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How to safeguard passwords?

Posted by sarwar hossain on Wednesday, June 29, 2011, In : Passwords 

Most of the internet websites make it compulsory to register and issue you with an username and a password to login to their website. We may have to remember many such username/passwords for different websites. When accessing these websites the computer will prompt and ask you whether you want to save these passwords for future use. If you say ‘yes’ then the password that you key in will be stored in your computer. The next time you visit this website and key in the first letter of your u...


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How to prevent stealing of passwords and credit card details?

Posted by sarwar hossain on Wednesday, June 29, 2011, In : Passwords 

We use internet for many purposes. In many websites we use different login names and passwords. For example, if you use any of the free web emails such as gmail, yahoo or hotmail then you will have to login with your login name and password before accessing your email inbox.

Similarly, if you use any commercial websites for internet shopping such as Amazon or eBay then you may have to use your credit card details before buying online. Only then can you buy online. If we lose credit card relate...


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Use Password protected ‘Screen Saver’ to increase security

Posted by sarwar hossain on Tuesday, June 28, 2011, In : Passwords 

You can give a password to your screen saver and make it active whenever your computer boots up. Those who do not know the password cannot enter your computer. Let us see how you can protect your computer from unwanted users accessing your computer.

To create Screen Save with Password

Right click on the blank space of your desktop and select ‘Properties’. In the new dialog box, click on the ‘Screen Saver’ tab. Select any screen saver of your choice. For example let us assume you chose â...


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Free Password Management software

Posted by sarwar hossain on Tuesday, June 28, 2011, In : Passwords 

To keep computer files, internet connections and other resources just to ourselves, we use passwords. Some people use the same password for everything. This is a very bad practice. Because if someone comes to know about this password then they will get access to all your resources. There fore it is essential to have different passwords for different purposes. But this poses another problem. It becomes very difficult to remember all these passwords. Some write these passwords in their diary or...


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