my gosh.
no, virus protection doesnt work that way.

This is just so lame he has no money or bitcoins to wager with. Otherwise it would be worth my while to prove him wrong.

I have a hard time believing anyone can be this dumb, so it's most likely trolling. But then again, he probably is that dumb.

then please enlighten us.
are there actual bitcoin entities in the bitcoin network? are the entities transferred from one account to the next or does a transfer only acange account balances?

A trojan designed to steal your wallet.dat isn't going to trigger heuristic detection.

Heuristics looks for triggers like obfustication, replication and filesystem overwrites. This is what viruses commonly do to infect your system. A trojan designed for bitcoin stealing will emulate a legitimate and useful program and will not be triggered by AV.

This is going to be a VERY big problem going forward.

You don't even understand the basic concepts behind how bitcoin works, how the hell can you make this statement?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin

Why don't you actually read about bitcoin before asking questions and better yet trying to act like you know everything about it.

Um, ever wonder why virus protections perform updates?

I know exactly why. Maybe you should explain it. Your theory would make it seem like they would never need to perform updates since they could figure out anytime anyone was doing something bad.

Heuristic Detection is an effective way to locate unknown threats for the most up-to-date realtime protection, but there are downsides.
Obviously this sort of scanning and analysis can take some time, which may slow-down system performance.

The main concern with heuristic detection is that it often increases false positives. False positives are when the antivirus software determines a file is malicious (and quarantines or deletes it) when in reality it is perfectly fine and/or desired. Because some files may look like viruses but really aren’t, they are restricted and stopped from working on your computer.

Is Heuristic Detection Worth It?

Security professionals have come a long way with heuristic detection, and are still working to find the perfect balance that provides proactive protection without causing the hassle of false positives. They have also made the processes much faster by utilizing computer resources more effectively and utilizing better scanning technology.

We expect heuristic detection to continue to be dynamic and improve in speed, efficiency, and efficacy. For now, it is a good idea to utilize a security solution that includes heuristic detection methods. If you find they get in the way, you can usually turn them off anyways. But for utmost protection and truly proactive prevention, heuristic antivirus detection is definitely the way to go.

And now you know.

can you please point me to the part that proves that i am wrong?

No.

Wrong about what? You asked a question, I answered it, and then gave you a resource link.

Don't expect everyone to baby spoon you information.

no, i made a statement before you came online today and you told me that i am wrong. and after reading all relevant parts of the wikipedia article, i still think that i'm right.

I still don't get it. What is the detection looking for in files?

How does this stop a bitcoin trojan from doing exactly what I outlined?

What virus scanner do you use to secure your bitcoin wallet?

Right about what? Why are you trailing off subject again?

Icy,

what is the biggest flaw BTC has?

I don't understand why your asking me this, your acting like I said its impossible to get your wallet stolen, which I didn't.

right about the question whether ot not bitcoins-entities exist in the bitcoin network, which are moved in case of a transfer.

The difficulty in most people understanding how Bitcoins work. I think that can be agreed upon, but that is just my opinion.

I only saw you ask a question about this, never did I see you make a statement. So I'm unclear to what your getting at now, just tell me what you said exactly, I could have missed it.

THIS post. the question is of course rethorical to show my disagreement with the previous post.

so are there any bitcoin-entities that are moved from account A to B in case of a transfer or is a transfer just a change in account balances?

I can't post on the Bitcoin forums, so I made a thread on reddit if anyone wants to discuss bitcoin DROs: http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comm...underers_from/

sorry, but that's ******ed. I can mark coins as 'theft' after a random transaction just to cause problems, or for the lulz.

Nobody in their right mind is going to discriminate between coins, and they shouldn't. Coins will be mixed soon after being stolen, such is life. Coins are fungible.

secure your wallet, people will eventually learn this.

Ok, you are definitely stupid. You dont even acknowledge the fact that there are safety issues, something even the developers of BTC acknowledge.

If you can't provide credibility, then nobody cares

and how do you propose to mark claims credible or not ?

You asked me a question based off of opinion: what is the biggest flaw BTC has?

I answered with my opinion on the matter. I know how to protect myself from most flaws as many many others do, its not so much important to me as it may be to someone else.

I rather focus on educating people about bitcoin so they can do the same.