Fake movie file infects Windows and steals or tricks bitcoin users - page 2.

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Quote from: care2yak on January 14, 2019, 11:35:49 PM

or better yet, just don't pirate material. go to safe streaming sites if you want to keep malware away from your device.

That's the best advice to give, though I have no confidence whatsoever that people will follow it given how easy it is to pirate stuff. Me, I'm happy with old-school methods of entertainment--buying DVDs or just watching what's on Youtube.

That would be something if Wikipedia actually did accept crypto for donations, and I'm really surprised that they don't. I've seen their genuine banner, and it always made me scratch my head that they don't take bitcoin at least.

Quote from: jrrsparkles on January 14, 2019, 11:18:36 PM

Evolution of scammers when the technology evolves. Grin

Yep, and for me as a relatively non-techie guy, this scares the pants off of me. Fortunately for me I don't often download legitimate programs much less some sketchy torrent files that I wouldn't be able to protect myself against. I'm sure more computer literate people would be able to, but if I relied on those in order to watch movies I'd be in serious trouble. Thanks but no thanks.

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Tails is more crypto friendly as it has integrated with deeponion the privacy focused coin. Good to know about this windows scam, we should check those bitcoin addresses and see how many bitcoins they net

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Anybody who keeps their bitcoin’s on a computer where they download files is awking for trouble. Sure it’s ok to use it for browsing etc but you are seriously asking for trouble if you even think about downloading torrents.

There is no cure for idiocy.

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Quote from: Herbert2020 on January 15, 2019, 12:58:25 AM

Quote from: Artemis3 on January 14, 2019, 09:20:27 PM

Today is a good day to drop windows. There are plenty of nice alternatives, do not delay if you don't want nasty surprises, use Linux: https://distrowatch.com/

Of course, as I explained elsewhere, your leisure activities and your money should be separate. So if you insist in keeping a "windows gaming computer", at least install Linux in another one and keep your serious stuff there.

this is a very common misunderstanding that people think if they use Linux they will magically be safe. but that is not the case at all. the only difference between Windows and Linux that makes Linus safer is that Linux is open source and when security holes are found in it, they are patched fast while Windows security holes take a long time to be patched and Microsoft usually leaves some backdoors intentionally.

otherwise if you want to be safe to you have to use cold storage and it doesn't make much of a difference what OS you use for it then.

Maybe a little safer than windows, but not too safe.

Whatever they find and want to download on the internet, they have given hack hackers into the computer systems we use. better try using a different device for work and for entertainment.

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Quote from: Artemis3 on January 14, 2019, 09:20:27 PM

Today is a good day to drop windows. There are plenty of nice alternatives, do not delay if you don't want nasty surprises, use Linux: https://distrowatch.com/

Of course, as I explained elsewhere, your leisure activities and your money should be separate. So if you insist in keeping a "windows gaming computer", at least install Linux in another one and keep your serious stuff there.

this is a very common misunderstanding that people think if they use Linux they will magically be safe. but that is not the case at all. the only difference between Windows and Linux that makes Linus safer is that Linux is open source and when security holes are found in it, they are patched fast while Windows security holes take a long time to be patched and Microsoft usually leaves some backdoors intentionally.

otherwise if you want to be safe to you have to use cold storage and it doesn't make much of a difference what OS you use for it then.

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You can easily just boot up with "Tails" and quickly do your Crypto currency stuff, if you are using Windows as a Operating system. Wink

This is actually not something that would simply steal your funds by just downloading the shortcut, but rather a Social engineered method to trick you into believing that you are donating to Wikipedia.

Thanks OP, for the advanced warning. Grin

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Hackers become smarter every day and their stealing methods more complex. If you want to sleep well knowing your funds are totally safe just buy a hardware wallet and you'll eliminate the risk of being hacked.

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or better yet, just don't pirate material. go to safe streaming sites if you want to keep malware away from your device.

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Evolution of scammers when the technology evolves. Grin

But the people who uses pirated version of any software or movies found on the internet are always have the risk of something goes against it,so better use separate PC of crypto wallets and anohter one for watching movies.

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Quote from: Artemis3 on January 14, 2019, 09:20:27 PM

Today is a good day to drop windows. There are plenty of nice alternatives, do not delay if you don't want nasty surprises, use Linux: https://distrowatch.com/

Linux isn't really that much more secure than windows, a similar attack could easily be executed against Linux desktops. However, Linux is only used on a small amount of home machines, so malware authors don't bother with it.

Quote from: Artemis3 on January 14, 2019, 09:20:27 PM

Of course, as I explained elsewhere, your leisure activities and your money should be separate. So if you insist in keeping a "windows gaming computer", at least install Linux in another one and keep your serious stuff there.

The only excuse to not have a cold storage setup is if you have a tiny wallet for daily spendings, everything else is just a stupid risk. And people who want to pirate should get a dedicated device for that, instead of using the same one for both piracy and work or finance.

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Today is a good day to drop windows. There are plenty of nice alternatives, do not delay if you don't want nasty surprises, use Linux: https://distrowatch.com/

Of course, as I explained elsewhere, your leisure activities and your money should be separate. So if you insist in keeping a "windows gaming computer", at least install Linux in another one and keep your serious stuff there.

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Everyone who likes downloading their movies from torrent websites should be very careful. The article mentions Windows users, however, I reckon everyone should be careful.

Also, stop using your personal computer for cryptocoins to download movies or tv series for crying out loud.

A malicious Windows shortcut file posing as a movie via The Pirate Bay torrent tracker can trigger a chain of mischievous activities on your computer, like injecting content from the attacker into high-profile web sites such as Wikipedia, Google and Yandex Search or by stealing cryptocurrency.

If the victim goes to Wikipedia, the malware's injection mechanism inserts a fake donation banner that states Wikipedia now accepts cryptocurrency donations and provides two cryptocurrency addresses to send "donate" to.

One wallet is for Bitcoin and at the time of writing had $70 worth of cryptocurrency. The other is for Ethereum and had a balance of almost ETH 4.6, or about $600.

A third bitcoin wallet address was found in the scripts downloaded by the malware, with a balance of $13. This does not appear to be included in the Wikipedia donation scam.

All three wallets are part of another malicious task, meant to replace a Bitcoin and Ethereum addresses found on web pages. This tactic does not show any sign that could alert the user of the trick. Because the wallets are a large string of random characters, most users will likely not notice the difference between what they expected to copy and the pasted result.

Read in full https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fake-movie-file-infects-pc-to-steal-cryptocurrency-poison-google-results/

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