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Problem domain Cracker softwares can stay in guess and crack
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This is where the danger is for us: memory, startup and could be Make passwords that you can
We open our web browser and a persistent applications always easily remember, such as your
begin browsing directly running on the background. hometown
We visit a site and unknowingly Opening vulnerable office files eg : P@lp4n3P@l)
fall into a spyware trap, such as: and adobe reader formats on a Gmail ; P@55wOrDGm@1lP@
A pop-up, we click on, or even to vulnerable system could result in lp4n3P@l
close it total system com promise. Yahoo : P@55w0rDY@h00P@
A deceptive link that we follow lp4n3P@l
A clickable graphic that we click, Surfing internet in a safer way
leads down a dangerous path l. ehoosing yCIur passwords Basic points about passwords
Spyware loads onto our PC # Use a unique password for each It is better not to use personal
without our knowledge of important accounts. information or common words
Sometimes simply opening a Use different passwords for as a password. Someone with a
Web page or an HTML email e-banking account and personal brief knowledge of our history or
starts the installation email account someone who does some digging
Our computer is infected and our Use of different passwords on can try attacking with those
personal information is at risk different social networking sites details.
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so that even if someone gets Make sure your backup password
Other Problems: access to one of your sites, other options are up-to-date and
Download and use of sites will not be compromised secu red.
applications downloaded from simultaneously. It is recommended to change
unofficial and untrusted sites.
your passwords every 2-4 weeks.
Visiting untrusted sites which s Use a mix of letters, numbers
may contain pop-ups and click- and symbots in password. Habits regarding password.
baits. Using a strong password, with It is better not to write down
Use of crackers and keygen to the combination of letters, password on notebooks or
crack applications, and operating symbols and numbers personal diaries
systems. Longer passwords are harder to A password does not need to

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