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Quote from: NotATether on May 02, 2023, 02:28:33 AM

Is the $300 the combined total stolen, or roughly how much each of them lost?

Total stolen from 2 different person's, they where victims of using a pirated OS from a non trusted software deal, the first person purchase the OS (window 10 professional) and share with the 2nd person to install not knowing the danger they where involving them self in.
It could have really been a greater loss if the 300$ was individually because they could have completely be broken down calculating on their present financial status.

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Quote from: VRExpress on August 25, 2022, 02:14:19 AM

Using PC to store anything crypto is a very big risk, you start browsing the web in a minute you got spyware or malware tailing you already, it's just too risky, I prefer using a smartphone to open a trust wallet instead.

You should not be storing your cryptocurrency on any internet-connected device, especially not on a phone (which can be stolen easily) that is extremely susceptible to phishing attacks via email and SMS messages wherein you have no idea that you were hit by a virus.

Of course, this can happen to PCs as well, but at least there is decent antivirus software available for such devices.

Quote from: Ever-young on May 01, 2023, 12:23:03 PM

It's been long since I created this thread. Just want to bump it up so that Newbies who is not aware will take note of the clipboard virus... I just happen to come across few victims of same incident yesterday it was really painful to here their story how they both lost almost a sum of $300 both in token and BNB.

Is the $300 the combined total stolen, or roughly how much each of them lost?

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It's been long since I created this thread. Just want to bump it up so that Newbies who is not aware will take note of the clipboard virus... I just happen to come across few victims of same incident yesterday it was really painful to here their story how they both lost almost a sum of $300 both in token and BNB.

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I'm sorry that it's went so shitty. Going through this is terrible. I didn't know about this kind of scam, thank you for the awareness!

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Clipboard malware or not, if you verify the transactions you are making you would notice that the addresses don't match. Too many people are way overconfident and don't check anything and want to finalize and broadcast their transactions as soon as possible. Check the letters and numbers of the address character by character to make sure they are identical. When you are done checking, check again. Use a hardware wallet to be certain that the two addresses match. Hopefully, you won't make the same mistakes again.

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Quote from: Ever-young on August 23, 2022, 04:15:46 PM

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If anyone is also having same issue you can follow the Instructions from the article below and get ride of it.
https://www.2-spyware.com/remove-clipboard-virus.html

Even as I am sure the virus is off my pc, I still cross check my wallet about 3 good times before I execute any transaction again.

Update on this.
The Procedure which I followed to remove the virus on my PC I guess it was temporary as I realized the clipboard virus is still their, try making transaction this morning and notice same old thing.
Have decided to go get new OS tomorrow to be on the safer side.

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I've always questioned why metamask wants access to your clipboard (Google Chrome extention) and therefore have stayed away from it. Should I buy a seperate device just for metamask or stay away?

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Quote from: lovesmayfamilis on August 25, 2022, 02:13:47 AM

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I also hope that if OP would still choose Windows at the end of the day by him/herself, s/he would really get the legitimate ones as the pirated ones surely have some malware in them. My friend long time ago had to ask me for an advice before that something feels wrong with his machine even though it was a "clean install" and I just found out that there was a weird "EXE" file running in the background in Task Manager that should not be there.
He installed it by himself and he used the usual pirated ones and it is not even illegally activated yet.
At the end of the day, I just gave him the word that he should buy a legitimate copy of his Windows instead or go Linux if he prefers it.

Quote from: dlightag on August 25, 2022, 03:47:39 PM

Thanks for sharing the experience you encounter through saving your private key your email account, which is not saved at all, because hacker can easily access the account and collect the private, which can not be reset, therefore saving your private key offline hardware is the best and is more secured.

Take note also what the OP is trying to point out about the dangers of copy-pasting stuffs.

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Thanks for sharing the bad experience you encounter through saving your private key your email account which is very bad experience to losses his asset, because hacker can easily access the account through virus to scan laptop as long is connected online and it can be easily collect to email, respect to private email, which can not be reset, therefore saving your private key offline or hardware is the best and is more secured and reliable.

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This has been discussed too many times already and why we must be careful at copying and pasting something. There is a thread where it explains what could possibly happen when you copy and paste (ctrl + c and ctrl + v). That's why we should always check everything that we pasted if it's what we have copied before sending if it is about transactions. This is not just for Bitcoin but all for crypto transactions you do. Here's the thread I was talking about How to lose your Bitcoins with CTRL-C CTRL-V.

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This is not a new scam method, only that you just realized.
LoyceV made a post about it in this thread. The thread contains some countermeasures or should I say solutions to this kind of attack, should you still feel unsafe about your PC. Give it a read.

Quote from: isaac_clarke22 on August 23, 2022, 05:48:51 PM

This was the thread that I was referring by the way : How to lose your Bitcoins with CTRL-C CTRL-V

Oops, I just checked back on the comments posted earlier and it seems OP already pointed that out Angry

Nevertheless, give it a read.

