Electrum wallet just disappeared after a transaction

[andulolika]

Electrum is fine, blockchain.com is fine, it happend to me with blockchain.com I didn't know what to blame, just a month or two ago, i turned my pc on and entered my wallet, i was expecting a transaction and waited, i went outside to smoke so i missed everything, by when i was back everything was gone, took me 9h to see the tx.

Most probably something i installed unless i had a corrupt version of OS which I doubt, I was using ubuntu and I checked the hashes but a wrong apt-get install and you fucked.

but you should see the transaction on the chain anyhow.
edit: merit to the dude below.

[pooya87]

all those claiming to have gotten electrum from the official website should go to their browser history and confirm the exact url they downloaded from. there are many fake sites that look official and legit.

I think this is not the fake website.
https://i.imgur.com/xdrayE5.png

yes, that is the correct website but it is not the thing that you should spend time worrying about!
there are 2 and only 2 important steps which you must take to make sure you have the authentic compiled .exe file:

Step 1: Acquiring dev's PGP public key
figuring out what the real PGP public key of the real developer of this project (or any other project you want to verify) is. that can be done by asking a friend that you know or have the pub key of to sign the developer's pubkey and send it to you signed (that is what Web of Trust is all about) or if not possible at least search for multiple sources on the internet and check if all report the same public key. it can also be found on Electrum's github repository

Step 2: Verifying signature
use a PGP tool to verify the signature of the file you downloaded using the file + its signature + the public key you acquired in step 1. if the result of this step was successful then nothing else matters as long as you trust the Electrum developer.

[Abdussamad]

all those claiming to have gotten electrum from the official website should go to their browser history and confirm the exact url they downloaded from. there are many fake sites that look official and legit.

I think this is not the fake website.

in that case you can whitelist it in malware bytes. it's probably just an electrum server. if it creates trouble for you can always switch to another.

[BitMaxz]

I think this is not the fake website.

Much better check the history of your browser as Abdussamad suggested above. You shouldn't compare the properties on IDM because they can make a fake Electrum address(Punny code URL). So I suggest you go to browser history as suggested above then copy the URL and paste it here. It will show the real URL if it is Punycode URL.

If you didn't check/verify the signature of the Electrum you downloaded there is a possibility that you downloaded a fake Electrum wallet.

Try to follow this guide below to verify the Electrum.
- How to verify Electrum (for Windows, Linux and Mac)

If the result is "Bad Signature" then you are using a fake Electrum wallet.

The other thing is if your PC is infected with a hidden virus or Ransomware this virus can hide all of your files and folder. So if you have this virus this might be the reason why your wallet disappeared after using it.

Try to install Kaspersky Total security in your device and scan the whole PC.

[Abdussamad]

The other thing is if your PC is infected with a hidden virus or Ransomware this virus can hide all of your files and folder. So if you have this virus this might be the reason why your wallet disappeared after using it.

spotily is not the same person as the OP who lost money. spotily bumped up this old thread because malware bytes stopped electrum from accessing an electrum server. i think that is his/her only concern.