• Change your UO Account Passwords regularly - This is no joke, just do it! - go to the UO Secure Account page.  Oh, and DO make your password hard to figure out!
• DO NOT give out your UO Account Name to anyone except as needed at EA.
• DO NOT give out your Password to anyone.
• DO NOT give out your Email Address you use for your UO Accounts to anyone.  DO NOT use hotmail, gmail, etc. for your UO Accounts.  DO NOT use your UO Account Email Address for messageboards and web sites registrations.
• If you must give your UO Account Name and Password to someone you are working with, call them on the Phone!  Don't send by Email and defintely NOT by ICQ.  Plus, having their phone number and real life name/info will help you track them down if they hack your account.  AND change your password after you're done working with them on a project (e.g., building a house).
• Protect your personal information (Real Name, Address, Credit Card numbers, Birthdates, etc.)

Be wary, your UO Accounts are very valuable!  Protect them now!!!

The UO Direct Account Support Phone Number is: 1-866-543-5435 (outside US: 650-628-4306) [reference: EA Billing Policies FAQ]

Keep your computer hardened against attacks!

• Run Firewall
• Run Anti-Virus programs and keep up to date
• Run Anti-Spam programs and keep up to date
• Run Anti-Spybot programs (at least three) and keep up to date
• Run Privacy programs (able to specifically select which cookies and sites to accept)
• Print and Delete sensitive Emails
• Encrypt sensitive files on your hard drive
• Use PGP for email for encryption of sensitive emails
• Protect your IP addresses (careful in ICQ Chat, IRC, and other programs)
• Multiple computers, get a Router with a firewall
• Upgrade your Operating System regularly!