How much do people fear key loggers?

[TheUltraElite]

The fact that security is a hoax is true and that one can always try everything to secure their stuff but still they will end up with losses from hackers. It is true that a hardware wallet is safer than a desktop or a web wallet. Again it is also true that keyloggers are there in your PC and mobile if you dont keep a proper antivirus and download stuff from every source in the web. What I have learnt from ethical hackers is that to keep the bitcoins safe the best thing to do is to create a paper wallet in an Arch Linux boot or CentOS boot which has been just created and never connected to the internet. That way the keys will be safe - but that is not userfriendly as well.

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[jituroych]

i always do my private work on a separate machine on which i do not install or click any link and unknown software.
and yes i fear key loggers very much not just that trojans and viruses are also danger you can face.

[eternalgloom]

This is not a real worry of mine, as I already do everything possible to avoid installing malware.
Usually it's through fault of the user that their computer gets infected, although a targeted attack is also possible, it's pretty unlikely.

Be wary of everything you download and never download something from an untrusted source.
Even Word or PDF documents can be infected, so also watch out for those.

If you really have to download something that could contain malware, run it in a sandbox or on a virtual machine.

It's also a good idea to install the NoScript plugin on your webbrowser and disable javascript.
I also never run Flash.

[elliottflz65]

As long as you do not download anything fishy and don't visit suspicious links then you can protect against them without the use of antivirus.

[ranochigo]

Im gonna buy a ledger but i still want to.spread the risk among some other wallets. Problem is most now apart frrom core uses a 12 word passphrase. Problem is John Mcafee says millions of phones and computers have keyloggers so they can take photo.and send your passphrase quite easily.

Is this a serious risk?

How to use a wallet that solves this?

The best way of solving the problem is use the wallet on the machine where you dont use another things only use the wallet for it. So that if you got get any problem of key loggers as you wont be using any type of files and browser service.

this is exactly my approach
i setup a virtual machine when i have my wallets and i connect to network just when i need to send transaction or sync chain.
when i don't needt it, the VM is powered off..

If you have a keylogger, you would most likely also have some kind of malware, given that a lot of keylogger nowadays are now considered RAT. It is not secure to be using a VM with the wallet inside of it. A malware from your host machine could easily capture any keys or files from your VM.