Topic: Beware of Clipboard Virus! - page 2. (Read 595 times)

No bro, you should use one, window defender is good, but its virus definition sometimes is limited, its defending windows from crashing or being affected with virus and in my own experience, its protecting against boot sector virus only. Other types of virus might pass unnoticed by it as far as it doesn't affect the OS.
There are other types of virus, to mention but a few namely:

• web  scripting virus
• polymorphic virus
• Resident Virus
• multipartite virus

and a  host of others. As far as you're going online, you need antivirus to combat the viruses flying all over the net which might be more powerful than just your windows defender. There's such things as specialization, and in the area of protecting the computer properly against most virus, paid plan Antivirus is the best.

Now I'll still ask you a question. Do you update your computer after formatting?, or do you just format and start using it without proper updates?. This has an important role to play in the overall security of your computer. There's a program called malicious files and virus removal tool in the windows OS. if you don't update your computer properly(not just using drivers pack), it will not be energized to help you defend the computer from certain viruses. Leaving your computer vulnerable and your windows defender powerless.

Good realization mate. BTW, I don't think this malware has come to that point to clone an entire/slightly different or half of an address. It hasn't become that capable yet. One thing I'm unsure of is what triggers this virus. Certainly copy pasting casual text won't make it active, while I was infected I only realized after copying a btc address. Another thing is this virus only targets specific address? This is my concern. If it only targeted BTC then other altcoin address won't active it. And sending altcoins to an bitcoin address doesn't make sense, it it? My guess it only targets the big ones such as bitcoin or etheream etc. So if a user is infected and only uses altcoins, there is a big chance he won't detect that he is infected.

Only solution is to always memorize your address (the last part).

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Sorry for your loss. Isn't airdrop a thing of a past now? Currently most of them seemed fake to me.

Correct answer.

I did but later I reverted back to windows. I have been using windows my entire life. Felt uncomfortable, not user friendly. Anyway, what distro you use? Any suggestion?

This why I always advice to use mobile for transaction and stay away from doing any single transaction in the PC where this scam attacks are in the high numbers. Actually I have so much experience in this matter because I lost more than 1k$. Unfortunately some of my old address become victim permanent which I used for farming airdrop.

The reason of this could be installing windows from Third party/Installation of free apps(crack).

You should have to install the new window/Linux as soon as you can because your phrase or any other information could be compromised. Never use free version software which often lead to keyboard hack. I will recommend Mobile for transaction purpose which is much safer than PC but if you like to do in PC then just follow above safety step

Since I come to realize that there is thing called clipboard virus which can change the address halfway I have started checking address in middle as well.

My revolution:

copy-paste address blindly >> check first letters >> check first and last letters >> current stage: check first-middle-end letters

I hope it doesn't come to stage where you have check whole address letter by letter  

This was an old virus and the person behind it is a genius because they know that most people are not paying attention when it comes to sending their BTC and double check the addresses especially if the amount is just low but this could be very dangerous for some person who is sending a huge amount of BTC because he couldn't see where he went wrong until the transactions have been successful and he double check the address by that time and finally understand it all why he haven't received his BTC. That's why exchanges have some warning options to let you know that you should be double-checking the BTC address in order to prevent yourself from sending it to scammers such as this one.

For the reason that I don't feel the need for more than that, everything works flawlessly and in fact I always have a surplus of free memory. In addition, I didn't even check how much max RAM I can add, but I assume that it is more than 8 GB because the laptop is not older than 5 years.

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Maybe it's a low-quality device or your relatives didn't take good care of it, because I have a laptop that's almost 15 years old and it's still almost as functional as when I bought it (but I paid quite a lot for it) with the note that I installed an SSD and generally cleaned it, but I couldn't find the right RAM, so it stayed at 4 GB.

What I want to say is that there is still a significant difference (or at least there used to be) between premium devices and those of lower quality. Fortunately, I can afford to buy such devices, which, combined with careful handling, can last a very long time.

Nope, he was using it before giving it to me. I haven't looked inside but I'm pretty sure what you assumed is correct. Dust is the main problem, as far as I understood. First the HDD, then the sound system and now the fans. So yes, it's a kind of falling machine. So I don't wanna experiment with it any further. Let it be. Not worth the hassle.  

To ask the obvious: did you clean it from dust? Dust in the fan can make it get very loud when under load.
My laptop is older than that, and currently on it's third fan.

It's a 5 year old laptop which originally belonged to one of my relatives. But yes it's quite old. And trying to fix this might make it worse. So I rather use it how it is, until, I can effort to buy a new laptop or pc. I don't store anything important on this device, so there is nothing to worry about.

I think it's totally acceptable. Since you mentioned me and resized my text, I already knew what I wrote previously. It's not that you are quoting a very old post of mine. So if it's a recent post, then yes, why not?

One place where it should be avoided, (in my opinion), is on hot topics. Because ohers might want to read all the comments there. So, making texts small might make their eyes sore. But if it is a topic like mine, where fewer comments are being made, then resizing is understable.

Another place is where a user is giving technical help or a suggestion. Apart from that, if it's a casual comment, I might resize it to my preference.

Unfortunately, not all can effort to buy brand new devices.

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Where I live, crypto is banned. That's why buying a hardware wallet and shipping it (clearing customs) to my place, can be quite risky. I could face legal issues. Not worth the risk.

