is my wallet is udpated? anyone can tell me if electrum safe to use ?

SuperInvestor

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Quote from: TryNinja on January 03, 2019, 12:41:31 AM

Quote from: SuperInvestor on January 03, 2019, 12:33:28 AM

yes its from the official website. and thanks sir! just last question, about the popup notification, it wont happen again now right? and one more thing, my wallet has been hacked from the popup shit, so i reformat everything , will the hacker has no access into my wallet now?

SEED IS NEW, THE OLD ONE IS DELETED. password is also new

No. The whole popup notification was a social engineer attack that was only possible due to some kind of exploit Electrum had when handling errors. The hacker made you download the fake wallet, and that was what made him be able to steal your funds. Even with the exploit, you would never be at risk if you didn't download it. So you should be safe now that you reinstalled your OS.

Always only download electrum from the official website and never trust any popup or random GitHub repo.

Noted. Thankyou sir! Tipped with thanks Wink

https://www.blockchain.com/btc/tx/51e2a1ffc2b636ecc377358f6cab0fe6064f91f9ffcd8ae3ae8762b06f93fbda

TryNinja

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Quote from: SuperInvestor on January 03, 2019, 12:33:28 AM

yes its from the official website. and thanks sir! just last question, about the popup notification, it wont happen again now right? and one more thing, my wallet has been hacked from the popup shit, so i reformat everything , will the hacker has no access into my wallet now?

SEED IS NEW, THE OLD ONE IS DELETED. password is also new

No. The whole popup notification was a social engineer attack that was only possible due to some kind of exploit Electrum had when handling errors. The hacker made you download the fake wallet, and that was what made him be able to steal your funds. Even with the exploit, you would never be at risk if you didn't download it. So you should be safe now that you reinstalled your OS.

Always only download electrum from the official website and never trust any popup or random GitHub repo.

SuperInvestor

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yes its from the official website. and thanks sir! just last question, about the popup notification, it wont happen again now right? and one more thing, my wallet has been hacked from the popup shit, so i reformat everything , will the hacker has no access into my wallet now?

SEED IS NEW, THE OLD ONE IS DELETED. password is also new

TryNinja

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Have you downloaded it from Electrum.org? This is the ONLY legit website.

This version (3.3.2) is current the latest one, so yes, your wallet is updated.

You can verify if the file is legit by checking the PGP signatures[1].

[1] https://bitzuma.com/posts/how-to-verify-an-electrum-download-on-windows/

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hello is this the last update of electrum? http://prntscr.com/m2fuk5 am i up to date? is that version safe? i am transfer my 2.77+ btc into my electrum wallet now, everything safe? and anyone can tell me where ican check the name of the dev of this wallet to make sure that its the real one, not the hacker? thanks for yoyr response guys!

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