My bitcoins have been stolen

[Rampion]

Was the wallet encrypted?

Anyhow, is clear the dude stole your coins. Plugging an USB drive to your computer to send you coins... What he had there, his wallet.dat? And he opened it with your client? A text file with the URL of an online wallet? You said he remotely connected to his computer... Yeah, right. He was just stealing your coins.

[seannnyx]

you must use online wallet for more security 

[usafinders]

You let a person you don't trust run an unknown program on your computer

[shaal]

eek, this is my biggest fear with these crypto currencies

[rocketron]

jaysus, very sorry to hear m8, how much did you lose? just highlights the importance of securtity

[Blazr]

you must use online wallet for more security  

*facepalm*

I'm not even going to begin to explain how wrong you are.

[rocketron]

x1

you must use online wallet for more security  

*facepalm*

I'm not even going to begin to explain how wrong you are.

[Rippyzippers]

x1

you must use online wallet for more security  

*facepalm*

I'm not even going to begin to explain how wrong you are.

=(


Sorry to hear about your troubles.

[edd]

eek, this is my biggest fear with these crypto currencies

Allowing someone unrestricted access to your computer is just asking for trouble even if you've never touched a crypto-currency.

[malin]

;/

[diamondcave]

 I'm glad to hear that all is well and that you got your coins back.

[theDoubleH]

Whatever happened... it serves as a good warning for newbies to learn about security before getting too deep into the rabbit hole.

[diamondcave]

 I will take more precautions now to protect my coins.

[Rampion]

Look at the bright side, at least you did not lose BTC25,000 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=16457.0)

[netzwerg]

He probably brougt a keylogger is my guess.

[colling2]

Sorry to hear what happened dude, but I wouldn't let a stranger use your pc, especially plug anything into your computer. As for encryption, use a random string as a password like 534jgkhfgSDFGergf34£%$&%egfs so it would be hard to brute force or dictionary attack.

That's going to be a bit of a pain to type in any time you need to use the wallet.

[Primrose]

It's a bit awkward I guess if someone says "Can I use your computer" and you have to say something like "Well, no, cos, erm.....", but I guess its the ony way.
Sorry your btc got stolen.

[BitPappa]

I'm glad to hear that all is well and that you got your coins back.

Did I miss something? I didn't see that he got his coins back...

[miningusa]

You really have to be so careful and do everything you can to secure your coins. You should check out the thread about wallet safety.

[sunshin3]

I lost .5 BTC in the whole thing because the thief (whoever it is... I am so confused) got everything in my wallet and I had .5 before this entire transaction with the USB stick and the 7970 sale happened.

I thought you lost 3+ BTC, you only had .5 total?