Now that Ive had the malware described to me (read this as a bitcoin headline but didnt click), Im a bit confused. How is this any different that any other trojan that compromises a wallet and steals the keys? maybe this was a simplistic explanation, but seriously there have been programs that hijack wallet clients pretty much since bitcoin started to be worth something. I guess maybe this one can compromise multiple clients with just the one piece of code?
this one monitors the clipboard for a crypto addys and replaces it with it own, similar one. its been around for a long time, well over a year im sure, at least the btc one. im sure newer ones monitor for more.
simple solution:
get a hardware wallet for crypto that they support (trezor supports btc/eth/ltc/bcc, a couple others for example). also helps not to install alt wallets willy nilly. not to mentions pirated software in general. *nix/mac helps but they not immune to virii, contrary to what some think.