WoW, Casually: Tips for keeping your account safe

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2-10-2009 @ 9:36AM

Sinogasan said...

This is bad advice.

You should never write your password down, never mind putting it in a text file on your desktop - why not tape it to the monitor, or place it on a post-it under the keyboard?

There are malicious websites that can copy the contents of your clipboard. If you're truely paranoid, turn off javascript and don't use IE (ActiveX).

Memorize your password, run a virus scanner (that is up to date), use a spyware utility regularly - Malwarebytes is a good one, so is SpyBot. Change your password regularly. Passwords should be non trivial and not contain dictionary words and be at least 10 characters in length.

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