Protecting Yourself

By Robert Sanborn

The scammers are out in force, even I got a call from “Technical Support” telling me they were calling me about a Windows error report I had submitted.  

Give me a break!  First of all, no one is going to call you out of the blue about a computer problem you are having unless you start the call first. 

Just hang up. They are calling at random, hoping to land a gullible fish at the other end and it will cost you. So hang up.

 2nd thing.  If you use a Yahoo, Hotmail, or AOL email account, at some point, someone is going to guess what that little silly password you used is and hack into your email account and will start to send everyone on your address book junk to hook them. 

It’s a fact of life. It’s also time to change the password to something other than your house number, birthday, or dog’s name. 

Want an easy hint on a much stronger password? Then use an easy to remember two or three word phrase and separate it with a number or two. How about something like “christmas15coming”? It is strong, difficult to crack, and easy to remember.