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Re:Bitcoin trojan caught in the wild by Groxx on Thursday June 16, 2011 @08:58PM (#2663900)
>it has one motive: to locate your Bitcoin wallet.dat file and email it to the attacker.

Craziness. They could just send the coins to a Bitcoin address, and it wouldn't identify them at all.

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Re:Bitcoin trojan caught in the wild by illumin8 on Thursday June 16, 2011 @09:06PM (#2663918)
Stealing your wallet.dat is easier. With a copy of your private keys they can spend your coins from anywhere, without having to get remote access to your PC and send them locally.
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Re:Bitcoin trojan caught in the wild by kinghajj on Thursday June 16, 2011 @09:02PM (#2663910)
Sending bitcoins is a more involved process than simply copying the wallet.dat file, though. If the author is smart, the email cannot be tied to him anyways.
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