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Title: Bitcoins stolen: is address known & best security for a non-teccy person? Post by: morrisminer on March 15, 2014, 09:09:08 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 Title: Re: Bitcoins stolen: is address known & best security for a non-teccy person? Post by: jonald_fyookball on March 15, 2014, 09:16:23 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. Title: Re: Bitcoins stolen: is address known & best security for a non-teccy person? Post by: CurbsideProphet on March 15, 2014, 10:29:19 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. Title: Re: Bitcoins stolen: is address known & best security for a non-teccy person? Post by: presidentcoin on March 15, 2014, 10:35:16 PM For the next time he/you can use https://kryptowallet.org/ (https://kryptowallet.org/), blockchain.info (http://blockchain.info), or PaperWallet https://bitcoinpaperwallet.com/bitcoinpaperwallet/generate-wallet.html (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)
Title: Re: Bitcoins stolen: is address known & best security for a non-teccy person? Post by: Light on March 15, 2014, 10:35:46 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.
Title: Re: Bitcoins stolen: is address known & best security for a non-teccy person? Post by: presidentcoin on March 15, 2014, 10:41:32 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 Title: Re: Bitcoins stolen: is address known & best security for a non-teccy person? Post by: joehop67 on March 16, 2014, 09:18:46 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. |