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Sorry to ask this, but I already searched this forum and Google and I cannot find an answer, so I'm hoping someone can help.
I am VERY new to bitcoin. In fact, I signed up and created an Electrum 4.0.9 wallet only today. Before I added any of money to my wallet, I wanted to see if I could earn some online. I found a website called www.faucet.bet that pays you satoshis for watching ads, taking surveys, etc. I earned a whopping BTC 0.00000028 from that website. I guess I shouldn't be sarcastic because BTC0.00000028 is A LOT more than I had yesterday or even this morning!!
I'm pretty certain I have my Electrum wallet set up correctly and that I provided the correct info to faucet.bet. However, I've recently begun receiving "High Risk" alerts from Norton 360 (2021) that indicate that "An intrusion attempt by electrum.hodlister.co was blocked." The attacking computer/URL/source address is "electrum.hodlister.co 58.89.2.21, 50002." The IPS Alert Name is "System Infected: Coinminer Activity 16" and the Traffic Description is listed as "TCP, Port 50002". I also get the following message: "Network traffic from https://electrum.hodlister.co matches the signature of a known attack. The attack was resulted from \DEVICE\HARDDISKVOLUME5\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ELECTRUM\ELECTRUM-4.0.9.EXE. To stop being notified for this type of traffic, in the Actions panel, click Stop Notifying Me. "
My question is this: Am I correct in continuing to block this "intrusion attempt" or is the intrusion attempt actually Faucet.bet trying to deposit the satoshis I earned on its website into my wallet?
And thank you SO MUCH for taking the time to answer my question!
notinthematrix
