Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Password Security For your computer security

The biggest mistake which most of us make is that that we make our personal details use as a password, so that we won’t forget that and that would be easy for us to remember what our password was. But, forgetting the main issue that others as well are aware of our details. We tend to forget our passwords so we use simple things like our pets name, or a combination of our last name and birthday, which is really easy to crack. It’s really very easy for a hacker, who has gained the access to your computer, to get the details and crack your passwords.

Computer security is must for everyone no matter which operating system you use, whether its Microsoft windows xp or Microsoft windows vista. In any case computer should be protected by antivirus software’s.

 

Things to remember while you are creating a password for your operating system, your mail account or banking account.

 

  • Never use your personal information in your password, as it is damn easy for anyone to crack your password. Never use your child’s name or your spouse name, your address.

 

  • Do not use real words as your passwords, as it may also land you in trouble. There are tools available in the market which hackers use to crack your password.

 

  • Always use different characters in your password. That will increase your password strength and more secure. You can use mixture of alphabets of lower case and upper case, combining them with numbers and special characters like $ , & or *.

 

  • It’s is preferable to use a password management tool. Just another way to store and remember passwords securely by using password managing tools which are available in the market. These tools maintain a list of usernames and passwords in encrypted form. Some will even automatically fill in the username and password information on sites and applications.

 

  • Change your password after every 30 to 60 days. And you should use different username and password for different applications. And it s advisable to use unique usernames and more secure passwords on sites such as your bank or credit card companies. You should not use the same password at least for a year.                                                                                          
  • Enforce stronger passwords: Rather than relying on every user of the computer to understand and follow the instructions above, you can configure Microsoft Windows password policies so that Windows will not accept passwords that don't meet the minimum requirements. 
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