The best way to protect my wallet on my computer?

[minito]

Hi, the best way to protect my wallet on my computer?

[guybrushthreepwood]

Hi, the best way to protect my wallet on my computer?

Keep it off of it lol. Encrypt it with a strong password and store several backups offline. I recommend using linux too.

[Damon2]

For my wallets I've protected them with a strong password and I keep the data folder on a truecrypt encrypted volume using AES-Twofish-Serpent (all of three) with a stronger different password

[sniksen]

Make a password it will take an eternity to crack. And I mean literally an eternity. http://passwordsgenerator.net/

This is a nice one - w(JRq7h8:G<`k-/hwZ`:n#RN73PxbtpTPZh5(K(7%T"Cq:QBPweusjhg^3[#5nmwhB2se/KEEfkkd,brRCT*]8<.`TTzW?KDznf`De[B}(T>ckpc?;%(=q. It's not very practical though

[guybrushthreepwood]

Make a password it will take an eternity to crack. And I mean literally an eternity. http://passwordsgenerator.net/

This is a nice one - w(JRq7h8:G<`k-/hwZ`:n#RN73PxbtpTPZh5(K(7%T"Cq:QBPweusjhg^3[#5nmwhB2se/KEEfkkd,brRCT*]8<.`TTzW?KDznf`De[B}(T>ckpc?;%(=q. It's not very practical though

Doesn't matter how long your password is if you've got a keylogger and you're likely to forget that if you lose it or whatever.

[Hapex]

Encrypt your wallet, and make multiple backups of wallet.dat in your %Appdata%\Bitcoin folder.

[Chancellor]

Encrypt your wallet, and make multiple backups of wallet.dat in your %Appdata%\Bitcoin folder.

Making backups on the same computer makes little sense. Better to have some backups on removable mass storage.

[guybrushthreepwood]

Encrypt your wallet, and make multiple backups of wallet.dat in your %Appdata%\Bitcoin folder.

Making backups on the same computer makes little sense. Better to have some backups on removable mass storage.

Lol, yeah, and on several different mediums - dvds usbs etc. You can even write the private keys down as well.

[Waterhelm]

If you want to protect your wallet, the best is to put most bitcoin on an offline wallet.
Put a backup on several usb's or ssd's, and encrypt it with a long password, containing no real words.
encrypt the the directory or entire drive using truecrypt. (http://www.truecrypt.org/)

write the password down on paper, or learn it in a way you'll never forget!
You can still keep some bitcoin in a wallet on your computer to play around with.
For protecting your wallet for a long while this is your best option!