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Chances are you might have visited a compromised or hacked web address that got your PC infected with this malware attack or you have used an infected removable disk or installed a malicious software on your device. I think you need to go through your PC and check your most recent activities or alternatively you can backup your seed phrase and format your PC then ensure you only use softwares from recognised web pages and install softwares form authorised links. Lastly avoid clicking advert links and spam emails. Cross checking your address for every transaction is a secure approach but what if you forget to cross check. Avoiding phishing links will do a lot of good

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Using PC to store anything crypto is a very big risk, you start browsing the web in a minute you got spyware or malware tailing you already, it's just too risky, I prefer using a smartphone to open a trust wallet instead.

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The OP is interested in cryptocurrencies, and at the same time does not know how to install operating systems. For me, this is nonsense. How can you trust your computer in our time to anyone at all? Master or friend, father or mother. If you're worried about security, just don't trust anyone.
Drop everything and learn how to install Windows, and maybe Linux. The wizard will easily install a licensed Windows for you, according to him, but in the same way, he will install a keylogger for you and will monitor and log your every word. Learn to monitor the task manager, what is running on your computer, regularly watch startup, there can be many such trifles. Sometimes antivirus can skip malware as hackers advance in their knowledge. You also have to keep up with the times. Constantly learn about new dangers.

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Quote from: Buga00 on August 24, 2022, 10:28:31 AM

This kind of problem can only happen when you click a fake link on the internet. My brother trust wallet got hacked because he click on airdrop link him saw online. A bot was installed on his wallet that constantly move away bnb send to his wallet. I suggest we all be careful on the kind of link we click on the internet

It can't be when you click or follow an unknown link, as the OP explained. Such errors can occur as a result of virus issues, or as a result of malware that some hackers use on various browsers to gain access to people's transaction addresses. That is why the OP provides a solution to this problem, but always double check your address before proceeding with your transaction.

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The best way for one to be safe is to mind what you click at every given time online. I really don't know how this hackers make their way to people's PC.
From your explaination it's clear the window you were using before you fixed your issue was actually corrupt and tempered with. Have not experience such before but most of my close friends have in one way or the other.
Their are other similar cases where a use means of airdrop to penetrate users address just by telling you to click on links and claim their tokens, I always advice those who are in the Blockchain system to mind the kind of emails they open, who and who can touch their working device. Like one of the User here have said we should always cross check out wallet no matter how sure we think our wallet is correct check before approving transaction.

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This kind of problem can only happen when you click a fake link on the internet. My brother trust wallet got hacked because he click on airdrop link him saw online. A bot was installed on his wallet that constantly move away bnb send to his wallet. I suggest we all be careful on the kind of link we click on the internet

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Quote from: Ever-young on August 23, 2022, 06:49:03 PM

Window 10 Pro is what was installed.
No I did not purchase it directly from Microsoft, all my pc softwares and OS are always installer by my pc repairer and this was my first time of experiencing such issue. What I don't know is if he directly got the OS from Microsoft or not. Will have to ask him that tomorrow.

Don't trust anyone, learn to install the OS yourself because it's not something that requires great expertise - and you can download W10 from the official Microsoft site, and (if nothing has changed) use it for free with some minor restrictions. Furthermore, do not base your security on any desktop hot wallet, and you should also be careful about which websites you visit and what you download to your computer.

In addition to all that, it would be good if you have one of the better (paid) AV, because maybe just such software will protect you from computer infection in a moment of carelessness. Last but not least, do not save your wallet backup in digital form if it is not protected (encrypted), it is a big risk and you should avoid it.

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Quote from: Ever-young on August 23, 2022, 04:15:46 PM

Don't know how the hackers were able to get to my pc. All I know is that any address I copy which is similar to eth address automatically change to that of the hacker. I don't know if any one here have experience anything similar to that.
I stopped using my pc to run bsc/eth transaction until I was able to solve the issue and everything was fine again .

If anyone is also having same issue you can follow the Instructions from the article below and get ride of it.
https://www.2-spyware.com/remove-clipboard-virus.html

Even as I am sure the virus is off my pc, I still cross check my wallet about 3 good times before I execute any transaction again.
Can't allow the mistake to repeat it's self.

I've had cases like the one you wrote. Luckily, I always check twice when I send coins. So I find it strange why different from what I want. This virus seems to be coming from an app I've downloaded. It seems that they inserted a virus, and strangely, the application I installed did not even appear in the list of applications. At that time, I had a video editing task, so I downloaded Videopad.
It looks like this virus is sticking to Chrome like AddOns. I tried to delete it but it always came back. Finally, I reinstalled Windows to get rid of the virus. What is certain is that we have to check again when copying and pasting the wallet address, so one of the cars avoids clipboard viruses.

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many can be the source of clipboard malware. it can be from windows that are indeed inserted with malware or some websites that insert malware which will automatically be downloaded. I often get warnings about dangerous websites. some of my friends experienced cases like this and a powerful way is to reinstall windows. make sure to use original windows and don't use pirated windows, because they are very vulnerable.

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