List of common passwords that the Conficker worm tries as one method of spreading itself. Not sure these are scientifically the "most used" passwords, but it must be fairly representative since the Conficker worm does pretty well. If you have a password like these you need a new system. I recommend using the first letter of every word in a phrase you know well (like maybe a song lyric.) Take Me Home Country Roads would yield 'tmhcrttpib'. Not perfect (would be much better to have some letters and punctuation in there,) but very easy to remember and won't fall to a dictionary attack or something like the Conficker list.
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- jim 2-20-2009 2:44 pm