I reported several fake applications recently, and as I saw many people installed then sadly.
People need to open eyes and make triple check if they are on official website.
Better to have official websites bookmarked in your browser than to search on Google.
Topic: Officially visit websites & download apps, not fake ones. - page 3. (Read 908 times)
Yet another helpful post, OcTradism.
Thank you for you words.Quote
My best bet to avoid visiting scam sites has always been to follow my own intuition. Someone suggested visiting the social media accounts of these platforms but that's a burst as I've seen scammy accounts that look exactly if not the same as the official one.
Relying on links and updates on social media is bad. If people can get phished by phishing websites and fake applications, they can certainly get phished by fake social media accounts. I only visit official social media accounts to get news. For things relate to updates (softwares, wallets) I will do my own works.Quote
Talking about visiting only https enabled sites, that works too. However, it's important to know that anyone can get an SSL certificate like Let's Encrypt which is even available for free.
Ensure to click the padlock icon to verify the security details.
Again, don't totally rely on it. I read some topics on the forum about it but don't remember those topics. Hang on a few minutes, I will search and give you. Quote
Just because a site has HTTPS, doesn’t mean you can automatically trust it.
Ensure to click the padlock icon to verify the security details.
Yet another helpful post, OcTradism. My best bet to avoid visiting scam sites has always been to follow my own intuition. Someone suggested visiting the social media accounts of these platforms but that's a burst as I've seen scammy accounts that look exactly if not the same as the official one.
Talking about visiting only https enabled sites, that works too. However, it's important to know that anyone can get an SSL certificate like Let's Encrypt which is even available for free.
Ensure to click the padlock icon to verify the security details.
Talking about visiting only https enabled sites, that works too. However, it's important to know that anyone can get an SSL certificate like Let's Encrypt which is even available for free.
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Just because a site has HTTPS, doesn’t mean you can automatically trust it.
Ensure to click the padlock icon to verify the security details.
These are quite contradictory - we're basically replacing the trust we have in search engines with your post. Someone with malicious intent could edit the links from your post and redirect other users to fake ones. I guess the best way to find if a website link is legit is by looking through various sources and, if you're that paranoid, search from another device as well.
I say that people have to be responsible to visit official websites by themselves and should never rely on my links or links are given by anyone else. It is a first vital step to do.All my links in OP are for examples to visually explain people how to find and get official applications from official webistes. Yeah, they need to have official websites first.
- Visiting official websites
- Scanning official websites to find section for apps that is given by the official companies.
- Click on it and download it.
Anyhow, you made a point that I must leave a note that all links should not be trusted and used without verification, to avoid any phishing attempts or simply typos from my side. Thanks.- Scanning official websites to find section for apps that is given by the official companies.
- Click on it and download it.
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Websites such as Binance have social media accounts. You can check them out because most of them have their websites placed on their profile.
But your advise here is not good. Social accounts can be hacked and compromised too so don't rely on any third party websites, search engines to visit official websites. 
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Don't:
- Google to find official websites because you can find phishing sites.
- Don't search on Google Play or iOS store to find applications.
- Don't click on links that are sent by anyone to install any application.
- Google to find official websites because you can find phishing sites.
- Don't search on Google Play or iOS store to find applications.
- Don't click on links that are sent by anyone to install any application.
Google has one of the most notoriously slipshod app approval process, this make it app store most dangerous and anyone trending on it should trend with cautions. I attributed many mistakes to our inability to distinguish between fake and original. Here are some tips:
Check app developer: The name of the developer should be correct in spelling.
Ensure to disable app installation from unknown sources.
Check app permissions: you must be smart with this, dubious permissions are on app store.
Always read reviews of others.
Everything you say is true, and I agree with you that doing the downloading of applications from the official websites is better and safer than downloading applications from external websites and stores because it is possible that these applications inside the stores are arranged by a fraudster who aims to steal, in addition to your example I want to add an example of Blockchain wallet where we must download the program for this wallet from the official website and to download the application for this wallet from an external source is dangerous because there are many fraudsters who created fraudulent applications similar to blockchain wallet
- Visiting official websites
- Google to find official websites because you can find phishing sites.
