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December 29, 2020, 07:48:24 PM
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History shows I visited electrum.org.in   so Beware!!!!!!

I ran some antivirus software and deleted Electrum.   Is there anything else I should do, or anything else that can be done?

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December 29, 2020, 11:29:54 PM
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History shows I visited electrum.org.in   so Beware!!!!!!

I ran some antivirus software and deleted Electrum.   Is there anything else I should do, or anything else that can be done?

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It's safe to assume your BTC is gone. I hope it wasn't a big amount. Your machine is also likely infected.

I would recommend:
  • Marking your seed as unsafe (but don't actually discard it, in case you need to reference it in future).
  • Format your hard drive and do a fresh installation of your OS.
  • Change passwords on your email addresses and any other accounts you logged into on that machine. Enable 2FA whenever you can.
  • Start fresh. Don't re-use any of the old seeds or private keys. Don't re-use any passwords.

Most importantly, pay close attention to whatever you're downloading and where that download is coming from.

If you hold any BTC (or any other crypto currency) in any other wallets that you accessed on this machine, they could also likely be compromised. I would transfer them to a secure wallet ASAP.

One lesson to be learned here is to always verify the GPG signature of the tool you are going to install or run. If it doesn't match, don't open the file. Electrum's official download page links you to resources on how you can verify the signature: https://electrum.org/#download
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December 30, 2020, 12:24:27 PM
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History shows I visited electrum.org.in   so Beware!!!!!!

I’m really sorry that things like this happen, and it’s actually so easy to prevent them. I checked the link, but Firefox has already blocked it and marked it as a deceptive page - so the good news is that everyone who uses Chrome, Firefox and Brave (probably some other browsers) will be warned of the danger.

Listen to the advice of Evilish, and be much more careful in the future, scammers are everywhere and profit precisely on people who are not aware of how dangerous the internet is.

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