The SurfBar.
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@vExact Then they will also need passphrase and 2fa and if they have malware on pc and phone rip more than just burst balance
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Guys check out this talk of John McAfee about cybersecurity. The man is completely right. Now you know, don't ever watch porn from your mobile phones! XD
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@vExact Ha! I just watched that the other day. I found it after watching this video -
which is pretty funny btw.When I saw him speaking on stage though, I started to think he was full of sh*t because his ramblings lacked substance. I mean, he's talking about click bait...
On another note, I've now searched the AppData folder of 4 computers I had running the surfbar and none of them had this logger. Hopefully I didn't catch the infection but is there somewhere else I should be looking?
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@k.coins yeah, this interview I saw as well, I didn't like too much because of those annoying interviewers :/ But his prediction on BTC cap moving to altcoins is what I found very interesting.
Regarding your question I am not sure, as I never used that surfbar. However you may run one of the softwares that @Focus suggested on the other thread, like this one and check:
https://www.malwarebytes.com/antirootkit/
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@socalguy If you guys really want the surfbar, I'll put it back there, but with a massive "use at you own risk" disclaimer. Lex earned thousands of Burst via the surfbar, but lost millions by being hacked. We'll provide it - but we're not responsible
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%appdata%/dclogs
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@haitch No, let's keep it removed for now. Too much risk.
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@haitch I just checked my roaming folder, that file wasn't there thank God..WOW I could have lost everything because of those hackers.. I am so sorry for all those that lost because of it.. No please don't bring it back, many noobs will lose because of it..for 50 burst a week they better off clicking a few btc faucets.
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@qibucks shady btc faucets could try the same with you. :/
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@daWallet oh dear really? that sux
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@haitch Just out of curiosity, how was it figured that it came from the surfbar?
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Seems like a guess to me... Lex had been running it but if you look at the post where they were discussing the investigation... I still think the account that had no activity since 2014 (no surfbar back then) sticks out like a sore thumb.
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@crutsy @lexicon @focus and others found that at some stage the surfbar ads installed a keylogger / web activity monitor. It was grabing keystrokes and copy/pastes from clipboard.
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Keylogging started at 5th December. Lexicon's first payout from the surfbar was the 4th December. Also another user had malware probably from the surfbar sites some days earlier, too.
@lexicon can elaborate further.
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Yikes! :/
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I've been using the surfbar since November I think, on several computers, and none of them had any signs of this logger (dclogs). I'm still not convinced...
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I'm not trying to rawl anybody up. I too had been running it for a long time and without any issue. It was great for daily income. Not only that it helped with the volume at ccex, who is always threatening to de-list us.
If it indeed came from the surfbar, we can learn from this and how it was discovered tied to the surfbar. If its a guess tho, its like arresting an innocent man. While the real perp commits the crime again.
All in all just looking to learn from this. I would be willing to run a vm and try to replicate it. I think another member was for the same. If we had a few ppl we could see if the ip changes maybe backtrack it a bit.
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@k.coins It is difficult to have 100% certainty.
We simply don't see the reward and possible damages in balance. If someone wants to host the burst surfbar service on an own website as a service detached from burstcoin.biz , you are allowed to make us offers.
We had some hardcore users who made around 300 coins a day...
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@daWallet word to that. I completely understand you guys not wanting to offer such a risk to the community. But to me, there is no smoking gun. I will contemplate the offer to host the service.
I was in the middle of perfecting my VMs so I could get to that 300 Burst/day level! Had a couple payments like that but the challenge is getting the thing to run consistently in different environments.




