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  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Jul 1st, 2009
  • Comments: 8

Password Recovery Questions Make Online Accounts Vulnerable

Password recovery questions are great to recover a forgotten password in a matter of seconds. All that needs to be done is to answer the password recovery question to receive a new password in the email inbox. This does however make email hacking a profitable business as email accounts are usually connected to online stores [...]

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Categories: Security, The Web

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Dec 12th, 2008
  • Comments: 4

Password Asterisk Logger

Most software programs display passwords in asterisks to prevent bypassers from accidentally identifying the typed in password. That feature is however superfluous if there are no other users who can accidentally spot the password. Still, asterisks are displayed whenever the password is entered.
Problems can arise if a user is forgetting the password that he [...]

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Categories: Windows, software

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Nov 11th, 2008
  • Comments: 13

Brute Force Calculator

Have you ever wondered how long it would take for a typical computer bought in 2008 to brute force your passwords? Now you can find out with the Brute Force Calculator. While it does not provide scientific results it could be interesting to see how long it could take to brute force your passwords to [...]

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Categories: Security, The Web

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Sep 29th, 2008
  • Comments: 15

One Password Management Software To Rule Them All

Choosing secure passwords is important to protect the user accounts from being accessed by unauthorized users. The problem that arises for all users is that secure passwords are harder to remember. Writing them down is one solution to the problem. The other possibility that is more reasonable is using a password management software.
A good password [...]

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Categories: Browsing, Security, firefox, ie, software

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Sep 28th, 2008
  • Comments: 6

Google Chrome Password Manager

Most modern web browsers make use of a password manager that stores usernames and passwords of websites and services in the browser so that the user does not have to enter them over and over again. Mozilla Firefox and Opera provide access to a password manager in the browser that can be used to manage [...]

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Categories: Browsing, Google Chrome, software

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Aug 8th, 2008
  • Comments: None

Outlook Express Password Recovery

It is beyond me why someone would still use Outlook Express unless company’s policies would force him to do so. Many users probably use it because it is there within Windows by default and because it works. If you are one of those users you might like to continue reading this article about password recovery [...]

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Categories: Email, Windows, software

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Mar 13th, 2008
  • Comments: 2

Scan Computer for password protected files

Did you ever loose track of all the password protected files on your system ? This happened to me just a few days ago when I was looking for a zip file that a friend send me which was password protected. I could not remember the name and location where I saved it to and since I tend to clear the history at each reboot I was not able to take a look at the software protocol of the transfer anymore.

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Categories: Operating Systems, Security, Windows, software

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