Desktop Wallet Safe Keeping - page 2.

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Quote from: dawnasor on March 26, 2017, 08:02:54 AM

To keep our wallet secured just be careful in phishing apps or malwares and just use a desktop wallet not a web wallet.
You can use bitdefender antivirus its very efficient and good in detecting malwares.

I didn't hear anywhere applications may attack the btc wallet. First, know that if any wallet wanna hack by hackers, they more electricity and help of 100+ super computers effort to hack your wallet. Therefore, simply don't do mistakes in logging in the wallet site or your desktop wallets. That's enough to secure. Don't share your private key or dat to anyone.

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To keep our wallet secured just be careful in phishing apps or malwares and just use a desktop wallet not a web wallet.
You can use bitdefender antivirus its very efficient and good in detecting malwares.

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Quote from: n691309 on March 19, 2017, 02:57:05 PM

Quote from: skorupi17 on March 19, 2017, 12:34:42 PM

Due to bitcoin's growth and being popular than ever, us users may be prone to threats and attacks considering the value of bitcoin today. And since we all want to keep our wallets secured, what is the best way to do so. Since we cannot avoid connecting to the internet, especially to those who uses desktop wallets, how can we keep our wallets secured? Is there any antivirus that can help us be secured in terms of phishing, malware attacks, and other cases that may endanger our wallets? Can you suggest one.

There are some good alternatives, for example, the cold wallets (offline wallets), paper wallets are a good way to stay secured from the internet, but my favorite is to use hardware wallets which are more portable and we can use it for both hot and cold wallet depending on the situations and our needs. There are many different kinds of hardware wallets where some offer some additional features like physical keys to the hardware wallets to manipulate with the device.

I think hardware keys are the best to use. I like to have the wallet.dat file then all is well. However printing out a parent wallet too is much better since it also prince out your private key which is confirmed in the we which is another good reason to use a paper wallet. In a way it is digital because once you scan that QR code you gain access. So it is a very good idea to have a seal on your paper wallet so you know if it has been tampered with. It should last your whole lifetime easily especially if you using high quality paper.

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Quote from: skorupi17 on March 19, 2017, 12:34:42 PM

Due to bitcoin's growth and being popular than ever, us users may be prone to threats and attacks considering the value of bitcoin today. And since we all want to keep our wallets secured, what is the best way to do so. Since we cannot avoid connecting to the internet, especially to those who uses desktop wallets, how can we keep our wallets secured? Is there any antivirus that can help us be secured in terms of phishing, malware attacks, and other cases that may endanger our wallets? Can you suggest one.

There are some good alternatives, for example, the cold wallets (offline wallets), paper wallets are a good way to stay secured from the internet, but my favorite is to use hardware wallets which are more portable and we can use it for both hot and cold wallet depending on the situations and our needs. There are many different kinds of hardware wallets where some offer some additional features like physical keys to the hardware wallets to manipulate with the device.

skorupi17

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Offline wallets/hardware wallets are much more secured than any other wallets, there is no question with that. But since many of bitcoin holders here prefer desktop wallets(refer here: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/what-type-of-wallet-do-you-use-1742228), security is a must and it would be appreciated if a referral of a good antivirus for desktop will be shared for the purpose of eliminating or avoiding phishing, malware attacks, etc.

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Offline wallets such as hardware or paper wallets (if constructed properly) are still the best. For desktop users, it is better to set a password to encrypt your wallet.dat. This will make hacking slightly harder.

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Just as you most likely have a current and savings account with your bank, you could use a web or mobile wallet for convenient, everyday use, while you could have a desktop wallet with appropriate backups on a machine which you seldom use for the Internet (e.g. an old laptop or cheap computer). You could even use a hardware wallet like a TREZOR if you write down your keys somewhere safe.

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Cold wallets and offline signing. Been around since 2011...

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Due to bitcoin's growth and being popular than ever, us users may be prone to threats and attacks considering the value of bitcoin today. And since we all want to keep our wallets secured, what is the best way to do so. Since we cannot avoid connecting to the internet, especially to those who uses desktop wallets, how can we keep our wallets secured? Is there any antivirus that can help us be secured in terms of phishing, malware attacks, and other cases that may endanger our wallets? Can you suggest one.

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