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If you have issues with sending or receiving transaction please follow the steps below:

BACKUP THE 'Beam Wallet' folder first

1. Download the 1.1.4201 version for your platform from beam.mw/downloads

2. Install new version and migrate from 4194 (or the latest version you have)|
3. Switch to the local node (if you are not using it already) and click 'Apply Settings'
4. Click on 'Rescan' button on settings screen.
5. Wait for the node to fully sync and check that your transaction status and balance are correct

Detailed instructions are also available here: https://documentation.beam.mw/en/latest/rtd_pages/user_desktop_wallet_guide.html#rescan-wallet

CRITICAL VULNERABILITY IN BEAM WALLET

9.1.2019 20:20 GMT

Critical Vulnerability was found in Beam Wallet today.

Vulnerability was discovered by Beam Dev Team and not reported anywhere else.

Vulnerability affects all previously released Beam Wallets both Dekstop and CLI.

DO NOT DELETE THE DATABASE or any other wallet data.

The vulnerability DOES NOT affect wallet data, secret keys or passwords

All Beam users are REQUIRED to follow the procedure below IMMEDIATELY!!!


1. Stop your currently running Beam Wallets immediately

2. Uinstall or delete your Beam Wallet application and executables from all machines.

DO NOT DELETE THE DATABASE or any other wallet data

3. Make sure the application was deleted. Check the documentation for the location of Wallet application files (https://beam-docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/rtd_pages/user_files_and_locations.html)

4. Download the Beam Wallet again from the website only (beam.mw/downloads)

It will have THE SAME version numbers as previously published archives
Make sure the SHA256 of the archive matches with the one published on the website.

5. Install the new application



Details for the vulnerability and the CVE will be published within a week to avoid exploits.