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*Arubalisa* · 07-03-2010, 07:44 PM

It has been a long couple of months. First one of my websites was hacked and infiltrated with a virus. Then a couple of weeks ago one of our laptops, even though it had spyware and anti-virus protection, was pretty badly infected.

Dh is a "computer whiz" and we had to pay someone to fix both problems, so we are talking major headaches here. The laptop virus was just picked up by mousing over an ad on www.petfinder.com but the infected and hacked website was due to a weak password.

My bad and I have learned from my mistake.

Here http://wolfram.org/writing/howto/password.html is an excellent article on how to choose passwords and some tips to remember them. I can safely say now I use a 14 character password with some characters and some caps and am very confident it will be a real tough one to crack.

Best yet, it is easy to remember.

*Andrea J.* · 07-03-2010, 07:55 PM

a nightmare indeed.

we are terrible with remembering passwords.

glad all is better

lrealnurse · 07-03-2010, 11:00 PM

excellent website, I am now going to change my passwords.. thanks for the reminder and information

07-03-2010, 07:44 PM	#1 (permalink)
Arubalisa Moderator Join Date: May 2007 Location: Boca Catalina Posts: 10,685 Images: 174	How to Pick a Safe Password It has been a long couple of months. First one of my websites was hacked and infiltrated with a virus. Then a couple of weeks ago one of our laptops, even though it had spyware and anti-virus protection, was pretty badly infected. Dh is a "computer whiz" and we had to pay someone to fix both problems, so we are talking major headaches here. The laptop virus was just picked up by mousing over an ad on www.petfinder.com but the infected and hacked website was due to a weak password. My bad and I have learned from my mistake. Here http://wolfram.org/writing/howto/password.html is an excellent article on how to choose passwords and some tips to remember them. I can safely say now I use a 14 character password with some characters and some caps and am very confident it will be a real tough one to crack. Best yet, it is easy to remember. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter Share Post on Facebook __________________ Aruba Bound! ~ Blogging to Aruba ~ Hoosier Kitties ~ Our-Cruises ~ Pictures of Aruba Last edited by Arubalisa; 07-04-2010 at 12:45 AM. Reason: Addtl info

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07-03-2010, 07:55 PM	#2 (permalink)
Andrea J. Aruba since 1979 Moderator Join Date: May 2007 Location: renaissance island, eagle beach, amsterdam manor/passions beach bar, Hung Paradis, alto vista chapel, madam janettes, big porch at B55 Posts: 13,258 Images: 80	a nightmare indeed. we are terrible with remembering passwords. glad all is better Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter Share Post on Facebook __________________ Please, I'll have a Grande' decaf Mocha Latte' with a shot of liquid tranquilizer.

07-03-2010, 11:00 PM	#3 (permalink)
lrealnurse Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: anywhere there is a beach and water Posts: 253 Images: 3	excellent website, I am now going to change my passwords.. thanks for the reminder and information Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter Share Post on Facebook __________________ First trip to Aruba down; many more to come Lisa