WARNING, WALLET STEALER!!!

[meee]

Thanks for the warning, the Same guy is at the Litecoin forums trying to steal wallets. I've warned the Litecoin community.

Good work, thanks for helping to spread the message, about all we can do.

[meech73]

Running any third party software that involves your wallet is STUPID, no other word for it.

If you are ignorant enough to use 3rd party software involving your wallet, you DESERVE to be ripped off.



~BCX~

I never understood why people blame the victim. Grow some empathy for fuck sake.

[KingGoon]

Running any third party software that involves your wallet is STUPID, no other word for it.

If you are ignorant enough to use 3rd party software involving your wallet, you DESERVE to be ripped off.



~BCX~

I never understood why people blame the victim. Grow some empathy for fuck sake.

some think because it doesnt get flagged by anti virus its safe 

[Damnsammit]

Yeah I think you're dead right it is a tough one... I wonder too if there is a happy medium, I reckon it is probably not possible because really anything connected to the internet is a risk. It looks like if you are storing coins cold storage is the best bet and then maybe have some in your normal wallet to play around with.

I think I will get to work on making a cold storage thread on my forum. Do you know if armory id available for other coins or is it just BTC?

I don't think Armory is available for any altcoins, just Bitcoin.

Thread with a little discussion on it from the developer of Armory:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=187835.0

[MisO69]

Running any third party software that involves your wallet is STUPID, no other word for it.

If you are ignorant enough to use 3rd party software involving your wallet, you DESERVE to be ripped off.



~BCX~

I never understood why people blame the victim. Grow some empathy for fuck sake.

Until it happens to them, then they cry bloody murder.

[maursader]

So there you have it folks. Use a brainwallet next time. Or, a trusted exchange with 2FA.

[cottonpaper]

Is there any precaution to avoid this malware?

Yep.

Scan whatever you download if it has not been verified clean by other members of the forum here.
Edit2: Here's a link for individual file online virus scanning: https://www.virustotal.com/ for that purpose.

how to use virustotal.com to scan a wallet before you download?  do you have to download it first and then scan?

[atp1916]

Is there any precaution to avoid this malware?

Yep.

Scan whatever you download if it has not been verified clean by other members of the forum here.
Edit2: Here's a link for individual file online virus scanning: https://www.virustotal.com/ for that purpose.

how to use virustotal.com to scan a wallet before you download?  do you have to download it first and then scan?

I DL the object in a win7 VM and scan it there. No need to open it, just scan the entire thing. 

That way, if it indeed is a virus it only blows up the VM.  I just restore the VM to the clean image.

[xnu]

Feel so bad about this and don't really know if we can do anything. Is there? Can we do anything?

You should write to police if they have department which research sybercrimes. Usually they should have. They can find this man, but process is comlicated here.

[Revelations86]

Sorry to hear about the loss.     I'm sure with the advent of crypto currency, we'll probably have some form of a global Crypto police out there in a matter of years. 

[Zisef]

Oh boy, why would he do such a thing. He was just fishing for newbs :/ Sorry about your luck.

[ethought]

I highly suspect this guy is using a keylogger.

So once you do anything with your wallet and type in your password he has it. Then he downloads your wallet and has the encryption password - end of story.

[KingGoon]

I highly suspect this guy is using a keylogger.

So once you do anything with your wallet and type in your password he has it. Then he downloads your wallet and has the encryption password - end of story.

site:bshades.eu "All4coins"  
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=site%3Abshades.eu+%22All4coins%22

[cof]

winning negative money is fun. doge doge!

[Artlover]

Running any third party software that involves your wallet is STUPID, no other word for it.

If you are ignorant enough to use 3rd party software involving your wallet, you DESERVE to be ripped off.

~BCX~

I never understood why people blame the victim. Grow some empathy for fuck sake.

Until it happens to them, then they cry bloody murder.

Except it won't happen to them, because they have common sense.

It wasn't a mistake on the users part, it's not a clever con by the scammer; it's people just being ignorant.

Your digital wallet is the same as the physical wallet in your pocket. Your wallet address is the same as your bank account number.

Why and how on earth could anyone even begin to think that it would be safe to run a 3rd party program from someone you don't know on your computer that requires that sensitive information? I mean, really, if someone released a chat client that required you to enter your bank account #, would you do it? If you would, you're dumb as a sack of rocks. This is exactly the same thing. Unknown unofficial 3rd party software + wallet address = SCAM. No ifs, ands, buts or exceptions about it.

The only thing you run on your computer regarding your wallet IS your wallet. That is it, nothing else. Except maybe an auto-trade script, and that is ONLY if you write the script yourself.

Its seriously pretty darn sad that this needs to be explained to people at all. Makes me wonder what else needs to be explained to some people. Don't wash your eyes with bleach. Don't take a nap in the middle of an intersection. Don't lick an electrical outlet. Don't buy a Rollexx for $50 from that guy out of his trunk. Your welcome!     

I don't even understand what the interest in this was anyways. Like there aren't enough legitimate chat clients out there that everyone can use safely for free that don't require such information.

I never understood why people blame the victim. Grow some empathy for fuck sake.

It's called personal responsibility.

~BCX~

Exactly. When someone chooses to fore go common sense and do something that is very dumb, anything that happens ultimately becomes their responsibility.

[kalus]

wait





that wasn't the Wallet Inspector!