Accounts online password protection?

I listen to this computer geru on Sundays Kim Komando: komando.com And on last show she said nowadays it's so easy for someone to steal your passwords. Is there some way to protect your online account passwords?

Very good information here.
http://www.sec.gov/investor/pubs/onlinebrokerage.htm

Great info. Also I've always been curious. What are the symptoms of being hacked? For some strange reason on occasion I would be on a site and all of a sudden my mouse and keyboard just cease to function. To fix it I end up having to press Ctrl + Alt + Del and then press ESC and everything functions again. I heard somewhere that one of the symptoms of a computer being hijacked is not being able to control your mouse and such. Was I being hijacked and simply released it by pressing ctrl + alt + del and esc?

Best thing to do is post a HijackThis log and have it checked.
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I will use the forum you specified. Thank you.