Great tutorial for teh nubs :3

well it's not so important if you receive small amounts but if you deal with large trades or store your btc for a long time its very important to keep this dates in a secure way.

i recommend that you should try at least this secure methods and after that decide if you want to go with the non secure way

Is this solution secure enough?

Create new virtual PC, put there some linux (Mint/Ubuntu/whatever) a install bitcoin client. Run it only few times a month just to sync with network (or made some payments). Most of the time have this whole virtual PC stored on HDD and/or external memory. I guess the trojans aren't clever enough to mount virtual disk file and steal from wallet saved on that virtual disk, or are they?

Thanks for this tutorial! I will be sure to do this!

Nice read, very informative.

this is interesting

for all the newbies who want to create a more easy way to access btc also for storing them and also to move btc around you can try this solution as follow

1. on your personal pc download Oracle VM virtual box. Follow the steps to install a virtual os on an external HDD or internal HDD.
 internal HDD must be different from your current os location. eg if your current os its installed on C: try to install the virtual OS on D:

2. after the virtual os loads download satoshi btc client, wait for it so syn with the network
-create 20 30 40 incoming btc address
-encrypt your wallet
-backup your wallet

3. after that create a new email address, upload the wallet on your email AND also store it on an external flash drive

4. if you want a more paranoia way to store your btc download Armory btc client, the 32 its currently working only offline and its very good to store your btc but if you operation system has 64 you can download the 64 version and use it instead of satoshi btc client. i recommend using both.

so even if you get a malware on your pc you can format your current OS (c;) and still have the virtual os intact

i also recommend if you access websites etc you should access them ONLY from your current OS not from your virtual os for preventing malware infection.

5. when you need to send someone btc copy the btc address on notepad-save it and after that upload it on a flash drive. go to virtual pc and enable the flash drive option and you will have that notepad on your virtual os.

accessing your sharing wifi internet will not compromise your wallet or your livecd so you can use it with confidence against malware infection. your printer its just secure as your wallet no harm there.
the idea of paper wallet its very secure but if you plan to buy and sell btc daily or even weekly will be a little complicated then using an online btc client or ewallet. give it a go either way 

yes the procedure offers you a secure environment for storing btc. but i don't know why you complicate with linux and flash drives if a simple wallet with encryption and an offline btc client will do the job.

there are many secure way on how to store your wallet and btc you just need to find the right one for you.