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Originally Posted by Brinson  was your password a word found in a dictionary?
Generally, it should not be. For forums and ****, I don't, because I don't care that much but for my admin accounts, SSH, FTP, ect, what I do is find one word in a dictionary, one word not in a dictionary- characrer from TV show, Video Game, ect, then add a string of 3 or 4 numbers to the end of it at least.
Or if I am super paranoid, a randomly generated alphanumeric string using both upper and lower case is **** hard to beat. 
Most "hacking" of passwords is actually a method called brute forcing where a program guesses over and over again until it finds it. |
Yeah i think it was a brute force attack. My password is unique to me, so its a random word which wont be found in a Dictionary, and with numbers and a random letter to mix it up a bit as well
And as much i can tell, after scans after scans i have found no trojan or anything.