A few tips to teach you to identify pirated and counterfeit MT4 foreign exchange trading software!

Recently, there have been a lot of counterfeit MT4 software on the market, and many investors have been deceived. Today I will tell you a few tips for identifying pirated MT4.

First look at the mobile version of MT4

Genuine mobile phone MT4 is connected to the server of MetaQuotes. In MT4, you can search for regular brokers that use MT4 services. For example, if you search for CPT or Forex (Jiasheng), you can find their servers. If you can’t find other brokers on the above, then this MT4 must be pirated. This is the easiest and fastest way to identify mobile phone pirated MT4.

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Let’s take a look at the computer version of MT4. There are three main methods to identify pirated versions.

Method 1: Check the size of the installation package

Right-click on the installation package, open the properties, first look at the size of the installation package, and see if it is an EXE execution file of hundreds of KB to several megabytes, because the genuine installer needs to be linked to MetaQuotes during installation. For the server, the installation file must be obtained from the server during installation, so the installation program is very small. If the installation package is more than 10M or even tens of megabytes, it means that it is a pirated version of MT4.

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Method 2: Look at the signature of the software

Or click the installation package, right-click Properties, select Digital Signature, and view details

​It is necessary to verify whether the signer name of the certificate is "MetaQuotes Software Corp or MetaQuotes Ltd..",

In addition, check the certificate to see if the time has expired.

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The installation package that meets the above points at the same time is the genuine MT4 software. If not, it must be a pirated version of MT4.

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Method 3: View the About in the software help

All computer programs have information about this window, mainly provider and developer. Take cpt as an example, click Help on the menu bar - click About,

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In the pop-up window, we can see CPT’s contact information, website address and email address, etc., the version number of MT4 on the far left, and the signature provided by MetaQuotes Software on the right. These blue links can be clicked directly Enter the corresponding webpage, and the pirated MT4 will not have such detailed information.

Well, these are the tips for identifying pirated MT4 above, have you learned it yet? When doing foreign exchange transactions, the most important thing is safety. Everyone must be careful when choosing a platform, and check with multiple parties to avoid being cheated.

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