So let me get this straight, the wallets, ALL of them had their coins emptied. The passwords were all different.
So how did he do this? This must mean that Satoshi's client is broken and needs more security! This is insane.
Topic: WARNING, WALLET STEALER!!! - page 2. (Read 4580 times)
I think wallet security is the biggest fundamental flaw with Bitcoin.
Everyone compares Bitcoin with cash with good reason. After all, storing Bitcoin in an online wallet is akin to stuffing your cash in a stranger’s mattress. No one would do that, yet people still use online wallets and, in the case of inputs.io, lose a lot of money by doing so.
The wallet stealing viruses can easily be prevented, but it is not something that most people really think of when downloading programs. It’s not really the same as being pickpocketed because you never even have to come in contact with the criminal. It’s more similar to someone leaving a business card on your windshield and you placing that in your wallet and then when you get home you notice that the business card just ate all of your cash.
Cold storage is the best way to prevent this, but even with Armory’s efforts to make it as easy as possible; this is a very complicated process for some people and a deterrent for them to actually spend their Bitcoins.
Online storage is easy to spend but it is not safe.
Cold storage is very safe but is not easy to spend.
Is there a happy medium (safe and easy to spend) that I am missing?
Everyone compares Bitcoin with cash with good reason. After all, storing Bitcoin in an online wallet is akin to stuffing your cash in a stranger’s mattress. No one would do that, yet people still use online wallets and, in the case of inputs.io, lose a lot of money by doing so.
The wallet stealing viruses can easily be prevented, but it is not something that most people really think of when downloading programs. It’s not really the same as being pickpocketed because you never even have to come in contact with the criminal. It’s more similar to someone leaving a business card on your windshield and you placing that in your wallet and then when you get home you notice that the business card just ate all of your cash.
Cold storage is the best way to prevent this, but even with Armory’s efforts to make it as easy as possible; this is a very complicated process for some people and a deterrent for them to actually spend their Bitcoins.
Online storage is easy to spend but it is not safe.
Cold storage is very safe but is not easy to spend.
Is there a happy medium (safe and easy to spend) that I am missing?
I'd like to add that with VPN you can't really tell where he is exactly.
Thanks for the warning, the Same guy is at the Litecoin forums trying to steal wallets. I've warned the Litecoin community.
i very much doubt that is his actual home ip address, people coding this stuff probably know about proxies etc.. could be anywhere. People have lost 100's thousands of dollars worth of crypto before like this, i never hear about any of them getting any back.
All these noob posters publishing new coins daily, at lot of people are going to get raped hard sometime soon. Sometimes these coders/hackers get one step ahead of the antivirus malware companies, when that happens next a lot of coins will vanish from wallets.
Sad to hear for sure, i hope he does get some back but i very much doubt it
those coins are long gone.
All these noob posters publishing new coins daily, at lot of people are going to get raped hard sometime soon. Sometimes these coders/hackers get one step ahead of the antivirus malware companies, when that happens next a lot of coins will vanish from wallets.
Sad to hear for sure, i hope he does get some back but i very much doubt it
those coins are long gone. 
Yes that is his nickname! Delete and block as soon as you can, seems he's going around everywhere then!
Man....
He also pm for his crap messenger asking me to use it
Yep that'll be him mate! I hope you didn't download it, please warn everyone on your forum! At least we can stop others getting rinsed like that.
Hell no
i dont have time for peoples shady applications *edit
Hes tried it here also https://nextcoin.org/index.php/topic,1759.msg16397.html#msg16397
If it is possible for the victim to post in here and verify himself, perhaps the community could donate a bit to him to lessen his impact.
https://doges.org/index.php?action=profile;u=6122
https://www.gldtalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1261
http://www.peercointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=30110
http://infinitecointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=3739
http://forum.feathercoin.com/index.php?topic=6503.0
active guy
https://www.gldtalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1261
http://www.peercointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=30110
http://infinitecointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=3739
http://forum.feathercoin.com/index.php?topic=6503.0
active guy
Right yeah, what an arse... Jeez... Well I guess we had best let all these other forums know. That is all we can do right now. Stop the rot and then I think we should do all we can to track the guy down!
This isn't anything new as I have seen this pulled off by several others over the past 3-4 years.
FYI, I highly suspect that "all4coins" is actually another scammer by the name of Hydroponica.
The IP is easily manipulated and is child's play for someone that can code a messenger.
~BCX~
FYI, I highly suspect that "all4coins" is actually another scammer by the name of Hydroponica.
The IP is easily manipulated and is child's play for someone that can code a messenger.
~BCX~
Yeah I thought this too.
I doubt he would go to the trouble to code the trojan but then not cover his tracks... BUT with that said there must be a way to find this asshole surely?
Or ehat we just let him make another character in a few months and do the same again?
I know it hasd happened before too... But you have to remember that there are always new people coming into the scene everyday. They can read everything and take in all knowledge in seconds can they?
But yeah more precautions are needed for sure.
So if he is in Switzerland someone should report him to the Swiss authorities. Is there anyone here who can speak Swedish and report this turd? We have his IP and the fact he stole 10,000.00. In Canada and USA that amount gets you jail time.
I think this could be the way forward... We can't let this scumbag run around dropping his trojan off all over our scene and get away with it! I bet you there are others that have been effected but just don't know it yet.
Man I just hope there are not many
This isn't anything new as I have seen this pulled off by several others over the past 3-4 years.
FYI, I highly suspect that "all4coins" is actually another scammer by the name of Hydroponica.
The IP is easily manipulated and is child's play for someone that can code a messenger.
~BCX~
FYI, I highly suspect that "all4coins" is actually another scammer by the name of Hydroponica.
The IP is easily manipulated and is child's play for someone that can code a messenger.
~BCX~
So if he is in Switzerland someone should report him to the Swiss authorities. Is there anyone here who can speak Swedish and report this turd? We have his IP and the fact he stole 10,000.00. In Canada and USA that amount gets you jail time.
Swedish? Switzerland? Lelwut?
Yes that is his nickname! Delete and block as soon as you can, seems he's going around everywhere then!
Man....
He also pm for his crap messenger asking me to use it
Yep that'll be him mate! I hope you didn't download it, please warn everyone on your forum! At least we can stop others getting rinsed like that.
nice that guy got only one post.
So if he is in Switzerland someone should report him to the Swiss authorities. Is there anyone here who can speak Swedish and report this turd? We have his IP and the fact he stole 10,000.00. In Canada and USA that amount gets you jail time.
Yes that is his nickname! Delete and block as soon as you can, seems he's going around everywhere then!
Man....
He also pm for his crap messenger asking me to use it
Running any third party software that involves your wallet is STUPID, no other word for it.
If you are ignorant enough to use 3rd party software involving your wallet, you DESERVE to be ripped off.
~BCX~
If you are ignorant enough to use 3rd party software involving your wallet, you DESERVE to be ripped off.
~BCX~
Never made a mistake then I take it? Man... yeah the guy did a silly but it could so easliy be any one of us. We all make rash decisions sometimes.
Have a little heart
Yes that is his nickname! Delete and block as soon as you can, seems he's going around everywhere then!
Man....
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