No doubt real words would be easy to crack but the OP said:

four words consisting of letters, numbers and symbols

So, I'm assuming a "word" could be:

z(*1-U+Px#2~,7

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Biff
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"James Silverton" wrote in message
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Gary''s wrote on Sat, 28 Nov 2009 07:18:01 -0800:

There are only four possible triplets to be considered:

word1,word2,word3
word1,word2,word4
word1,word4,word3
word4,word2,word3

Each triplet has only 6 posible combinations:

word1,word2,word3
word1,word3,word2
word2,word1,word3
word2,word3,word1
word3,word2,word1
word3,word1,word2

Just list them and try out each one.
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"kammie" wrote:

Hi

I have four words consisting of letters, numbers and symbols
which I use as passwords.


I will be very greatful for any assistance as I saw on one of
the forums that it can be done with excel but I have not been
able to find it.


I wonder if anyone has any comments on the security of passwords formed
from two or more real words? I know single dictionary words are fairly
easily found via a computer dictionary attack.

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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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