so as of now, if i open electrum as is and dont send btc, i will not see any message correct?
Yes
should i update to the new electrum on the website right now?
Yes, especially because older version have serious bug. Make sure you download from official website at http://electrum.org/
should i bother trying to send the small amount of btc i have now in my electrum wallet so i dont keep anything there?
No, it's not necessary
the thing is if i do try to send btc from electrum right now, will i get that message that others got or not? If i do, can i x it out and ignore it? im hesitant to even open electrum b/c of this now.
Only if you connected to the malicious server, but you can close/ignore the malicious message without any risks.
Im also confused here. So when the ppl downloaded that software, i read they gave you a link to download it and you had to copy and paste it right? However, was that directly from electrums website or a fake website? So if you downloaded electrum from the legit site when this occurred, there would been no issue?
The link leads to fake Electrum repository (place where developer share their source code). There won't be any issue if you download Electrum from legit website.
So those that downloaded it, did they had to put their seed into it as copy and paste it? If not, how did that occur then?
No, AFAIK it occurs when user enter password of their Electrum wallet (which is necessary to decrypt wallet and obtain seed/private key)
Also someone mentioned a while back that you could use the nano ledger s with electrum. I never done this. But if you do it this way, i heard electrum acts as a watching only wallet. But if you had download this, it would not affect it since you are still using the nano ledger?
To be accurate, Electrum also generate unsigned transaction and broadcast signed transaction.
Malicious wallet can't steal your Bitcoin on Ledger Nano S, but i don't remember if they would broadcast transaction.
