Oct 16, 2007
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I suggested to you to use the anti-spyware program in case you had some Key loggers or other spyware on your computer that would enable a thief or a hacker.
If your password is STOLEN and it has been CHANGED by the thief, there is no way for you to retrieve it, unless you can "steal" it back from the thief.
Can you think of anything you may have done to make it available for the thief to steal? Was the password a simple common word or phrase that anyone, such as an enemy of yours (someone who knows you) could figure out?
There ARE password encryption programs, you can use. There are also programs out there that can break those passwords that are weak.
Below is from:
http://rf-web.tamu.edu/security/SECGUIDE/V1comput/Password.htm
Your password is the key to your computer -- a key much sought-after by hackers as a means of getting a foothold into your system. A weak password may give a hacker access not only to your computer, but to the entire network to which your computer is connected. Treat your password like the key to your home. Would you leave your home or office unlocked in a high crime area?
Your computer password is the foundation of your computer security, and it needs to stand up against the tools that hackers have for cracking it. There are 308 million possible letter combinations for a six letter password using all upper case or all lower case letters. A readily available password cracker can check all of them in only 2 minutes 40 seconds.
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