Are all airdrops safe?

[Gaius Cryptus Tradius]

Oh wow, I have never thought of that. The greed of some people might actually make them vulnerable to viruses on the downloaded wallets

[Opnsrc]

One day I decide not to participate in airdrops (maybe only the best one). And just to buy coins after it go to exchanges. Or when it will dump so I can buy cheaper than ICO price.

[ratatuykun]

Airdrops are safe if you do not download wallets with troyans or go to shady websites. Also, do not provide personal information to airdrops. Main problem with airdrops: no liquidity for tokens. ICO's pay exchanges for listing, airdrops usually has no money to pay exchanges.

[freedomsr40]

Airdrop itself is quite safe. of course you have to deal with tax issues but it will not harm you more than that. Otherwise you need to be careful about your credentials and any downloads, they are be stolen/infected.

[dolan564]

airdrops are safe as long as you don't get an airdrop from an unknown project that requires you to download some phishy wallet. I've received airdrops and nothing wrong happened.

[HardFireMiner]

If you need to install something not trustful, install it on a PC run from a virtual CD with no HDD connected, install it on a flash memory card, which contains nothing of value.

Anyway, there are little non-scam airdrop, so staying away from any might be a solution as well, participating in a scam airdrop will make huge loses, if not for you, for somebody else, so staying away is an option for those who cares about their principles and morality.

[udidrone]

i always avoid airdrops that require us to download their wallets. sometime it contain virus and will be bad for us. or you can try to use virtual computer

[stronghands4lyfe]

Thanks all for the answers I have learned a lot just now

If the airdropped coin is already listed on an exchange and it allows you to have the coins dropped on your exchange address, it is perfectly safe.

If it is a token on a network like eth or waves, it is perfectly safe.

If it requires you to download a specialized wallet, be very careful!

This is a great summary of all kinds of drops. Thank you kindly everything is crystal clear now and I feel safe moving forward!