i use an Ironkey that has a malware scanner built in on top of the encrypted internal chip. this combined with desktop antivirus/malware should be pretty effective in preventing malware from infecting the Ironkey would it not?
I've heard good things about the Ironkey. For the offline wallet interface, the biggest threat is hidden USB-key viruses, so something with built-in-AV probably helps. But without some kind of updating mechanism, it's built-in A/V could quickly become outdated and useless against evolving threats. I think more importantly, having A/V on the online system and disabling any kind of autorun-on-mount capability on the offline system are the most proactive way to avoid these problems.
But even without that, the offline wallet system is probably the absolute safest way to manage large sums of BTC, despite being fairly complicated. Yet, I believe Armory has actually made it usable by ordinary users (now I just need to get the system req'ts down to "normal"), and hope others will help me test that part and let me know what they think. It was one of my prime motivators for starting Armory.
i really appreciate this product. i too look forward to offline tx capability in a simpler way. thanks.
fyi, Ironkey updates the malware scanner online each time i open it and scans the contents of the Ironkey.