It is. It totally wasted half of my days,  downloading 6GB windows ISO (Slow Internet speed), making a bootable pendrive, reformatting, reinstalling, updating drivers and so on. Such a headache.

It is called a clipboard malware not virus maybe that’s why windows defenders cannot protect keyboard malware attack because it has also affected me in the past.

I have to format my system and change my windows completely, and I was advices here to have two user interface so that I will have private sections for my online transactions and general user interface for my works.
Moreover, I was also advices to use Linux OS instead of windows that it’s better than windows.

My experience taught me warranty isn't everything. Laptop with broken case because of hinges that are too tight: blame the user. New phone that stops working: blame water damage. Don't get me wrong, I buy new stuff too, but the price quality ratio is much better for older ones. If it breaks (which doesn't happen often), I'll get another one. Disposable laptops

But why? RAM is cheap! If only my laptop could handle more, I'd add more

It's best to triple-check when you are transacting because you can never know what you are infected with or something. It's still better to have a hardware wallet so you can check the address being sent to on the physical hardware.

Having to reformat so many times is really tiresome and still unassured that you have actually deleted that virus. Be careful.

Then it's something else, the power supply or the motherboard (I assume it's a desktop computer) and maybe a professional should do diagnostics and determine what the problem is. I also have only 8 GB of RAM, but even when I open two browsers with a dozen tabs and everything else running in the background, I have no problems with slow work or freezing.


That was my intention, and you are the first to notice it in a positive sense. It seems to me that some others think that it is not right to minimize their words, but everyone has their own opinion.

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I'm one of those who don't want used things, no matter how well-maintained and in good condition they are. I like to buy new devices that have a guarantee and service provided in case there is a need for the same. I assume that there are such laptops in my environment as well, but I have never paid attention to such things.

This kind of virus is very dangerous. I know the kind of stress the OP went through  because of this. These clipboard hijackers are there and if you are not keen on confirming your cryptocurrency and addresses, you will end up sending money to the wrong guys and you know very well the wrong guys don't give your money back. You don't want to be in this position. I recommend that you download Clipboard Fusion software to detect and prevent manipulation of the Windows clipboard.

Reinstallation of software shouldn't bother you more than your safety and the first mistake you made is not formatting the entire hard drive since the OS was bought from someone. In the crypto space, the only person you can trust is yourself.

Most detect viruses but do not always detect Clipboard malware. After having anti-virus and anti-malware on your computer you shouldn't rely on them to detect every attack because they only work the way they are programmed.

Thank you for sharing your story and this important warning for beginners. Indeed, clipboard hijacking is very common, and scammers have managed to steal a lot from people unaware of its malicious activities. The clipboard virus if not stealing sensitive and important data and personal information; can focus on replacing the copied address of a wallet/exchange in the clipboard with the scammer's wallet address. Many people may fall victim to this type of scam. Even most antivirus programs on Windows may not detect and remove it, and it can be challenging to determine if the device is infected or not. As everyone mentioned, the solution is to create a Linux operating system or use a non-main device if you prefer a Windows operating system that is not intended for conducting financial transactions and does not contain wallets or anything related to cryptocurrencies. It is best to avoid cracked programs, torrent files, or any programs downloaded from unknown sources.

Then set a different one

That's (at best) like running an OS inside a VM. If your host OS is compromised, the client gets compromised too. And, unlike Tails OS, it doesn't run all connections through Tor.

How do I explain it!!!   You know, like the opposite of smooth. Like edgy, or sharp.

No worries. This time, I didn't used any single crack. Lesson learned.

Two actually. Mostly I mess with my Android device. Like flashing custom OS or Magisk (Root access) etc.

Found it. Not quite sure if it's the same as TailsOS. But it does offers similar features as TailsOS. Such as, an isolated one time windows environment. And when the session is closed, everything is erased.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/application-security/application-isolation/windows-sandbox/windows-sandbox-overview

Where I live it's a different story.

-DYING_S0UL

Its really scary and I can't imagine what I will do if I lose funds to these MFs (sorry for the lingu) but why they don't use there skills for something good. I know this world is full of good and bad, if there is not bad then what will differentiate good ones (it indicates the importance of bad) but they need bridle. I hope they would met the consequences of scamming people soon.

And I am happy that you detected this issue and did not become a victim. Depending on you post and reputation, I will not say this story is imaginative even if you have a address of the hacker's wallet. And I think this might be due to the windows you are using like most of the people use unlocked windows downloaded from pirated sites, are you using a pirated activated window?, If yes then delete it and install a free version of windows from there official website.

And I think funds are more safer on phones rather than on windows.

Tails OS isn't really convenient to use as a daily wallet, especially if OP needs to reboot to use it.

FTFY
The great thing about Linux is the many options you get: if you don't like one interface, try another. I'm not sure what you mean with "breaking font" though.

Some are, some aren't. I've had USB sticks die after a few writes, and I've had sticks that last forever. To run your OS though, you'll need a fast and reliable one. Rule of thumb: don't go for the cheap sticks.

Nope. Once you're used to it, there's no reason to go back. But it takes a while to get used to, just like it took you a while to get used to what you're currently used to.

I think I share my love for old laptops with philipma1957 by now. And with "old", I mean at least 8 GB RAM and SSD. Wipe the laptop and install your own software.
I guess it depends on where you live though: here, corporate laptops are replaced every few years, which makes them cheap and abundant on the second hand market. You can find a decent laptop for less money than a new hardware wallet.