Password Manager

This section contains information on how you can protect your passwords.

Checking and securely storing your passwords

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Available only in Kaspersky Plus and Kaspersky Premium.

If you are an active Internet user, you normally have to use many different passwords, such as when you visit websites of banks, social networks, and mail services. It is not convenient to use a large number of passwords because you have to remember which password you use on a particular website. This frequently causes users to resort to the easy solution of using one simple password on different websites. However, this is not a secure solution. A simple password that is used on several websites can be easily cracked or intercepted by hackers. If this happens with a password from a banking website, you risk losing your money.

Check password strength

Kaspersky application checks the security of passwords that you create on the Internet. If passwords are not secure enough, Kaspersky application can help you to create strong passwords and store them in a safe place.

Protect against using the same passwords

When you enter a password on a website where password security is especially important (such as on a social network), Kaspersky application prompts you to enable protection against the use of the same passwords.

If protection against the use of the same passwords is enabled, Kaspersky application checks whether or not you have previously used the password that you are entering on websites of the following categories:

• Websites of banks and payment systems;
• Social networks;
• Mail services.

If the password that you are entering has already been used on the websites of these categories, Kaspersky application notifies you about it and offers you to create a new password. You can select website categories, for which the use of the same passwords should be monitored.

Secure storage for passwords and documents

Kaspersky Password Manager is designed to keep your passwords and documents safe. It uses a special encrypted storage to securely store your personal information: passwords, identity data, financial or medical information.

You can download Kaspersky Password Manager from Kaspersky application window.

How to download and install Kaspersky Password Manager

How to start Kaspersky Password Manager from Kaspersky application window

See the Kaspersky Password Manager Help for instructions on using Kaspersky Password Manager.

How to check the safety of your passwords

Available only in Kaspersky Premium.

Your internet accounts are in grave danger if they have non-unique or weak passwords (for example, qwerty or 12345) and if the passwords are based on information that is easy to guess or obtain (for example, names of your relatives or dates of birth).

Kaspersky application can help you quickly check how complex your passwords are and if the same password is used in more than one account.

To check password safety:

1. Open the main application window.
2. Select the Privacy section.
3. Under Password Safety, do one of the following:
   • If you have not installed Kaspersky Password Manager yet, click View to go to the page where you can download this application. The name of the button can be Start or Open if Kaspersky Password Manager is not configured, out of date, or connected to a My Kaspersky account that does not match the account to which Kaspersky application is connected.

     This starts the installation of Kaspersky Password Manager. Follow the Wizard instructions.

   • Click Scan if the scan has not been run yet.
   • Click Details if the scan has already been run.

Scan results are displayed under Password Safety grouped by safety categories.

To learn more about password scans, refer to the Kaspersky Password Manager Help.

Configuring password security

To modify password security settings:

1. Open the main application window.
2. Click in the lower part of the main window.

   This opens the Settings window.

3. In the Privacy settings section, select the Secure Data Input subsection.
4. Select the Show hints for creating strong passwords check box if you want Kaspersky application to check the strength of passwords that you create on websites and to provide recommendations on creating strong passwords.

   If you have Kaspersky Password Manager installed, the notification will recommend a strong password to you. If Kaspersky Password Manager is not installed, we recommend that you download and install it to make sure that you always create strong passwords.

5. Select the Warn about using the same passwords on websites check box if you want Kaspersky application to check whether or not you have previously used the password that you are entering or creating on the websites of banks, social networks, and mail services.
6. Click the Select website categories link to go to the Website categories window if you want to select the categories of websites for which the use of identical passwords must be checked.
7. Select the check boxes for the following categories:
   • Internet banks and payment systems. When you create or enter a password on the Internet, Kaspersky application checks whether you have used this password on the websites of banks and payment systems.
   • Social networks. When you create or enter a password on the Internet, Kaspersky application checks whether you have used this password in social networks.
   • Mail services. When you create or enter a password on the Internet, Kaspersky application checks whether you have used this password in mail services.

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