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Re: What to do to avoid phising sites
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hd49728
on 01/08/2019, 14:10:09 UTC
Umm... a few months ago there was a huge problem: a vulnerability in Electrum allowed hackers show a custom message in Electrum, message that was not coming from Electrum developers, message that was showing a link and asking for upgrade. Whoever "upgraded" from there, got a fake Electrum that stole their funds.

I know that you meant something else, the entries from the help menu, but imho that's just a small step away and can lead to too much trust and .. sometimes problems. I think that remembering the address is much safer and not a big effort.
Exactly!
I know that time, when the forum has running text warned about that phising attacks, and theymos created a thread to warn about it, too.
Hang on minutes, I will give you theymos' thread on this.
This one:
Electrum vulnerability allows arbitrary messages, phishing
Anyway, you made a point, that deserves to add in OP. Thanks.