Crypto Begineer - Need some advice

[ground6]

Hello guys 

I have some question as i just invested my own money ( not from mining ) into cryptocurrency world, which i feel totally awesome.  (Personally invested on ENJ) for those who are wondering.

I have 1 gaming pc for mining + 1 laptop for my normal work (mainly on coding+email viewing).

and there is 1 question raise into my mind once I learned more + invested my own money to cryptocurrency, how do I keep my coin safe on my PC ? Do I really need anti-virus to prevent it ?

Wallet i using - Exodus for bitcoin . Ledger Nano S for ETH + ENJ coin.

Any advice on keeping my PC + laptop + my coin safe ? 


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Will try to reply all comment that I get from you guys , thanks for viewing my thread . Appreciate it.

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[seoincorporation]

In general, you just need to use common sense in order to keep your wallet safe. The point is: if you use windows, well, you will need to be careful about which programs are you downloading into your computer. Also, do make a backup from your wallet, you can print a QR code and keep it in someplace safe.
To me, the idoneous move is to have my wallet in a computer I don't really use very much and to conserve this computer offline as much as possible. On my wallet-computer (as I call it) I never download any stuff but the core, and never watch online movies, use torrent & co.
Also, your password needs to be strong enough and you should never share it, except to one trusted person, I don't know, maybe your woman, mother... someone, for in case you forget or something happens to you someone will be able of recovering the data.
This is what I do. But It doesn't mean that's the only or the best way, it is just that works for me.

[LtMotioN]

If you store everything on your hardware wallet you are pretty much sorted, I would advise you to keep the seed words hidden in a family member whom you trust's house somewhere hidden. That way if your wallet gets stolen you can still recover your funds.

The same goes for your 2 factor authentication seeds. Make sure you use 2FA everywhere, I have my seeds stored on  handwritten paper with a backup copy at my parents house.

[riderinred]

The other 2 replies have most questions covered already.

Concerning anti-virus, a small explanation here.
Anti-virus is not necessary to keep your coins safe as in your coins being hacked, coins cannot be hacked from your wallet.
But if you have a virus on your PC that keylogs your mnemonic phrase or wallet password, then your coins could be stolen.
Same goes for a virus that captures your screen and snapshots the mnemonic phrase while you create your wallet.
That is why anti-virus is important, to prevent the "access data" (mnemonic phrase, password, private key) to your coins from getting stolen.
Your coins themselves cannot be stolen by a virus, only this "access data".
But as said with the data gone then your coins are at risk.

Hope to have this cleared up a bit for you

[paiinfo]

This topic entitled "Trust No One" gives a good description of how to not lose your coins : https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=33835.0. If you don't want to read through that whole topic, the title is a nice summary of the content.