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People ask me all the time after working on their computers, What is the program I need to download to protect my data? 9 times out of 10 it's common sense. If you haven't read it (programs) don't download it. but the biggest and most substantial thing is your password! Most people believe that just because it is simple to you it's not simple to others. For me cracking a password its a matter of looking through your facebook...finding a time when someone had a birthday in your family or someone passed away a name of a family pet, these are all things I can enter into a program that will brute force hack your computer whether it be in front of me or through the internet. I personally don't use any software to protect my computers because I am the first line of defense. http://www.passwordmeter.com/ I highly recommend you try this site, BUT it only works if you do not write the password down close to the computer in case of home invasion.

Password Strength Checker This application is designed to assess the strength of password strings. The instantaneous visual feedback provides the user a means to improve the strength of their passwords, with a hard focus on breaking the typical bad habits of faulty password formulation. Since no official weighting system exi…