Beware of Increasingly Sophisticated Malware Infection Attempts

[TannerChandler]

Hello i want to ask a question a little bit of the topic and my question is about etherdelta and my etherwallet is it safe to use now i hope it is secure but i want to make sure of that.

[CiCoin]

I am new and bought Kaspersky for my PC, is it enough, also I added Kaspersky to my android phone too. what are the best ways for prevention against malware? Thank you.

[FrankLawley]

I've never had my browser hijacked like this. That is unless we count AMD's user surveys they keep imposing on us after a driver install

[R4ptor]

pretty scary stuff. just shows you need to protect your computer and phone properly

[abhi900]

Great Information. Thanks a lot

[cp3mc]

Thank you for the awareness and we will be more careful using the forum and not to fall a victim of Malware infection.

[uzitgc]

i didn`t encounter similar problems, but thanks will be kept in mind that this is possible. Fortunately, i got on this topic and im against installing third-party software on my computer...

[Cuem]

Good read guys! Thanks for the info

[Agrabah]

Thank you for being very informative.I wish you all to be careful and to disable potentially dangerous services in Windows

[jdoi]

Thanks for the great information. Although it is impossible to find and document everything (due to 0days) it would certainly be helpful to list the findings and sources in a single place (like this thread, but if OP is amenable, maybe a new one with just the list of software found to be infected - if there is enough data). It is not just the wallets, but many mining softwares are (possibly wrongly) categorized as viruses. But there are always some new forks, updates and binaries being released with claim for better efficiency/performance. While this may be true, it would also be easy to inject code in such software. While it sounds like a tall order, it'd be helpful to have something like that scrutinized, because that that sounds like another vector of attack that could be exploited, and in effect render the machine with all the wallets in attackers hands - assuming both are on same machine. (I usually only have wallet address on any rig, and wallet on another machine(s))

[Jena Tran 189]

Anyone of you encountered the ransom cryptolocker? I heard about it not long ago

[linhphieudb]

Can anybody help me with the question: If I get hijacked, they do not have the 2FA code they can get into my account? please help me answer
thank you !

[OMALLEY-CRYPTO]

Can anybody help me with the question: If I get hijacked, they do not have the 2FA code they can get into my account? please help me answer
thank you !

Depends, usualy they would need to obtain and use your 2fa code before it resets to the next code.  So if for instance you was on localbitcoin, set up a transaction, your screen freezes, then are redirected to a log on page requiring your 2fa code, I would not put it in, as this is a hack, and will give the 2fa code via a fishing page or other exploit, that will then be used to release the funds, while your screen is froze.

[OMALLEY-CRYPTO]

Anyone of you encountered the ransom cryptolocker? I heard about it not long ago

Yep I remeber well
The FBI notice one!

Lucky comodo had that covered with backup and endpoint scan

[sudnokpok]

Yea, be carefull what are you opening. I had problem once hardly i fixed it. This malware infections are very dangerous. Every miner should know that.

[DUCAT COIN]

They are not only getting stronger but smarter. What i don't under stand is why the POS wallets can't be coded so that it doesn't come up as a trojan. This is opening up a gate
way for potential hackers/scammers to get access to your crypto/info/pc and you as the staker don't really have a choice but to turn off your fire walls to make a buck.

[groggin]

They are not only getting stronger but smarter. What i don't under stand is why the POS wallets can't be coded so that it doesn't come up as a trojan. This is opening up a gate
way for potential hackers/scammers to get access to your crypto/info/pc and you as the staker don't really have a choice but to turn off your fire walls to make a buck.

  don't turn the firewall off, add an exception in the firewall for the program (wallet) that you want to run/connect

[indiejeff]

i will share this to all of my mates here in bitcointalk keep safe everyone

[thepen]

Thanks for the detailed warnings.

[Hynerlukas]

I'd like to add the bitcoinwisdomapp.com to the blacklist. It's a keylogger behind it.

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