Topic: Protecting Your Computer? - page 3. (Read 1484 times)

If you wanted to protect your computer, you may follow the basic rules below:

1. Use a firewall.
2. Install antivirus software.
3. Install an anti-spyware package.
4. Use complex passwords.
5. Keep your OS, apps and browser up to date.
6. Ignore spam.
7. Back up your computer.
8. Shut it down.
9. Use virtualization.
10. Secure your network.
11. Use two-factor authentication.
12. Use encryption

And you should aware the 10 most common cyber attack types:

1. Denial-of-service (DoS) and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks
2. Man-in-the-middle (MitM) attack
3. Phishing and spear phishing attacks
4. Drive-by attack
5. Password attack
6. SQL injection attack
7. Cross-site scripting (XSS) attack
8. Eavesdropping attack
9. Birthday attack
10. Malware attack

https://blog.netwrix.com/2018/05/15/top-10-most-common-types-of-cyber-attacks/

If you are concerned about your password for wallet, keep it somewhere else, store it like paper wallet.

There is not password software on PC that can not be hacked as far as hacking goes ,this is why I don't use PC to keep crypto coins ,if you want to use PC don't share your computer will friends and stay away from phishing or suspicious links

From what was suggested above, everything is indeed very important. And I will do it from now on, because it's very important to protect devices that we use dangerous attacks. Thank you for very important suggestions for the future. Everyone must know this.

You just do not go to phishing sites, as 90% of the stolen keys users provide themselves. To store on a separate computer all data of course well, but not everyone can afford to have 2 computer.

It's simple. Do not store private keys, important passwords on a computer that has access to the network. Yes, maybe this is inconvenient. But it is extremely safe.

Besides making sure not to download the wrong programs that can be fake programs like fake wallets and not clicking on links, what other important things should you do to protect your computer?  Yes i know you should not put crypto in it but even those who have hardware wallets, some coins cannot be put in the hardware wallet and you need to put it on its own wallet you install or in an exchange. 


First off, does everyone here put a password on their computer?  I read the windows password is completely useless.  But does anyone here use veracrypt or a program where you must enter a password on your computer before you can log in?  Because i read cases where a hacker if they have access to your laptop can put a virus, trojan, keylogger in your computer... then shut down your computer and if you never knew someone accessed your computer, well anything you type on it can be visible to the hacker.  Of course this requires someone smart to have physical access to your laptop.  Thus if they take your laptop, well even if they put a trojan on it, well as long as you don't type your stuff on it, thats fine.


Can someone tell me what program they use to password protect their laptop?  I do not do this as i heard this process is not that simple.  I heard there is either veracrypt or bitlocker.  Are those the only 2 options or best 2 options?  If so, which do you choose and with it, does that mean a thief with access to your laptop cannot get into your laptop and store anything in it like trojan unless they have the password?  Because say someone installed a trojan in your laptop while you are not there for a bit... let say its just a friend who did it b/c they know you have crypto... that is dangerous.  Any advice here? 

It's quite different in my point I guess? Having more access to more computer will going to put you into risk rather than to just use one computer or cellphone that will going to be better if you set it as its main function, just to keep your cryptocurrency in a safe location. Since, we are prone to hacks in our personal computer.

As long as you keep your coins in a different computer other than the PC you use for your daily stuff, you will be fine.

Having Adblock, Kaspersky, Malwarebytes is cool. If you don't download too many pirated software, that's even better. Being cautious will keep you safe %99 of the time. If you just keep your important stuff on somewhere else, you'll be safe all the time. (at least against the hackers, viruses etc... Your hardware still can get broken.)

Spywares,malwares,Trojans ,these are the worst enemies of windows pc ,it will be better to keep your coins and tokens on hardware wallets or even mobile wallets with private keys ,on windows pc I don't know how effective antivirus software is and PCs are easily hacked by spyware's this days,I stay off pc I'm better off using mobile

Great advice but if you want to be fully secured, don't use internet at all. This is serious, I am planning to have a laptop at least the cheapest one just to store my coins and never to connect it into any internet connection. Its a must to be wise, we have more reason to protect our wallet so the hackers will never see any chance on touching our precious coins. My advice is to back up everything and use all the security features of the wallet.