Reddit Thread - What is a good Chrome extension BTC ticker?ģ. Reddit Thread - Beware of bitcoin price ticker browser extensionsĢ. Many people fell for this trap, check the following links:ġ. If not, it means the extension was pulled down by people in Google themselves and was indeed compromised. How do I know it is actually the extension?Ĭheck all your extensions and try to check whether they are still present on Google Chrome store. It is best to create a new wallet and transfer all your funds there. Likely not, it looks like the virus is attacking and changing only the clipboard, but you never know if your wallet is in the hands of a hacker. You can not trust a once compromised operating system, especially when dealing with money.
Also, the best is to reinstall your whole system as it is. Your wallet is not safe enough for daily usage and storing funds. Uninstall the extension and create a new wallet. Looking at the ethereum and binance smart chain addresses belonging to the scammer I found out he already made ~7500 USD that way. Scammer who created this extension injected a javascript file into the extension which detects whether you copied 0x address and if so, it changes the address to HIS address, so you send funds to a different address as originally intended. Fortunately, I noticed just in time and did not lose any funds, but others were not that lucky. I got malware by this way, searching around the web I found out there are numerous people falling into the same trap.
#Bitcoin ticker widget chrome install
As the title says, DO NOT in any circumstances install ANY bitcoin price extension to ANY of your browsers.
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