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Sounds like classic user error to me. Better luck in the future, friend.

Neither of those.

Coinbase is NOT a wallet, it's an account.  You donate your bitcoins to them, and in exchange they give you an account in their database.  The account indicates a promise on their part to send an equivalent amount of their bitcoins wherever you want whenever you ask.  You have to trust that they will always be able to fulfill that promise.  There are many things that could destroy their ability to fulfill that promise (system down, hacked, embezzlement, accidental or intentional destruction of private keys, government agency, etc).

Blockchain is a wallet.  There have been a variety of issues where individuals have lost bitcoins from their blockchain.info wallet. Weak passwords and browser plug-ins both contribute to the security issues. It can be relatively safe as long as you are capable of identifying and preventing the following potential issues:

• malware on your computer
• malware in the javascript served up to your browser
• weak password
• exposed password
• failure to create and properly secure frequent backups

Among all the Bitcoin wallet online at this time as Coinbase, Blockchain,... Which one is the best ?

Thanks !

I have started the Multibit new wallet at my home PC running very smoothly so far. Thanks for your suggestions, as i say i don't care anymore about my work PC.

If you don't want to re-install Windows and you're not certain that your PC is free from keyloggers, I would suggest you use a virtual keyboard every time you put password in your Bitcoin wallet.

All modern Windows versions come with in-built virtual keyboard. Also may top antivirus programs come with virtual keyboard, not sure about ESET.

That would be ok ,but you are not understanding me. I have Multibit in my home PC. Its my work PC who is infected and personally i dont care much about the work PC, never using BTC in here anymore.

Please if you have had a keylogger on your computer, please reinstall the whole OS.
How good programs like Malwarebytes can be, I have often seen that there is a hidden infection staying after using almost every scan.
A clean OS reinstall is the only way to be safe.

Further more I agree totally with offline / hardware wallets for big amounts.

Thanks, maybe Linux is not that secure at all, but at least i have the local Multibit wallet sitting on my PC ,rather than to rely on Blockchain.info to store my data. I said goodbye forever to Blockchain.

I do not know if it's a good idea to use Gmail for 2FA on any wallet... those are the most targeted accounts on the internet.

Linux will give you a false sense of security.. yes you will most likely get less infections, but it takes only ONE infection for you to be compromised.

FREE TIP : Avoid 2 topics on this forum.... Politics and religion ... You make enemies very quickly and you will NEVER agree with someone from the opposite side. 

Yes he bypassed GA, but not because he is powerful, because he had my private key of my wallet. I have GA in different other places, not even once were they breaked. So i doubt him being powerful to break GA, its the safest bet yet. And i keep my phone without internet access just to be sure.

What's your online wallet?

Does that wallet need GA to withdraw?

If the wallet needs a GA code to withdraw, it means the hacker is very powerful. He can bypass the withdraw GA.

It's not safe to store coins on online wallet, I prefer big exchange wallet, so I can withdraw money easily and it's rather safe.

Not ever touching blockchain again. I have started with Multibit at home, going great so far, so am sticking to it. Added a password to my wallet there ,although not needed, but just for added security. So far so good.

just use blockchain  , you prob got a rat on your comp maybe

Thanks guys, but everything is fixed now, am using Multibit local wallet and is on my Linux home machine. Not at my work, i don't touch anything there anymore, so far so good.

i think your pc have virus or spyware something.
are u download something ? because im done with this before.
u can download some spyware on google. theres many.

I would lime to say a website called thumbzilla is great,  owned by ph and no ads. Keeps the computer safe and lets be real most people need some alone time. The stupid ones click on ads  and unknown sites.

Wow... ok , Ill be sure to ignore you and stop assisting you.... you are either a troll , one of "those muslims" or incredibly bad at jokes.

I recommend everyone else immediately add him to your ignore list and we ostracize this sick asshole.

It is shame for all human kind if you are serious.

I doubt it was a joke and was sound advice to prevent infections. When Ever I help someone clean their computer from a virus I tell the not to watch porn online or if they must have to to go to redtube, Pornhub, Xhamster, yourporn, ect... and don't click on any ads even if they are an older married couple and always hear the same thing that no one watches porn.... but they always are getting infections that usually come from going to shady porn sites ... why is that?

Perhaps you don't ever watch porn but you would be the exception to the rule because arab countries are some of the largest porn consumers in the world:

The Middle East already has the world's most popular porn star ­— 21-year-old Mia Khalifa from Lebanon.

According to research put out by PornMD, the terms “creamy squirt,” “blowjob” and even “Kendra Wilkinson” (Hugh Hefner’s former girlfriend) appear on the top 10 most-searched terms coming out of countries like Iraq, Syria and Iran. The word “Arab” is the number-one searched porn term in Egypt, Iran and Syria. Some get a little creepier. “Pain” lands at Iraq’s fourth most-searched term, while “father daughter” and “brother sister” come in at numbers four and five for Syria. Both the words “mother” and “mom” appear on Egypt’s top 10 list.

Search Engine Request Keyword Trends for keyword sex:
1.  Pakistan    
      2.  India    
      3.  Egypt    
      4.  Turkey    
      5.  Algeria    
      6.  Morocco    
      7.  Indonesia
      8.  Vietnam    
      9.  Iran    
     10. Croatia    

This is not an attack against Muslims as the US state with the highest consumption of porn is the religiously conservative mostly christian state of Utah. The correlation seems to be that there are much higher amounts of porn consumption with sexually repressed areas and people where their laws or culture make sexuality taboo.

But sure, you don't watch porn, just write down those sites above and make sure you don't click on any ads when you aren't watching porn in the future. Additionally, keep your OS patched with the latest updates, make sure your flash and adobe reader plugins are up to date, and use a separate browser that is locked down for casual surfing with no flash, no javascript, https everywhere, no java, ect... and when you aren't watching porn you can switch to the other browser that allows for flash to visit the safe list of porn sites, that you have no need of (but bookmark them anyways  ).

Damn, all this security talk makes me not want to watch porn as well.... time to do some security research.