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Re: Beware of Clipboard Virus!
by
Husires
on 03/12/2023, 11:22:46 UTC

I am well aware of the risks. Thank you for the suggestion. For this reason, I don't store anything related to crypto on my device. I noticed this virus when I was trying to use an exchange. I copied the deposit address and that's when it happened. There was no funds, seedphrase, secret keys or important documents laying around on my desktop.
If viruses are in your files, reinstalling the operating system will not activate them unless you click on them. Therefore, if you do not open any file and notice that these viruses are present, then the problem is in the operating system. Either it is from an unknown source, or the crack runs before the operating system and leads to viruses running then even antivirus won't be able to notice it.

You can burn Ubuntu to Flash USB and boot from it. Here you can easily download Electrum and use Firefox to access exchanges without fear that there are viruses, and return to using Windows for other tasks.