Avast said my wifi password is weak...

[Mastiff37]

It said this after I did a virus scan. I'm wondering how it knows my password. Did the virus software actually hack my password, or did it just get it from my wifi settings somehow?

 

[Clayto1332]

Your wireless, windows login and saved web browser passwords are stored in clear text in the Windows registry. Did it "hack" your password? Sounds like it to me. If you are genuinely concerned about this, don't save any passwords in your computer's settings and change your wireless password to something a little more secure. One capital letter, number or special character adds an unbelievable amount of security against a brute force attack as long as it isn't commonly used.