done to electrum users?  What about electrum-ltc? 



Also i had no idea of this but there are other electrum-dash wallets as well.  Did those get hacked as well with the version or it was only the electrum with bitcoin?



Also its been said that there was a message you need to click on to update.  So if you click on that link... what happens?  It brings to you a website?  Or did it automatically download the program?  I assume it goes to a site... then you have to still click on the link itself?  What is the site of the link?  Was it github or electrum site itself but a phishing site?  What if you downloaded the program but never opened it?  Does anyone know if you are still safe if that was the case?   Also didn't these electrum attacks started happening in late 2017?  I remember in early 2018 it was huge but i thought it started in late 2017?  When did those fake electrum wallets started happening?  That was 2017 right?  But it was this complicated and tricky hacking that happened in early 2018?

I took a look at the electrum wallets i have installed in uninstall or change a program.


Electron Cash 4.0.0


Electrum 3.3.4


Electrum-LTC 2.8.3.5



I haven't opened electrum-ltc in a long time.  I read that if electrum site and electrum-ltc, do not open any wallet where the version is below 3.3.3 right?  So i should just remove the electrum-LTC now as if i try to open it now, good chance i would get that update message to play it safe?  Thus if i want to download electrum-ltc... download it again from the site?


But what about electron cash and electrum?  But i have no purpose of using electron cash anymore.

So electrum has been out since late 2011? 



Was electrum and bitcoin core the main wallets ppl used back then in 2011 and 2012 to store their btc?  I assume it was bitcoin core... but you had to download entire blockchain and sync... then ppl went to electrum afterwards?



Was there any hacks or issues like with electrum back then like it had been not long ago with all the phishing?   Or did all this happen right when crypto got big? 

This is a huge concern for electrum users.  If someone were to open electrum after not using it a long time, aren't most ppl going to be tricked like this?  I mean most ppl who are not tech savy would probably just update it right?  More than 1/2 ppl would probably do this right without checking it out first?  Thats what im thinking.


Also when you had that update message, did you click on the link and it updated?  Thus it opened your chrome browser?  Or you had to copy and paste it to chrome to download it?  Also you can reject the update right?  If you reject it, how do you do it?  Can you ignore it?  Or is there an X to click to close that message?

I use nano ledger s now to store my btc and bitcoin cash.  I have other wallets that i use because they are not compatible with nano ledger s, so that is my only option.  Like waves and beancash.  I also had wallets that i used previously such as electrum, electrum litecoin and electron cash- i used this to claim my bitcoin cash.  I even have exodus wallet that i downloaded a while back.  With exodus, i downloaded it to see how it was like.  But then i read tons of security issues with it.  I believe i tested it out on my computer then uninstalled it.



As of now, i have no use for exodus.  I however do notice it in my download folder... as it says exodus windows 64.  But its not in my uninstall or change a program.  That means at the moment, i dont have exodus installed right?  Now if i want to completely remove exodus, i just go to my downloads folder, highlight exodus icon, delete it.  Then delete it from recycle bin?  I want to remove it permanently from my laptop.  But as of  now its not there anymore right?  Leaving the exodus windows x64 setup in the download folder does no harm?  Or best to delete it since no plans to use it ever



Also does anyone here use electron cash wallet for bitcoin cash and still use it?  I know there are ppl that say they downloaded the wallet to claim their bitcoincash, then immediately delete the wallet.  I always kept it in my computer even though there is no purpose of the wallet of me as i keep my bitcoin cash in nano ledger.  I do see it in the uninstall or change program.  So i have to uninstall it by going there and clicking it and uninstall right?  Then delete the electron cash setup that is shown in my downloads?



I also have no purpose of electrum ltc and electrum anymore.  I own no more litecoin and do not have any btc in my electrum anymore.  So i do the same... go to uninstall or change a program, and remove each one right?  Then go to my downloads and remove the electrum setup programs from downloads?  I have tons of electrum setup in my downloads like version 2.7, 2.7.8, 3.3.4 setups there.  So first delete electrum from uninstall a program, then delete every single one right?



The thing is im hesistant of opening electrum anymore because of all those issues a while back.  But right now i have no more btc in electrum.  So to make it safe, might as well remove everything electrum from it?  I did thought... hey might as well just leave electrum on my desktop because if i ever want to use it again, i can by clicking it.  But by then, there is already a new updated version of it right so i have to download new version anyway?  So you suggest me to delete all electrum setup folders now as well to be safe?  Again, i use nano ledger for btc so right now there is no purpose of me using electrum.

This coin was at 10 cent at the all time low.  Were there ppl that bought like 10000 of them or $1000 worth?  Because right now... its over 33 dollars.  So that meant 1k worth of binance coin back then is worth about 330k usd right now?



I heard about binance coin but i didnt bother with it because i thought its just an exchange coin... no purpose.  But isn't this coin like buying stock in the exchange itself like amazon? 



Did tons of ppl get rich from it?  I mean 1k usd of bnb back then is over 330k now right?  So someone with 10k worth of it and didnt sell till now has over 3.3 million usd?

What about binance and bittrex hacks?  Did any of them cause customers to lose coins or only binance and bittrex themselves?

Didn't it went from 3 cent to 30 dollar? Why did it drop back down to 1 dollar then?

Are there threads that ppl update with the incoming coins?

Are they still doing this at the moment?  So its free $25?


Now i wonder something else.  What if you asked other friends and other ppl you know to help you out on this.  Let say they don't mind.  That way they all get $25 a person.  Of course giving your privacy is not good. 

is shift still good to hold then?

Well what about those from a long time ago when btc was around 10 dollars and less?  Or when it was 1 dollar?  Surely ppl had like 500 plus or more when it was 1 dollar or less and didn't treat it like its worth anything?

Why is bittrex keep removing coins every so often?