How to view/cancel malicious Approve (authorization)?

Approve means authorization. It allows users holding tokens to authorize a certain amount of tokens to a designated account by calling the Approve method, giving the account the power to freely use the tokens within the amount. If authorization is given to a malicious account, the authorized assets will be at great risk.

----TRON Authorization Query---

1. Use your computer to open the TRON block browser https://tronscan.io/#/ , select [Connect Wallet], and connect your wallet according to the prompts

2.Enter the "Account" page. Click [Authorization List] to view the authorization status of the wallet address;

3. Click [Cancel Authorization]. Since TRON requires the TronLink plug-in to cancel authorization, please follow the TronLink instructions after clicking Cancel Authorization.

How to identify malicious authorization addresses?

Malicious authorization addresses have the following characteristics:

Feature 1: Unidentified airdrop lure

1. Click on any authorized address, click [Token Balance], and click on any token to check [Token Transfer];

  1. In some transfers, the thieves will attach a note, using airdrops as bait to get users to redeem through a third-party DApp. This is the most common method of obtaining user authorization, so be careful! ! Do not trust any airdrops from unknown sources to avoid losing more than you gain! !

Feature 2: Authorized addresses issue multiple tokens of the same type

1. After checking the authorized address, it was found that the address issued multiple TRC10 tokens with the following contents:

  1. There are so many TRC10 tokens that cannot be exchanged in Swap, so they must have other uses. Click on them one by one to view the following content:

Note: In addition to this, there are also coin thieves who use fake payment interfaces to transfer transactions with users, and use Approve malicious authorization to steal coins, so you must be cautious when trading with others.

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