- Don't search on Google Play or iOS store to find applications.
- Don't click on links that are sent by anyone to install any application.
Binance
Official website: https://www.binance.com/en
Huobi
Official website: https://www.huobi.com/en-us/
OKEX
Official website: https://www.okex.com/
Myetherwallet
Official website: https://www.myetherwallet.com/
(I snipped a large part of the post)- Google to find official websites because you can find phishing sites.
- Don't search on Google Play or iOS store to find applications.
- Don't click on links that are sent by anyone to install any application.
Binance
Official website: https://www.binance.com/en
Huobi
Official website: https://www.huobi.com/en-us/
OKEX
Official website: https://www.okex.com/
Myetherwallet
Official website: https://www.myetherwallet.com/
These are quite contradictory - we're basically replacing the trust we have in search engines with your post. Someone with malicious intent could edit the links from your post and redirect other users to fake ones. I guess the best way to find if a website link is legit is by looking through various sources and, if you're that paranoid, search from another device as well.
- Websites such as Binance have social media accounts. You can check them out because most of them have their websites placed on their profile.
- If you're using Tor Browser, there are some sites (such as ProtonMail or the website of Qubes OS) the browser automatically detects an ".onion" link for - that's another good sign that the website you are on might be legit.
- Some sites such as Facebook show the company details to the left of the address bar. Facebook displays "Facebook, Inc. (US)" and you can check for more details by clicking on that thing.
- Always visit https sites.
- Sometimes, a scam verification is as easy as a "
scam" search away. Our forum, for example, has a lot of suspicious domains found by users. Chances are you might find an accusation made by reputable members.
There are a lot more ways to validate a website's legitimacy, but this is all I can think of for now.
It is not an advanced tutorial but not all crypto enthusiasts have good knowledge and experience enough to avoid downloading fake apps which will help bad people steal their money.
Easy tutorial to download official applications (of wallets, exchange softwares in crypto, and can be expanded to any other applications in other industries).
- Visiting official websites
- Scanning official websites to find section for apps that is given by the official companies.
- Click on it and download it.
Don't:
- Google to find official websites because you can find phishing sites.
- Don't search on Google Play or iOS store to find applications.
- Don't click on links that are sent by anyone to install any application.
Examples
You should not trust on links are given by me. Visit the official websites by yourself.
Binance
Official website: https://www.binance.com/en
Where to get their applications: at the left bottom corner.
Huobi
Official website: https://www.huobi.com/en-us/
Where to get their applications: at the left bottom corner, click on Download APP or visit the page: https://www.huobi.com/en-us/download/#exchange
OKEX
Official website: https://www.okex.com/
Where to get their applications: at the right side you will see the section like the image.
Myetherwallet
Official website: https://www.myetherwallet.com/
Where to get their applications: https://www.mewwallet.com/
See images.
It is enough for examples. You can get more tutorial for your security and privacy in Good topics on security and privacy
Easy tutorial to download official applications (of wallets, exchange softwares in crypto, and can be expanded to any other applications in other industries).
- Visiting official websites
- Scanning official websites to find section for apps that is given by the official companies.
- Click on it and download it.
Don't:
- Google to find official websites because you can find phishing sites.
- Don't search on Google Play or iOS store to find applications.
- Don't click on links that are sent by anyone to install any application.
Examples
You should not trust on links are given by me. Visit the official websites by yourself.
Binance
Official website: https://www.binance.com/en
Where to get their applications: at the left bottom corner.
Huobi
Official website: https://www.huobi.com/en-us/
Where to get their applications: at the left bottom corner, click on Download APP or visit the page: https://www.huobi.com/en-us/download/#exchange
OKEX
Official website: https://www.okex.com/
Where to get their applications: at the right side you will see the section like the image.
Myetherwallet
Official website: https://www.myetherwallet.com/
Where to get their applications: https://www.mewwallet.com/
See images.
It is enough for examples. You can get more tutorial for your security and privacy in Good topics on security and privacy
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