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Pick A Good Password

What's the most common password? You guessed it..."password." Obviously this is not the best way to protect yourself against hackers and online thieves.

We suggest you DON'T use the following passwords. Your name or your spouse's name, your children's names, your pet's name, your birth date, the last four digits of your Social Security number, your phone number, your address, a series of consecutive numbers, such as "1, 2, 3, 4."

Your best bet for creating a strong password: Use combinations of letters, numbers and special characters.

You can test your password strength for free at: www.microsoft.com/protect/fraud/passwords/checker.aspx