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Paypal has with drew many amounts off my american exspress which no order was put through

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Need to do a different face book passcode

Apply following 3 steps-
1. Avoid Predictable Password Formulas The biggest problem is we're all padding our passwords the same way (partly because most companies limit your password length and require certain types of characters). When required to use mix of upper- and lower-case letters, numbers, and symbols, most of us:
  • Use a name, place, or common word as the seed, e.g., "fido" (Women tend to use personal names and men tend to use hobbies)
  • Capitalize the first letter: "Fido"
  • Add a number, most likely 1 or 2, at the end: "Fido1"
  • Add one of the most common symbols (~, !, @, #, $, %, &, ?) at the end: "Fido1!"
Not only are these patterns obvious to professional password guessers, even substituting vowels for numbers ("F1d01!") or appending another word ("G00dF1d01!") wouldn't help much, since hackers are using the patterns against us and appending words from the master crack lists together.
Other clever obfuscation techniques, such as shifting keys to the left or right or using other keyboard patterns are also now sniffed out by hacking tools. As one commenter wrote in the Ars Technica article, hackers use keyword walk generators to emulate millions of keyboard patterns.
The solution: Don't do what everyone else is doing. Avoid the patterns above and remember the basics: don't use a single dictionary word, names, or dates in your password; use a mix of character types (including spaces); and make your passwords as long as possible. If you have a template for how you create memorable passwords, it's only secure if no one else is using that rule. (Check out IT security pro Mark Burnett's collection of the top 10,000 most common passwords, which he says represents 99.8% of all user passwords from leaked databases, or this list of 500 most common passwords in one page.)
2. Use Truly Random Passwords Use multiple unrelated words for your strong, long password: Using a passphrase is more secure and more memorable than complicated but shorter passwords, as web comic Xkcd pointed last year. Longer and simpler passwords trump shorter and more complex ones-but only if the words you use are truly random. If you're using a common quote or saying for your passphrase, you're a target, because hackers' dictionaries include common quotes, phrases, titles, and lyrics-and they can easily employ rules to use just the first letter of each word or other similar pattern. "To be or not to be" and "2b30rn0t2b3" and "tbontb" might all very well take just seconds to crack thanks to fast algorithms, so make your passphrase truly unique and random. (The Xkcd password generator can pick four random words for you.)
The best option is to use a password generator and manager: While the passphrase approach might be good for, say, your computer login or the few cases you need to remember your password, the best option is to generate a truly random, long, and complex password. This avoids the problem of easily cracked patterns and word lists. LastPass, KeePass, or 1Password can all generate a random password for you. See how to build a nearly hack-proof password system with LastPass for detailed instructions. Remember, the only secure password is the one you can't remember.
3. Use a Unique Password for Each Site No matter what passwords you choose or create, this is the most important security strategy of all: Use a different password for each site. This limits the damage that can be done if/when there's a security breach-if your password is compromised on one site, at least all your other accounts are protected.
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I do not know to to make a password to my router?

Your password can be pretty much anything you want. Using intermingled capital and lower case letters with numbers, stay away from real words and logins, addresses and the like. There are modes on a router that require very specific length passwords too, so make sure you have requirements met.
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Can you solve please problem with opening Microsoft Office Word 97 - 2003 document, which protected by password. I tryed many options but couldn't find programm to unlock the password and get require info....

u may try this..
To unprotect a Word document that has been locked, read on: With the document open press F11 while holding down shift and alt (Alt-Shift-F11). This should launch the script editor in Word;
Next select the find option (or hit ctl-f), and run a find for the word "password." This should highlight something liket his"32943208";
Delete the letters and numbers between the tags (in the above example this would be the 32943208);
Save the document in the script editor and close the window. You should now be back in your Word document;From the "Tools" pulldown menu, select "unprotect." Your document should now be unprotected....
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