Using Vanitygen/oclvanitygen

[d57heinz]

Have a quick question for noob Mondays:) Ive just stumbled onto the vanity address generator.   How do I once ive found an address and have the private key do I put it into Multibit. or do I have to use bitcoin-qt?  And what is the procedure to add the key?  Also is it possible for someone to use the same software and find the same private key. and then spend my funds? I have my wallet encrypted is that enough?  Thanks for the help:D

73's

Doug
d57heinz

[TheRealSteve]

How do I once ive found an address and have the private key do I put it into Multibit.

Google: multibit import private key
https://multibit.org/help_importASingleKey.html

Also is it possible for someone to use the same software and find the same private key. and then spend my funds?

Possible: Yes.  Just highly unlikely.  Vanity addresses aren't 'special' in technical terms.  If they could find a collision for your vanity address, then they could find one for any address.

I have my wallet encrypted is that enough?

That's a general wallet security question - the addresses (or private keys) stored within are unrelated to that