Thank you, DdmrDdmr. Here's the post just the way I sent it below.
Thanks for sharing the guide... This is new to me and I am glad I learned it from here. Better to take some time figuring out how to be secure than being sorry.
Yesterday I just did a google search on how people claim forks especially the recent Bitcoin Cash Forks and realized how so many people are vulnerable to getting hacked.
Incidents have been there where fake websites claiming to be official sites while offering fake wallets for download pop up out of nowhere. sometimes someone claiming to give a guide of how o claim the coins give a link to a fake wallet/fake website. Hopefully, will people get sensitized about such dirty tricks.
I am glad that you learnt something new. I do understand that some security measures may seem painstaking and one might be tempted to think that he/she is hack-proof as I normally think of myself sometimes

but i don't know what lies ahead so its better I take the pains for something than lose all my gains for nothing.