We would like to give everyone some tips to protect their account login and password security. There are many people out there dying to get their hands on a World of Warcraft Beta Account and they will go to almost any lengths to obtain yours!

Please review the following information in order to protect your account with a secure password:

Bad Choices for Your Password:

• Exactly match a word in the dictionary
• Match a reversed word in the dictionary
• Match a reversed word in the dictionary with some, or all of the letters reversed
• Is shorter than 5 characters in length
• Does not contain a mix of letters, numbers and symbols
• Is based on the user’s account name, initials, given name, or on any other personal information about the user (like SSN, license plate number, etc.)
• Is the word "password"
• Is a common name of a person or place
• Is a word that can be found in ANY dictionary
• Include keys in sequence on the keyboard (like QWERTY)
• Include repeating sequences (like "abcabc" or "........")
• Is technical jargon (dictionaries for those exist, too)

Good Choices for Your Password:

• Two words separated by a non-letter, non-digit character like 'war3%mast' or 'cat,bear#' (note: It's a bad idea to use these exact examples)
• Is at least 5 characters in length and contain both numbers and letters
• Does not fall under one of the Bad Choices listed above