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Windows installer 1.21.0 Sphere download identified as Trojan:Win32/Wacatac.B!ml #105

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Phytotech opened this issue Dec 15, 2024 · 3 comments

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@Phytotech
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What to do? This download is autodeleted by windows security. No option to keep then check with suggested checksum procedure. I was updating an older Sphere version. Uninstalled the app and will need to recover my wallet. I have recovery phrases, but not my password (not sure why I did not record that!) Please advise on how to proceed.

@Phytotech
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There is something really phishy here! When clicked on the above link sends me to a page that Metamask IDs as a phishing site. On second try I enter and start a chat. Apparently, they want me to enter my recovery phrases into their web site. Yeah, right! They even assure me that everything is encrypted like I was born this morning.
So what is up with this wallet? Sounds like there is hack of the product and this site?

@bodeni
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bodeni commented Dec 22, 2024

I confirm that version 1.21 has a virus. By the way, the link from the official website leads to version 1.20. Are the developers asleep?

@Phytotech
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BTW, I reinstalled the original Sphere program. Had to do a recovery with phrases, then opened a Binance account which supports Horizen/zen and successfully transferred my zen to Binance using the older (1.11.0) Sphere.

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