Bitcoins stolen: is address known & best security for a non-teccy person?

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Quote from: presidentcoin on March 15, 2014, 05:41:32 PM

Quote from: Light on March 15, 2014, 05:35:46 PM

Was the wallet encrypted with a password? My advice to you, is that you store a majority of your BTC in cold storage (just buy a raspberry pi and set one up for this purpose) and move amounts that are necessary to your hot wallet to spend. But don't keep a lot on your computer which is regularly connected to the internet.

Why to buy he can use my SourceCode it support cold storage

Yeah but if they use a Pi that isn't connected to the internet then there is a nearly zero chance of bitcoins getting stolen.

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Quote from: Light on March 15, 2014, 05:35:46 PM

Was the wallet encrypted with a password? My advice to you, is that you store a majority of your BTC in cold storage (just buy a raspberry pi and set one up for this purpose) and move amounts that are necessary to your hot wallet to spend. But don't keep a lot on your computer which is regularly connected to the internet.

Why to buy he can use my SourceCode it support cold storage

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Was the wallet encrypted with a password? My advice to you, is that you store a majority of your BTC in cold storage (just buy a raspberry pi and set one up for this purpose) and move amounts that are necessary to your hot wallet to spend. But don't keep a lot on your computer which is regularly connected to the internet.

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For the next time he/you can use https://kryptowallet.org/, blockchain.info, or PaperWallet https://bitcoinpaperwallet.com/bitcoinpaperwallet/generate-wallet.html.You can download the KryptoWallet SourceCode chainge the index.php to index.html and open it (the PHP Codes will not work)

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Quote from: morrisminer on March 15, 2014, 04:09:08 PM

The following transaction appeared in a friends Bitcoin wallet and not initiated by this person - effing bastards stole those bitcoins that took her weeks to accumulate!

Probably a trojan - AVG (which was installed) did not pick anything up so I'll have to talk about better security and use a VM .... I am wondering does this have to be a virus on the pc or can it be done elsewhere ? Is there an anti-virus program that can be relied upon ?

Status: 42 confirmations
Date: 15/03/2014 14:26
To: 18m2MX9KSYS3bZFado4TS7yLqsfsQxcRB1
Debit: -0.525 BTC
Transaction fee: -0.0004 BTC
Net amount: -0.5254 BTC
Transaction ID: d864805441a77a43a0ccb78c478bd72275e29f1663a1c401969cb115d8d993ef

Read the wiki about paper wallets. Tell her to store the majority of her bitcoins that way (think of it like a savings account) and only keep what she's going to spend in the immediate future in a "hot" wallet.

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Quote from: morrisminer on March 15, 2014, 04:09:08 PM

The following transaction appeared in a friends Bitcoin wallet and not initiated by this person - effing bastards stole those bitcoins that took her weeks to accumulate!

Probably a trojan - AVG (which was installed) did not pick anything up so I'll have to talk about better security and use a VM .... I am wondering does this have to be a virus on the pc or can it be done elsewhere ? Is there an anti-virus program that can be relied upon ?

Status: 42 confirmations
Date: 15/03/2014 14:26
To: 18m2MX9KSYS3bZFado4TS7yLqsfsQxcRB1
Debit: -0.525 BTC
Transaction fee: -0.0004 BTC
Net amount: -0.5254 BTC
Transaction ID: d864805441a77a43a0ccb78c478bd72275e29f1663a1c401969cb115d8d993ef

Best practice is keep your coins in offline wallet.

morrisminer

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The following transaction appeared in a friends Bitcoin wallet and not initiated by this person - effing bastards stole those bitcoins that took her weeks to accumulate!

Probably a trojan - AVG (which was installed) did not pick anything up so I'll have to talk about better security and use a VM .... I am wondering does this have to be a virus on the pc or can it be done elsewhere ? Is there an anti-virus program that can be relied upon ?

Status: 42 confirmations
Date: 15/03/2014 14:26
To: 18m2MX9KSYS3bZFado4TS7yLqsfsQxcRB1
Debit: -0.525 BTC
Transaction fee: -0.0004 BTC
Net amount: -0.5254 BTC
Transaction ID: d864805441a77a43a0ccb78c478bd72275e29f1663a1c401969cb115d8d993ef

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