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Lieji

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Quote from: ameer1367 on November 28, 2013, 07:19:48 PM

just now 1.49 BTC was stolen from me. this is why bitcoin is not safe.

my account was on blockchain. i had a very long password with randomized characters letters capital and so own.
i had google authenticator. and yet they compromised 1.49 btc(all my bitcoins)

im fuking sad. i feel lik the bitcoin world spit me out like a loser.....

Sorry for your loss.
Most like a keylogger that takes your password.

eternaluniverse

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put linux on a sd card or usb and format it so you run it off the removable device. Can use any wallet client. Make the wallet offline, write down address.

don't plug in your removable device in unless computer is off, make a copy of it on a fresh install of linux and keep 2nd copy in a bank deposit box or a very safe place.

use that address to receive pool payouts, lock that address to your pool acc (slush pool offers this).

only log in and connect to internet to make a transfer.

BTC_GHD

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Sounds like a key logger but who knows sorry for the loss

bitcoinminingnow

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reinstall OS

Speaker

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Quote from: Minecache on November 28, 2013, 07:57:11 PM

Quote from: Speaker on November 28, 2013, 07:22:19 PM

Be smart with your shit. You had a keylogger and rat clearly on your shit. That is your fault. You can put all the security you want on anything but the best security is your brain.

But I don't mean to be hard on you, I went through something very very similar. Lost 3 bitcoins within the first month of me buying them many months ago due to my wallet.dat file being straight up stolen.

How was your wallet stolen? It would help us noobies if you expanded answers so others can learn from others mistakes. No? Huh

Well the wallet is a file called wallet.dat in your appdata folder (Windows vista, 7, Cool

and it can be taken if you're dumb enough to get some malware. It can be used on any computer without a problem if taken. They copied mine and deleted I guess. Such a pain in the ass.

Just know this, NO anti-virus is perfect. None. Viruses can be encrypted to go pass the virus scanner. I find them stupid anyway since the greatest anti-virus is your brain. I mean some things will just happen by accident like ransomware on a shitty torrent site or something but I rather not spend the $10(?) a month for something I feel is useless if you're smart.

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Quote from: ameer1367 on November 28, 2013, 08:37:36 PM

no i had firewall. antivirus, vpn, and i surf standard on proxy. so in my mind i am anonymous.... but guess not. going to buy avalon in hand tomorrow for a good price. hope to mine back what i lost. and this time cold storage. i guess no online wallet is secure enough. any tips what cold wallet is the best? and how to combine it with deposit to other people when i want to spend??

Which anti-virus software do you use?. McAfee and Norton are pretty much crap imho, heavy resource hungry rubbish who's realtime protection is meh. I use ESET Nod32, very cpu/memory efficient, very good at blocking anything dodgy, especially when surfing different websites soon as it sniffs out something dodgy, be it a dodgy page or a dodgy ad it blocks it and lets you know.

Speaking of ads, its defo worth using adblock plus in whatever browser you use, not only does it get rid of annoying ads, but also blocks off ads with malicious code.

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Quote from: zvs on November 28, 2013, 08:39:38 PM

i don't run anti-virus software.. damn shit is a nuisance

just remember that java is evil

i use norton internet security and it doesn't bother me much. i have no idea whether it's of any use to me though.

zvs

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https://web.archive.org/web/*/nogleg.com

i don't run anti-virus software.. damn shit is a nuisance

just remember that java is evil

beetcoin

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Quote from: ameer1367 on November 28, 2013, 08:37:36 PM

no i had firewall. antivirus, vpn, and i surf standard on proxy. so in my mind i am anonymous.... but guess not. going to buy avalon in hand tomorrow for a good price. hope to mine back what i lost. and this time cold storage. i guess no online wallet is secure enought any tips what which one is the best? and how to combine it with deposit to other people when i want to spend??

armory is supposedly the best, but i didn't need the extra features so i like electrum.

ameer1367

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no i had firewall. antivirus, vpn, and i surf standard on proxy. so in my mind i am anonymous.... but guess not. going to buy avalon in hand tomorrow for a good price. hope to mine back what i lost. and this time cold storage. i guess no online wallet is secure enough. any tips what cold wallet is the best? and how to combine it with deposit to other people when i want to spend??

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Thought blockchain was pretty much as tight as a ducks arse?!? Undecided

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Terminated.

Sorry for your loss, but this was a mistake on your end.
Using a possibly compromised system.

beetcoin

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Quote from: ameer1367 on November 28, 2013, 08:26:31 PM

i was logged in already. and suddenly i was logged of.
they routed blockchain to other website. so i thought i was still on blockchain. and trying to log back in. they got all the shit they fuking needed. so me there trying to login. i got mail waller withdraw........fuck.
i checked with wireshark and it was indeed DNS reroute to other IP adress.

- going to reinstall All OSes in my network.
- change my static provider IP

problem with blockchain is its open as hell. you can follow every transaction to every wallet and see how much they have in there. and little more knowladge you can even track the user which is logged in the wallet.

look up electrum, multibit, or armory.. then you won't have to worry about anyone jacking your assets. for an newbie user, it takes maybe an hour or 2 to figure out, but in the end it'll save you a lot of worrying.

ameer1367

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i was logged in already. and suddenly i was logged of.
they routed blockchain to other website. so i thought i was still on blockchain. and trying to log back in. they got all the shit they fuking needed. so me there trying to login. i got mail waller withdraw........fuck.
i checked with wireshark and it was indeed DNS reroute to other IP adress.

- going to reinstall All OSes in my network.
- change my static provider IP

problem with blockchain is its open as hell. you can follow every transaction to every wallet and see how much they have in there. and little more knowladge you can even track the user which is logged in the wallet.

beetcoin

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i never use windows to log into my blockchain account.. way way too risky. windows is a dirty o/s with lots of vulnerabilities.

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I'm also sorry for your loss.

Can you elaborate on what OS you used?
It does sound as if your own machine could be the issue.

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Sorry for your loss. Reinstall your OS.

Good trick is test everything with small BTC sums to check if your system is clear.

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Really unfortunate =/ but what kind of two-factor authenticator were you using? If you use something on your phone which generates a random number with 6 digits every ~20 seconds, it takes a lot for a keylogger to monitor your screen all day waiting for you to type in the authenticating code.

ameer1367

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yeah probably it was my pc. but its weird. i have firewall. i have vpn. i have fuking all the security you can imagine. i have to probably reinstall all my client in network. not trusting my shit after this anymore. now that i see how easy it is to hack wallets. im wondering which way is easier to earn. to mine or to hack...

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I would suggest doing a virus scan and checking if you were password was keylogged or something. BlockChain is a pretty secure wallet.

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