VIRUS WARNING @ Lucky7coin MEGA Download site
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VIRUS WARNING @ Lucky7coin MEGA Download site
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VIRUS WARNING @ Lucky7coin MEGA Download site
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Just to give everyone a heads up warning:
I had a pc roasted heavily (fully disarmed/disabled Kaspersky Anti-Virus with strong password protection enabled) in no time flat, just after installing and running the Lucky7 Qt for Windows from which was obtained by way of the MEGA download site. Likely a Zero Day Virus from what I can gather.
This occurred just a few moments after downloading the Lucky7 Windows Qt Client from the link given for the MEGA Download site. Just after I began to run the Lucky7 Windows Qt Client.
By this time that super stable dedicated miner suddenly acted weirdly. That's when I noticed Kaspersky wasn't in the taskbar anymore, and wasn't in the Task Manager either. Right then I knew that PC was overtaken by someone.
I informed Lucky7 at their site through a post. They apparently ignored that. And apparently moderated that post from what I can gather, and didn't bother to reply to me by e-mail either.
I suggested to use the secure
https://github.com/lucky7coin/lucky7coin for the Lucky7 Windows Qt Client but for whatever reason this didn't occur to them in the 1st place even though that is where the source code is parked. Seems odd to do that to me but whatever.
The whole thing has left me with extreme doubts about Lucky7 too.
MEGA for many reasons is a site I wont download anything from. Never did until this occurred.
My instincts are usually accurate and I only wish I had followed them here as well.
For those that have already downloaded from MEGA the Lucky7 windows Qt you may want to verify your pc is not fully compromised, and also if that pc is networked (what are you thinking???) that possilby your entire network is not compromised as well. That may prove impossible in the event this is a Zero Day Virus so beware of that. I am no virus expert, not even remotely so. But I know a little bit, just enough to know it's best to isolate, securely wipe the entire hdd(s), as well as do that all properly or not even bother with it.
Since this took out what is one of the very best Anti-Virus Apps available and that had it's settings at extremely strong settings in no time flat, all while I was utilizing a Secure VPN I would assume what hit that pc was a Zero Day Virus from MEGA, or from Lucky7. Sure it could have been something else but not at all likely.
At any rate my instincts kicked in swiftly. I shut down the pc. Unplugged the a/c cord from the power supply to kill the memory. Reset the CMOS. Pulled that hard drive. Securely wiped it. Then re-cloned it, and updated everything. Big Bummer but it's all over now.
I had forgotten to post here by about a day. I gave Lucky7 a head up first with a one day advanced warning so that they could take care of this issue before announcing this here. O well. That alone troubles my instincts even further.
In closing I will sign off with what I recently adopted as my closing message at bitcointalk.
Caveat empore