Questions tagged [malware]
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Why are coin miners (such as GUIMiner) a "threat" in Windows Defender?
I opened up my GUIMiner and I got a rather unfriendly "Win32/CoinMiner" threat of "Medium."
I installed this program knowingly, so should I be concerned? Is this just a problem because people have been installing miners on people's machine…
Jerr
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Is the threat of computer malware to steal Bitcoin exaggerated?
Some months ago I put a small amount of Bitcoin into an account and wrote the address and private key into a text file. I have left on my computers and on those of a couple of friends. The money hasn’t been taken.
Where does the main danger come…
Peter
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What stops a wallet from stealing bitcoins?
I'm not particularly knowledgeable on the topic of cryptocurrencies so it's possible that I've missed something obvious, but I still wonder what it is that stops a wallet from stealing from you. Wallets contain your private keys and they obviously…
Standard
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Ransomware requesting payment through Bitcoin
I read this article recently, talking about the emergence of "ransomware". An excerpt is:
The newer CryptoLocker differs by taking the ransom to a whole new level. Upon infection it doesn't make a fanfare, to the contrary, it acts in stealth…
Highly Irregular
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Trying to download miner but Google Chrome marks them as malicious/malware
First I tried GUIMiner-scrypt and then cgminer-3.9.0-windows.zip
Both archives are marked as malicious in Google Chrome. I googled and have not found articles about that. Do other people get such warnings while downloading miner?
UPDATE
My links…
Max
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Can I recover btc sent to an incorrect address? (electrum)
So I have an electrum wallet and I sent about $150 in btc to it. That all worked but when I tried to send it to another address, it didn't go through. Looking at the transaction, the btc went to an address similar (3F***...) to the one I entered,…
johnbchron
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what's the link between iSCSI protocol and "stratum+tcp attacks
I found a strange file under/var/tmp directory, named ietd.conf
{
"url" : "stratum+tcp://188.165.254.85:80",
"user" : "46Z6dQ77i2qAapF4kjLXaaYKCB59eajwaZbmtyyPsxDXWyxPS5nfYoe5t4R7yTgsvT
AxgE8DRwwtKiMxCmM39KCBPfEgL5b",
"pass" : "x",
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Inès Belhouchet
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How do I get my bitcoins back if they got sent to an incorrect address?
I loaded my localbitcoin wallet with a total of $100 - I did 2 separate transactions. The first time I added $50, I tried to send half of it to cardrockcafe but it never showed up, so I tried to add the remaining amount. That also never showed up. A…
lollipop43
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What were any supply chain attacks against Bitcoin, if any?
Was there ever a case were Bitcoin or Bitcoin-Core itself was compromised? For example, did it ever happen that a malware hacker could insert code that compromised Bitcoin at the protocol level? For example, a committer to Bitcoin hypothetically…
Niklas Rosencrantz
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Impact: unknown rules (versionbit 2) have been activated
I have an issue. My Bitcoin Core client shows "Impact: unknown rules (versionbit 2) have been activated". Bitcoin Core made a transaction by itself and sent all my bitcoins from my wallet to an address I don't recognize. I don't know what's…
Baromir
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The Mystery: I've mined some BTCs with Bitcoin Core 0.9.0, however the system no longer synchronizes and in the blockchain the balance is zero
I got some BTCs using a Bitcoin Core 9 version beta, from August to December 2019, they are listed in my history as "generated" and with several confirmations with one, the balance appears in my system, however when I put the key or the hash on a…
DG-Br
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Bug in copying BTC address
I'm new here but I've been in the crypto world since 2016, today I'm going to tell you what just happened to me.
I had to send 25 euros to the address:
3Lch25qM9kKNEydEKKCKc2Em1naHBLN44y
After an hour from sending my BTC I still do not receive…
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Bitcoin extortion threat for address 14poC1Jg97vuvsyoKSZYz7h276LoAZcrtn?
I have received an email saying my computer was hacked a long time ago with a threat of realeasing personal details unless I pay a ransom to a bit coin address: 14poC1Jg97vuvsyoKSZYz7h276LoAZcrtn
Is there any way to check if the this is a hoax?
Emma
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How can I be sure that bitcoin mining software is not compromised?
I have been interested of generating Bitcoins but how can I be sure that the software that is available for this is not somehow compromised?
My concern is that the software may have some backdoor (reverse shell or otherwise), but to what degree is…
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If Bitcoin is not stolen from an address for some months does it suggest that malware did not capture the key?
Some months ago, using bitaddress.org (offline but using my normal operating system), I made a key pair, copied the key and address to paper and stored a small quantity of Bitcoin at the address. Later, of course, the computer was again connected to…
Peter
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