Received a random Dropbox share with a bitcoin.js file

[tiggytomb]

Agree with all the rest, if you are not expecting anything and you get something like this just delete it and carry on about your day.

[erikalui]

Doesn't Dropbox scan the files being uploaded and shared on their website? It's surprising if they don't.

Also, don't open any files sent by unknown users and report such documents to dropbox so that they can take care of such malware.

[bcmine]

yeah it also happened to me. but thats a scam. never open any exe files downloaded somewhere from the internet. even when its scanned by antivirus it can get very bad

[ObscureBean]

Yea you should just get rid of it, no sense in putting your system at risk by opening the file. I guess though if you got an old computer/laptop you don't use anymore, you could investigate further just for fun.

[Wapinter]

Today I randomly got a dropbox share from someone named Matthew Jones that contained a bitcoin.js file. Anyone know what sort of scam is going on here? the file doesn't show anything clear. Thanks for any help.

Be careful. Examine the motivation behind this action: would you send someone a "random ass money" with no instructions? More likely this is malicious code, designed to rob you of your value.

If you are curious (and remember what curiousity did to our favorite feline), open the file in a virtual machine for further investigation.

Better you delete it.You definitely dont know the sender and his intentions,so why take risk or waste time on investigating what it contains.Even if it has coins,you dont own them so deleting wont make you lose anything

[jacktheking]

I doubts anyone will give a random Dropboxer / stranger free Bitcoin. I'd suggest you to keep it in a place but just don't open it. Who know? Sometime later, you might need it - who know what it contain? For now, just keep it and do not open.

[hatshepsut93]

I have a question related to Dropbox, my Multibit HD is storing wallet backups there, is it safe or not?

[calkob]

I also got a share at Dropbox from a user "Poloniex Inc", it was 2 windows executables with some ransomware.

Thanks for the info Pedrog   how did you check it out? inside a virtual machine?

[Jeremycoin]

I suggest you to just stay away from it, it won't harm if you ignore it right? You better learn something new to stop the curiosity of it.

[Kprawn]

They say curiosity killed the cat... You will most probably end up with a jack in the box Trojan or some malware... so I would just move it to the deleted folder and be done with it. If I wanted to

send you money, I would most certainly not do it without telling you why I did it. People sending random files to unknown recipients do it with malicious intent.. and this is one of those instances,

where you should not fiddle with unknown files.

[sbtctalk]

Are you able to submit the sample to virus total? For the spirit of analysis, are you able to host it somewhere?

[Xenophoto]

If you don't know him, just ignore that. It wouldn't hurt if you ignore that, right? Don't open it or anything. It's only common to not trust strangers on the Internet. Also if you don't open that file, nothing will happen. But if you do, then there's a possibility that your files/accounts will get stolen.

[sana54210]

Today I randomly got a dropbox share from someone named Matthew Jones that contained a bitcoin.js file. Anyone know what sort of scam is going on here? the file doesn't show anything clear. Thanks for any help.

I assume you don't know the person since you said 'someone named Matthew Jones'. It's highly likely that the file is a malware that can steal data from your pc so you'll probably be better off not touching the file at all.

If you have opened the file already, well, bad things can happen. Run anti-malware scans and set up/renew securities for all your accounts. Probably even reformat your pc just to be somehow, safe.

[LiteCoinGuy]

Today I randomly got a dropbox share from someone named Matthew Jones that contained a bitcoin.js file. Anyone know what sort of scam is going on here? the file doesn't show anything clear. Thanks for any help.

i did a google search. probably this guy. seems legit:

[unamis76]

Got this email today too. Didn't even bother checking what file was linked, but if it was the .js file then it's the one who's been doing the rounds lately, I've already got it directly in an email attachment before...

Hope these guys get nothing with these methods.

[bigasic]

I got a similar Dropbox share as well. It just stated that so and so wanted to share files with me but I didnt open them. i just opened the email but not anything else. I may have tried to open it on my phone, there is no bitcoin info on my phone, but just in case could that file infect my phone?

thanks

[bigasic]

it sounds really suss i would stay well clear and def dont download and open it...... not on a machine which holds private keys anyway.

edit: i just checked my emails and have received a similer email.  http://imgur.com/muIbFW9 What yous think? i doubt its even from Dropbox?

Mine looked almost exactly like yours did. Like I said, I didnt open it or even view it except the email, it also came from dropbox, but who knows. Glad I just deleted it..

[sbtctalk]

I am curious how do people know your Dropbox account or share in the first place?