Surfing on the bitcointalk forum, I sometimes see some threads discussing about hacking of wallets and the discussion is geared towards the best wallets to secure individuals from hackers. Hardware wallets are normally mentioned. I decided to find out about hardware wallets and my searches made me know that, wallets which are normally hacked are of software base. I found out that some viruses which attack computers are able to steal private keys from the software wallets that we normally use. The issue of virus attacking a computer makes the use of hardware wallet very advantageous over software wallet since the hardware wallet are immune against viruses, hence viruses cannot steal from such wallets. My question is what are some of the hardware wallets and how can one get a hardware wallet?
Well you are absolutely right that soft ware wallets are not the most ideal. They are prone to viruses and if you have a significant amount of money in crypto then you definitely need to store your coins on a hard ware wallet.
The best hardware wallets today are probably
Trezor and Ledger Nano
Both are pretty easy to use and very safe as well.
Though it should be noted that a safely maintained offline paper wallet if used properly is probably the safest option.