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21  Other / Beginners & Help / Anti-Keyloggers, Keystroke Encryption and other means of protection on: December 04, 2013, 01:22:55 PM
Hey, I was wondering is anyone had any advice on how to best protect our wallets.

I've been looking at the protection that security software provides and realized that anti-viruses are a waste of time. My BitDefender subscription recently ended, so I bought a new anti-virus (which shall not be named because I do not know if it is wise to do so.) I installed the new anti-virus while BitDefender was still working AND IT FOUND A LOT OF SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY WHICH BitDefender COMPLETELY MISSED! Angry This is worrisome because it implies that anti-viruses only offer the concept of protection. Here I should note that I only buy the complete packages, meaning that Internet security is included.

So I started looking on the internet for more specific forms of security. The anti-keyloggers and keystroke encrypters looks like a good idea to begin with, but I don't know which is the best to use for my wallets or which ones I can trust.

So, if anyone has any advice on how to protect ourselves please post it here in a clear and non-technical way (so that noobs can understand)

Also if anyone has knowledge on the methods being used to hack our wallets or steal our passwords, please inform us here as well.
22  Bitcoin / Project Development / Re: Windows App for monitoring Exchange rates on: December 04, 2013, 12:36:27 PM
That would be awesome because it is either difficult or tedious to keep track of the value of all my altcoins. An app that can keep track of the value of multiple altcoins at once has great potential for success because not many exist (if any!)

Also, the MultiBit wallet uses OpenExchangeRates to convert the dollar value of bitcoin (from MtGox) to my local currency, so you may want to look at that to make the application even better, but that isn't that important.

Thank you for doing this Wink
23  Economy / Micro Earnings / Re: FREE BITCOIN Sites *and* Free Newbie Lotto on: December 03, 2013, 07:54:01 PM
Can I be added to the lotto please: 1H9UnbhKPWVp3Y5tfrxUroTiMRpXkyveCZ

By the way, http://www.mmoclub.com/faucet also gives bitcoins, but it seems they are dry at the moment. I did notice that they added more funds over the weekend, so they may still be worth checking out.
24  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: [Frk][Newbie][Giveaway] limit 50 on: December 03, 2013, 07:31:42 PM
Liked and shared on Facebook, and added to my circle on g+. Is there a twitter page I could follow?

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Thanx for helping to get my feet wet Cheesy
25  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: [ANN] [CAP] Additional Bottlecap giveaway on: December 03, 2013, 07:18:46 PM
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Thanks. I am currently trying to get my friends to invest in CAP, so this is an awesome giveaway!
26  Bitcoin / Project Development / Re: Windows App for monitoring Exchange rates on: December 03, 2013, 07:11:12 PM
While I think the idea is great, my wallet (MultiBit) already does it for me, and has many more currencies. What would make this truly awesome if if I could use it to keep track of the values of my other altcoins as well.
27  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Free INFINITECOIN - 2.000.000 IFC giveaway on: December 03, 2013, 06:51:26 PM
IFC: i4YokV4D8Hoqa7KBFFu2v3zxJhkFFjDAdW
28  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Alt-Coins on: December 02, 2013, 07:46:23 PM
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Almost all of the alt-coins out there are going to be a waste of time.  They're being created to take advantage of people who get super excited about different things and then get pumped and dumped.

As the value of Bitcoin increases, people will naturally start looking for a more affordable alternative; this creates great opportunities for altcoins. While most will die out, getting into altcoins now may actually be a good idea. Having multiple cryptocurrencies increases the chance that the world will move to decentralized currencies, so we must do what we can to support them - just don't invest huge amounts of cash into them yet, they are mostly unstable at the moment.
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