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Whether you want to protect your computer data, or your online accounts you need a strong password for your assets to be safe. These days there are many passwords cracking tools available for free download.

To protect your computer from password crackers by creating a strong password, simply follow the tips listed below:

1. Never ever use things from your personal life as passwords, for e.g. your name, birthday etc.

2. Do not use password generators to create strong passwords because some password crackers might use a decrypting process to reverse it.

3. Make sure that your password is reasonably long. If you use Microsoft Windows, make sure that it is at least 15 characters long. This protects you against brute force attacks.

4. Make sensible use of special characters, upper case, lower case, and numbers to create your password. For e.g., MyP@ssw0rdisE@sy

5. Do not use Inversed words because they are not difficult to crack. For e.g. if you inverse a word “password” to “drowssap” that won’t be of much help.

6. If you have to write down a password, make sure that it is locked securely. Do not ever leave it exposed.

7. Use words and phrases that are easy for you to remember but hard for others to guess. For e.g. “Myn@me!sS@11y” is a password that originated from the sentence “My name is Sally”.

8. Avoid the words in dictionary.

9. Do not store your passwords online. If somebody ever gets access to the files in which you have stored your passwords, you can imagine the amount of damage he/she can do to you.

10. Change your passwords regularly. It is recommended that you change your password at least once every 42 days.

11. Use the password security meter from http://www.securitystats.com/tools/password.php to check the strength of your password.